Media Lead - Print and Audio

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

About Wavemaker: 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 Summary and Impact

• Be the agency expert across your specialist media channel; audio and publishing. 
• Curate robust and credible strategies across their portfolio of clients which enable us to deliver commercial growth, whilst all the while ensuring we deliver client PRFs/guarantees. 
• Have a thorough commercial understanding of their client business and a technical expertise to maximise opportunities to deliver client PRF/guarantees.  
• Demonstrate excellent strategic planning capabilities with detailed operational understanding of our tools and products.
• Establish collaborative relationships across the agency working closely with Client Leads, actively seeking creative and innovative media solutions.
• Be responsible for the pastoral care of a wide team (AD, AM and AE).  They will ensure every member of their team has a clear progression roadmap, reviewing on an on-going basis their objectives and development.
• Continuously ensure their team feel inspired and motivated and that they are working towards both client and departmental goals. 
• Be responsible for creating an ambitious, collaborative, and positive culture ensuring ongoing productivity across the team.

 

 

Core Responsibilities

1. Client servicing

• You will have a strong working relationship. You are someone they trust and know they can count on to always deliver great results.
• Clients will see you as the Media expert and value your opinion and guidance at a senior level.
• You will be a key point person for escalation of issues and bigger proposals – you will be a strong project manager and able to prioritise and manage responses delivering solutions as required.
• You have established collaborative relationships across the agency working closely with Client Leads on your accounts, actively seeking creative and innovative media solutions.

 

2. Campaign Management, Performance & Commercial

• Responsible for the PRF delivery across client patch. Understand your PRFs/guarantees and any contractual bonus/malice schemes through working closely with the commercial team. You will set up clear and defined lines of reporting across your team/teams so that you are always confident of your PRF position.
• Lead your team to ensure all buying metrics are hit and delivery is controlled, with admin across buying, forecasts and billing always up to date and accurate. 
• Responsible for ensuring team have booked and managed the billing process correctly to ensure accurate third party Media