Analyst, Global Investment

7817 - Analyst, Global Investment - MM&D

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

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.

 

Role Summary and Impact

The Global Investment team is strategically positioned at the core of the Wavemaker Worldwide business, overseeing a portfolio of over $33 billion in media billings annually. On one hand, we coordinate the successful delivery of a range of international client trading commitments and on the other, we collaborate with our counterparts at WPP Media to pioneer and champion innovative trading models and opportunities for our clients. We take pride in our role as the linchpin for both our clients' success and the ongoing evolution of our own business to become the world's most wanted media agency.

The team’s primary focus is to ensure our global clients have the best pricing in the market. We deliver this through regular reporting and analysis of buying performance, forecasts, and understanding local market buying mechanics/trends across all media types: Digital, TV, Print, OOH and Radio. The focus of this role will be to collaborate with our in-market local agency teams, to ensure accurate reporting on our media pricing commitments and to coordinate our consolidated performance back to clients. This entry-level role will give you a great understanding of media investment and each media type.

Skills and Experience

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensuring reports are accurate through reviewing data and discussing the results with local reporting teams.
• Coordinating and building relationships with local agency teams to collect key reporting data.
• Monitoring and analysing the Wavemaker/WPP Media international network of clients’ media buying performance and reporting this back to the client.
• Liaising with auditors to independently verify our performance and delivery against commitments to our clients, and ensuring that best media practice is employed.
• Work on the new business proposals, including pricing.
• Collaborate internally to ensure that the investment team are sharing best practices across all centralised teams, i.e. commercial and new business.

Other Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the development of proprietary software through feedback and testing.
• Looking ahead is a big part of our team’s culture; you wi