Implementational Planning Exec

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 personalisation at scale. Connected through WPP Open and powered by Open Intelligence, clients see exactly where, how, and why their media investment is working.

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• Develop a baseline of media planning knowledge across channels.
• Learn and use media systems and tools including, but limited to, Open, TGI, Pathmatics, AdIntel, etc.
• Run and analyse reports including audience insights, etc.
• Need an inquisitive and curious mindset, wanting to understand and learn more about media planning.
• Build your own knowledge by staying on top of the latest trends and news impacting the media industry.

• Learn the fundamentals of effective campaign management including updating schematics, providing media plans to clients, chasing creative, etc.
• Assist with financial processes e.g. PO trackers, bookings, reconciliations, queries.
• Work closely with activation teams to deliver responses and tactical plans.

• Update internal and external status reports.
• Coordinate the regular meetings with the client and creative agency and collation of documents for those meetings.
• Work with your line manager to deliver your objectives and goals in line with your role and agency vision.

• Strong organisation skills
• Solution focused mindset
• Enthusiasm, curiosity, and a team player mentality
• Self-motivated; an ambition to make the ordinary extraordinary
• A thirst to learn – be that the client’s business, people, brands, industry, trends etc
• An ability to prioritise and delegate
• Empathetic and self-aware
• Strong attention to detail and financial acumen
• Positive, proactive approach to problem solving
• Calm under pressure
• Accurate verbal and written feedback and instructions