Director - Strategy

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. 

Overview of job

We are currently looking for a Senior Director – Strategy to join us in Bangalore office. In this role, you will be responsible for crafting the digital narrative for brands on scaled digital platforms, leading to successful brand outcomes

Reporting of the role

This role reports to: Strategy Lead, with dotted line reporting to the Business lead

3 best things about the job:

1. You will be responsible for building India -centric cultural and audience understanding relevant for the brand through superior storytelling, leveraging local insights, trends & socio-economic shifts
2. This would help unlock category, consumer cultural, competition and shopping insights that lead to improved media recommendations for existing clients
3. Lead strategic conversations with senior clients on identifying growth levers - new audiences, platforms and media models to drive brand metrics

In this role, your goals will be:
In three months:

• Get deep understanding of the category, consumer and competition approach for your set of brands
• Present deep dive on audience behaviours, attitudes, emerging trends relevant to be addressed in marketing – both qualitative and quantitative
• Start engaging directly with the client on key projects
• Work with the media team in landing the implications of the insights on media recommendations

In six months:

• Regular engagement with client with a cadence on strategy
• Working on identified large strategy project along with account team, based on business challenge
• Work with cross-functional teams as the strategy expert guiding content, influencer and other brand activations

In 12 months:

• Delivering Breakthrough work by new thinking around audiences, consumer journeys, platforms that influence brand goals
• Bringing cross-category learnings together to set up client strategy workshops, setting up partner days, and regular reviews with clients
• Involved in central strategy projects that deliver thought leadership with articles and whitepapers

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