Associate Director - Client Leadership

About WPP Media

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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

We are currently looking for an Associate Director - Client Leadership to join us. In this role, you will be responsible for managing multiple clusters of a leading CPG client. A strong leader with excellent career records in strategizing, executing integrated campaigns, and ideation is preferred.

Key Responsibilities:  

Associate Director - Client Leadership is responsible for overseeing the development and activation of communication plans including audience strategies, media strategies and implementation of the same for our client, while giving leadership to the cluster. This role plays a critical role in shaping the success of media campaigns by developing and executing effective media strategies and media KPIs. Possessing strong analytical, strategic, and leadership skills to excel in this role.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Strategic Media Leadership: Lead the development of integrated media strategies aligned with client marketing objectives and campaign KPIs, working closely with internal teams and client stakeholders.
  
  
• Senior Client & Business Management: In addition to media strategy, take ownership of overall client business requirements, including senior stakeholder management, strategic advisory, and long-term business planning, ensuring media solutions align with broader commercial and business objectives.
  
  
• Budget & Profitability Management: Lead media budget planning and allocation across platforms in line with campaign goals and KPIs to maximize impact, drive business growth, and ensure strong profit and commercial performance.
  
  
• Campaign Performance & Optimization: Oversee campaign tracking, performance analysis, and optimization through data-driven insights, ensuring continuous improvement and effectiveness across channels.
  
  
• Team Leadership & Capability Building: Lead core media teams and collaborate with wider client teams and WPP Media operations, driving performance, capability development, coaching, and high standards of delivery.
  
  
• Client Relationship Management: Build, maintain, and strengthen senior-level client relationships, ensuring high satisfaction across strategy, planning, execution, and daily operations.
• Industry Leadership & Innovation: Stay at the forefront of industry trends, emerging technologies, consumer behavior shifts, and evolving media channels, applying insights to create competitive advantage and future-ready strategies.

Skills & Experience

• 10+ years of experience in media, communications, or related strategic roles.
  
  
• Proven track record of building strong senior-level client relationships, including the ability to drive strategic business conversations and challenge thinking through constructive provocation.
  
  
• Strong understanding of global media and communication frameworks and evolving industry thinking.
  
  
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving capability, with a strategic and commercial mindset.
  
  
• Strong coaching, mentoring, and leadership skills, enabling team and client-side capability development.
  
  
• Highly collaborative and influential leader, able to build trust, credibility, and respect across networks.
  
  
• Excellent workflow, project, and operational management skills, including planning, prioritization, delegation, and execution excellence.

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 Media & WPP networks to pursue their passions, grow their networks, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events. Our benefits include competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days.  

WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

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While we appreciate all applications received, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. 

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