Associate, Media Buying, Egypt

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The Trading Executive supports the Trading manager in the day-to-day management of media activities and to produce a cohesive media plan based on the client brief, including communications goals and brings together different disciplines for integration across multiple media channels. The Trading Executive should be an excellent communicator – a person with strong methodical and negotiation skills who is able to identify potential obstacles and opportunities and thrives for a positive outcome as well as a whizz at excel.

• Support for Trading Managers such as managing deal spends, reporting, presentation implementation and excel management.
• Allocate and book campaigns after receiving approval from the clients.
• Track delivery versus deals.
• Day-to-day communication with media team, finance team and suppliers.
• Monitor and update reports for the campaigns.
• Work closely with the business process team to ensure auditing process runs smoothly.
• Build knowledge of the market through regular communications.

At WPP Media, we believe in the power of our culture and our people. It’s what elevates us to deliver exceptional experiences for both our clients and each other. In this role it will be critical to embrace WPP & WPP Media’s shared core values:

• Be Extraordinary by Leading Collectively to Inspire transformational Creativity.
• Create an Open environment by Balancing People and Client Experiences by Cultivating Trust.
• Lead Optimistically by Championing Growth and Development to Mobilize the Enterprise.

• Strong communication skills; personable, charismatic and quick to form relationships
• Commercially minded; able to recognize opportunity
• Solution-orientated – someone who assesses and is comfortable to challenge where required
• Effective time management skills and goals oriented – ability to prioritise and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Possess excellent numeracy skills - evidence of having approached problems from a mathematical perspective and working through to a solution in a logical way
• Strong sense of initiative and personal ownership