Overview
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About WPP Media WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients and communities. For more information, visit wpp.com. 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.
Role Summary And Impact
We are looking for a passionate and enthusiastic Senior Associate Director to join the biggest charity in the UK, Cancer Research UK, on some of the biggest campaigns in the charity sector. You will join a team committed to delivering robust, successful, and award-winning work across the wide variety of comms activities that CRUK undertake. It’s not often in this job you can say that your work saves lives, but we truly contribute to that every day.
This role will play an integral part on the account, leading in the delivery of innovative campaigns across all media channels. You will work across the entire campaign lifecycle – planning, activation and evaluation – and develop both their brand and performance planning skills. In this role you will work on interesting and diverse briefs that require multi-channel planning, leading the development of brilliant audience insight and source of growth work to deliver breakthrough campaigns for the beauty and eye-health categories.
Responsibilities
* Lead in the delivery of innovative campaigns across all media channels.
* Manage the full campaign lifecycle from planning to activation and evaluation.
* Develop audience insight and growth strategies to deliver breakthrough campaigns.
* Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure high-impact brand and performance planning.
* Guide and develop junior team members and foster collaborative working environments.
Skills And Experience
At WPP Media, we believe in the power of our culture and our people. In this role it will be critical to embrace WPP & WPP Media’s 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
* Solution-focused mindset
* Enthusiasm, curiosity, and a team player mentality
* Self-motivated; ambition to make the ordinary extraordinary
* Thirst to learn – the client’s business, people, brands, industry, trends
* Ability to prioritise and delegate, and to manage both upwards and downwards
* Empathetic and self-aware
* Motivated to understand the real issue behind the brief
* Positive, proactive problem solving
* Calm under pressure
* Accurate verbal and written feedback and instructions
* Enjoy presenting, storytelling and influencing others
* Data & Content literate – able to simplify the potentially complicated into a clear opportunity
Life At WPP Media & Benefits
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. We offer a hybrid work 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.
WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular 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.
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Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Business Development and Sales
* Industries: Advertising Services
London, England, United Kingdom
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