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Manager, Planning

London
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About WPP Media

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. With exceptional talent, trusted data and intelligence, and world-class partnerships – all united by our pioneering agentic marketing platform, WPP Open – we help clients navigate change, capture opportunity, and deliver transformational growth.

WPP Media is WPP's AI-driven media operating unit, bringing together media, data, and partnerships to deliver creative personalization at scale. Connected through WPP Open and powered by Open Intelligence, clients see exactly where, how, and why their media investment is working.

For more information, visit wppmedia.com.

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Role Summary and Impact

This role is the perfect opportunity for an ambitious graduate, somebody early on in their media career or looking for a change to build an excellent foundation in media and account management operations. You will gain an understanding in the inner workings of a global media account building a solid grounding in the administration and business acumen that supports world-class activation of paid media for our client.

This role sits within the Operations team in the global account management team. Working closely with the wider global planning and strategy team, the function’s role is to ensure smooth end-to-end process from planning to reporting, financial management and campaign performance metrics are collated from the local markets and shared with the global clients.

The right candidate will have independent input into projects and the capacity to be involved in proactive asks and forward-thinking to improve and build efficiencies on existing process.

You will work as part of the Booking.com team reporting into the Global Business Director.

Responsibilities

  • Work with local markets to ensure their ongoing and ad-hoc deliverables are supplied to global for onward use with clients
  • Responsible (with support) for the update and distribution of the budget and changes tracker each month
  • Creation of the fortnightly industry newsletter and thought leadership, sharing with clients
  • Planning and strategy team support for data-driven tasks such as share of voice and spend calculations
  • Working with our reporting client on building out data stacks and solutions to help build efficiencies in this area
  • Keep abreast of EMEA media channel developments, understanding the landscape and keeping abreast any industry news.

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Performance Measures

  • Successfully completes onboarding and training programme
  • Is meeting the job requirements and delivering the preset responsibilities
  • Positive attitude to tasks set by manager
  • Builds a good rapport with the team
  • Communicates effectively with the team and clients (where relevant)
  • Shows initiative and eagerness to learn
  • Attention to detail/accuracy of reporting
  • Demonstrates good time management and multi-tasking ability

Skills and Experience

  • Positive, enthusiastic with a can-do attitude
  • Open and clear communication style, not afraid to ask questions about the tasks set
  • A team player who is interested in and excited to learn more about the world of global media and the travel industry
  • Comfortable with the use of Excel spreadsheets (advance user is a plus but not a prerequisite)
  • Calm approach to managing deadlines
  • Enthusiasm and interest to go beyond the task – to find the insight in the data, or to identify a time-saver in a current process
  • A desire to learn and to be involved in numerous workstreams
  • Proactive nature with strong self-motivation to succeed

Essential Criteria

  • Experience in media planning or other industry
  • Inquisitive and eager to learn and develop as an excellent account administrator and manager
  • Show an active interest and maintain knowledge of advertising industry at large
  • Demonstrates a high degree of accuracy and numeracy in reviewing data sets
  • Excellent organizational skills with excellent written, verbal, analytical and numerical skills

Life at WPP Media & Benefits

Our passion for shaping the next era of media is powered by our commitment to Be Extraordinary, investing in our employees to inspire transformational creativity. We also Lead Optimistically, firmly believing in and Championing Growth and Development for every individual. This commitment allows WPP Media employees to leverage the extensive global WPP Media & WPP networks to pursue their passions, build vital professional connections, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising.

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We Create an Open environment built on trust and respect, where everyone feels they belong and has opportunities to progress. This inclusive culture is fostered through a variety of employee resource groups and frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events. Our comprehensive benefits package reflects this commitment, including competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days.

WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection in this open and supportive environment. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process. Please note that while our philosophy is the same across WPP, benefits may vary by office/country.

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Skills

Media planning
Account management
Financial management
Data analysis
Excel
Reporting
Communication
Time management
Multi-tasking
Attention to detail
Numeracy
Organizational skills
Strategic planning
Project management

Location

London, England, United Kingdom

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