About

• IMPLEMENTATION & ACTIVATION ASSOCIATE MANAGER - PERFORMANCE

ABOUT WPP AND WAVEMAKER

• 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

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

• o Be Extraordinary by Leading Collectively to Inspire transformational Creativity.
• o Create an Open environment by Balancing People and Client Experiences by Cultivating Trust.
• o Lead Optimistically by Championing Growth and Development to Mobilize the Enterprise.
• A Leading WPP Media Brand, Wavemaker positively provokes growth for clients by reshaping consumer decision-making and experiences through media, content, and technology. Our name is both our mission and our method. We do our best work for brave brands and people who relish being challenged to go further and faster, together.

ROLE OUTLINE

• The Implementation & Activation team is responsible for delivering best-in-class implementation planning and activation for clients.
• The scope of the Implementation & Activation team covers the Implementation Planning and Activation of all media channels and touchpoints, with a focus on delivering connected, audience-first client outputs. Within the team, we have some team members who work across all channels and both implementation planning & activation, and others who specialise and work across a more focused scope of work, (for example, Performance specialists who work across Social & Search).
• With our collective industry expertise, we navigate the ever-changing media landscape efficiently and effectively, fuelling growth for the brands we work with. Our commitment to transparency and accountability drives best-in-class results consistently. Leveraging our exceptional media relationships to keep our finger on the pulse of emerging opportunities.
• The Implementation & Activation Associate Manager is an important role, ensuring operational excellence and responsible for driving day-to-day work that delivers effective campaigns, ensuring best-in-class consistent implementation, optimisation, and reporting. Working very closely with your manager, you will produce best-in class solutions, offer unparalleled service and deliver against targets.
• The role involves the development and application of specialist technical skills, with emerging people leadership.

Key Relationships

• • Collaborating closely with internal teams
• • Establishing strong relationships with relevant media, data, and technology partners
• • Fostering deep trust and understanding with clients
• • Contribute to great teamwork in your immediate team

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Clients
• Help build on the agency's reputation for outstanding client service.
• Clear understanding of the in-scope services of your clients and the process for completing work above and beyond.
• Cultivate strong, trusted relationships with clients at a junior and intermediate level, as it relates to implementation planning & activation.
• Proactively recommend tactics and opportunities that resolve client challenges and objectives.
• Product
• Bring innovation and creativity to the table, leveraging market insights
• Take the lead in delivering best in class campaigns, in line with all planned parameters, in an efficient, effective, compliant, and future facing way, in line with GroupM best practice.
• Lead the development and presentation of insightful and progressive post analysis reports.
• Engage with our media partners to expand your knowledge of the media landscape and understanding of core media principles.
• Engage with internal product teams across GroupM to ensure you have a robust understanding about their offerings and relevance to our clients and can clearly articulate the benefits of their inclusion.
• Responsible for ensuring all financial and compliance processes are followed by you and your direct reports, with 100% accuracy.
• Seek to find, communicate and implement improvements in all aspects of the role..
• When required, a strict adherence to activation commitments that have client contract association.
• Support the development of strong media plans that meet client objectives and KPIs.
• Dedicate time to self-learning through reading industry publications, research papers and online courses (including GroupM University and MFA)
• People
• Provide clear guidance and instruction when teaching & helping others.
• Contribute to great teamwork with a supportive and positive attitude.
• Oversee workflow of direct reports, swiftly escalating issues as they arise.
• Motivate and empower direct reports to achieve individual, team and org goals.
• Conduct fortnightly 1:1s, annual Career Conversations and Performance Reviews with direct reports.
• Liaise with the People Team to resolve any team disputes to ensure a safe and productive team environment.
• Continuously champion company values to build strong and trusted connections, solution-oriented perspectives and demonstrate that you genuinely care for collective team success.
• Growth & Marketing
• Collaborate closely with your manager to identify, collate and showcase examples of great work from within the team, both internally and externally.
• Be a positive face of the agency at industry events, either related to clients’ category or our media partners.

ROLE REQUIREMENTS

• Experience managing a team
• Passion for Search, Social, Programmatic, E-Comm, Data and Tech
• Strong, up to date, media landscape knowledge (confidently able to articulate macro consumer trends and the challenges and opportunities they bring).
• Attention to detail
• Extensive media buying experience
• Problem solving mentality
• Clear communicator, with strong presentation skills
• Demonstrates well developed negotiation and Performance planning skills
• Results Driven. Passionate about delivering business results for clients, with the ability to identify and clearly articulate what’s working and why.

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

In 3 months

• Established collaborative relationships with all key stakeholders and internal reports.
• A strong understanding of and can clearly articulate the agency and group proposition, core Performance processes and our way of working.
• Immersed yourself in the team with an understanding of the status of all active and upcoming campaigns.

In 6 months

• Demonstrated your ability to deliver on all aspects of the role in an efficient, effective and proactive way.
• Strengthened your key stakeholder relationships to deliver great team work consistently.
• Managing the Performance processes for the team from end to end, ensuring that your manager and wider team are regularly updated.

In 12 months

• Taking on greater ownership for campaigns and clients – responsibility and volume.
• Building strong relationships with publishers, representing the Wavemaker team appropriately and ensuring that campaigns are delivered to the highest quality
• Apply now and share your CV via the link!