Associate Director

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. 

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WPP Media is WPP’s global media collective. In a world where media is everywhere and in everything, we bring the best platform, people, and partners together to create limitless opportunities for growth. For more information, visit wppmedia.com 

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. 

The Strategy group is focused on moving the discipline forward into a new era of insights and business solutions. You’ll find all of the usual Strategy responsibilities like inspiring and applying audience, market and product insights to our clients objectives, creating robust communication strategies and tactics,  and working with our internal teams to devise the best integrated strategies for clients.

On top of all of that, we push for more. 

We puzzle over new data sets, new signals from social platforms, new ways to create and apply frameworks, new testing structures, and new innovations for our clients. It’s all new, unknown and just waiting for us to figure it out.

This role will be a dedicated role for one of WPP media’s top global clients: Google. It will primarily be a portfolio role working across all Google brands on portfolio projects.

This role reports to the Sr. Strategy Director (Google)

• You would be working in one of the most exciting agencies and with a team of energetic and diverse individuals
• Scope to work on various target segments and product categories
• Clients who are investing much more in new media channels – Digital, Mobile & other emerging media

• You would be expected to have full understanding of our client business association & your role
• Understand the different stakeholders within the agency and start building a relationship with them
• Ability to lead strategic discussions with clients
• Explore and master WPP Open (WPP’s AI operating system) and all the tools therein

• Proactively drive the strategic initiatives & response to the client requirements & briefs
• Have a full understanding of what is happening on the client’s business & work accordingly
• Ability to start leading long term & short-term strategic planning for the client

• Be visible as key POC of your team within the agency as well as with clients
• Be the seamless bridge between local clients & regional/global agency team for strategic planning initiatives
• Drive annual, half-yearly and quarterly planning ensuring above benchmark scores for strategy on client feedback

• Strong ability to dissect complex brand, market, competitive, and internal data to build brand strategy and achieve brand goals
• Expertise in tools like TGI, GWI and AOP & scenario planning
• Experience in Media & platforms
• Strong communication & presentation skills
• Presenting a compelling strategic narrative to diverse audiences: senior leadership, client teams, and external partners.
• Persuasion and negotiation to gain stakeholder buy-in
• Problem-Solving & Critical Thinking
• Comfortable making & presenting annual, quarterly strategy presentations for the different client business units in a global work environment

• With an experience of various responsibilities within the marketing/media ecosystem, should know digital marketing (thorough, Hands-on experience at some point in career) as well as offline marketing
• Go-getter attitude, data analytics, communication skills, good logical reasoning, attention to detail, integrity, empathy, aptitude & dare for innovation
• Someone with an experience with premium FMCG / technology / e-com / consulting / data analytics companies will be an added advantage
• An attitude of curiosity and collaboration is a must

Life at WPP Media & Benefits 

Our passion for shaping the next era of media includes investing in our employees to help them do their best work, and we’re just as committed to employee growth as we are to responsible media investment. WPP Media employees can tap into the global WPP Media & WPP networks to pursue their passions, grow their networks, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events. Our benefits include 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 are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. 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.