Assistant Media Buyer
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WPP Media (GroupM)
Job Description
About WPP Media
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.
For more information, visit wppmedia.com.
Title: Assistant Media Buyer
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 Overview
The Assistant Media Buyer will work within the Investment team to help accomplish the effective delivery of buy recommendations and negotiations in broadcast and potentially digital media for assigned clients.
Key Accountabilities:
- Enter buys into proprietary system (MediaOcean and Prisma) and maintain broadcast buys
- Ongoing management and stewardship of campaigns
- Assist with client financials such as budget reconciliation and budget management –resolve discrepancies with billing coordinators
- Keep up to date on all communications with the Client Service Team including buy authorizations, tracking reports, buy changes, creative specifications etc.
- Post campaigns and monitor campaign delivery
- Generate campaign reports – including pre and post documents, Masterfiles
- Use Mediacom Proprietary tool and other measurement software (Numeris)
Skills & Behaviours:
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to learn quickly and multi-task
- Must work collaboratively
- Positive disposition with the ability to work under tight deadlines
- Detail, accuracy and mathematical competency a must
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel
- Solid organizational skills
- Driven desire to develop and excel in media career
- Ability to balance assignments while maintaining a flexible approach
Education and Experience:
- Internship in an agency is an asset.
- College or University education will be an asset.
Life at WPP Media & Benefits
Our passion for shaping the next era of media includes investing in our employees to help them do their best work, and we’re just as committed to employee growth as we are to responsible media investment. WPP Media employees can tap into the global WPP
