Implementation & Activation Manager

Implementation & Activation Manager

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world's leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth.

The Implementation & Activation Manager is a critical role, overseeing activation of client campaigns to ensure best-in-class delivery for clients consistently, whilst also shaping effective, efficient, creative, and future facing implementation plans and media schedules for clients, to deliver business growth.

Your primary responsibilities include:

• Cultivate strong, trusted relationships with clients at an intermediate level, as it relates to implementation planning & activation.
• Proactively recommend tactics and opportunities that resolve client challenges and objectives.
• Brings innovation and creativity to the table, leveraging insights from across the market.
• Confident in your knowledge of media planning principles (e.g., scheduling, flighting, recency, effective reach theories, seasonality, market prioritisation, roles of all communication channels) and strong ability to utilise proprietary and industry tools to enhance and support planned recommendation.
• Contribute to great teamwork with a supportive and positive can-do attitude.
• Motivate and empower direct reports to achieve individual, team and organisational goals.

What makes you great includes:

• Passion for our industry, with relevant technical and people leadership experience. Strong, up to date, media landscape knowledge (confidently able to articulate macro consumer trends and the challenges and opportunities they bring).
• Attention to detail.
• Problem solving mentality.
• Clear communicator, with strong presentation skills.
• Demonstrates well developed negotiation and implementation planning skills.
• Results driven with the ability to identify and clearly articulate what's working and why.

Research shows that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds often don't apply for roles if they don't meet all the criteria. At WPP Media, we strongly encourage you to apply if you're interested: we'd love to know how you can positively impact our team with your experience!