Global Planning Manager

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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The planning team are the guardians of creating industry leading, unrivalled work at Wavemaker. We are central conduits to all specialists, striving to push boundaries and have a positive impact on consumers and brand.

Wavemaker is looking for a Planning Manager to join our growing planning team, to create impactful cross channel campaigns and build your media planning skills.

In this role you will:

Media planning craft:

• Develop an in-depth understanding of media channels including where, when and how to use them based on the client
• Have a skilled knowledge of Wavemaker and industry media planning tools and be able to train other team
• Have a skilled understanding of industry best practices and planning
• Develop a fundamental knowledge of Wavemaker Purchase Journey thinking and Provocative Planning

Campaign management

• Ownership of campaign activity including briefing teams, collating response, managing client’s deliverables, and ensuring accuracy across all
• Work closely with the planning and activation teams to ensure the day-to-day account is run efficiently and
• Be able to bring in specialist teams where needed to work on briefs and client
• Ensure financial management processes are always excellent and met in a timely

Effective communication:

• Become a trusted main day-to-day contact for junior clients, learning their business and ways of Ensuring that all requests C queries are answered with accuracy and in a timely manner.
• Support in managing Planning Executives to ensure they are on track with daily tasks, mentor and challenge them with new projects to develop their
• Start to develop a proactive problem-solving mindset but know when to flag any issues or concerns with Planning

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 C WPP Media’s shared core values:

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