Junior Content Partnerships Manager

Description

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

Content Partnerships Manager

As a Content Manager within the Wavemaker UK Content team, you will be a key member of the team delivering outstanding content solutions to clients.

You will be responsible for answering client briefs and campaign delivery of content & creative solutions across digital, tech, social, experiential, radio, talent & influencers, print, sponsorships, and TV.

This will involve having a deep understanding of client’s businesses and collaborating with partners on creating best-in-class partnerships that will help meet our client’s business needs.

Other core responsibilities include:

• Client Servicing: Working with clients to handle requests in a professional, timely, and accurate manner whilst building strong and effective relationships.
• Planning and Delivery: Collaborating with the wider Wavemaker teams to generate creative executions with effective campaign delivery and measurement.
• Commercials: Strong expertise in WM Content internal processes and commercial model.
• Team: Management of junior members of the team (oversight and development).
• Innovation & Collaboration: Having strong relationships with partners and awareness of innovations and developments that will deliver excellent content campaigns and help meet our clients’ business needs.
• Technical Skills: Knowledge of media systems such as Media Explorer, Prisma, AURA, E- telmar , Techedge , ad-dazzle or equivalent.

Skills and Experience

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 value s:

• 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 .

Skills and Experience

• Effective Communication: Can lead dialogues between and with technical and non-technical people, by presenting a strong case and negotiating well; explains things clearly, challenges ideas effectively and argues in favor of operational processes; determines and utilizes the appropriate communication channels; and employs active listening.
• Relationship Management and Account development: Cultivates, nurtures, and grows relationships with key clients and stakeholders, and decision-makers internally, externally, and virtually.
• Stakeholder Relationships: Demonstrates knowledge of the agencies (or clients) organization structure and people, client relationships, business strategy, industry, and challenges. Cultivates, nurtures and grow relationships with key clients and stakeholders and decision makers internally, externally, and virtually.
• Strategic Thinking and Planning: ​​​​​​​ Uses analytics, data, market knowledge and critical thinking to understand and solve client challenges.
• Adjusts strategic plans in line with emerging trends and products that may drive client objectives and ROI ​​​​​​​ s.
• Multitasking and Prioritisation: Adapts to rapidly changing events and environments whilst accurately judging priorities and keeping track of details. Balances several projects and tasks simultaneously with minimal error and without losing track of important details or deliverables.
• Communication and Presentations: Communicates with clarity and precision, presenting complex information in a concise format that is audience appropriate.
• Idea Creation: facilitating the generation of new ideas or creative solutions to a client brief in the pursuit of unrivalled work.
• Strategic Partnership Management: Managing and taking ownership of content partnership campaigns from start to completion, including using critical thinking to understand and solve client challenges, content creation, optimisations, delivery, and reporting. Applying and learning from best practice knowledge and partnership 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 particular 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.

Please note this is a UK based role and requires individuals to have the right to work in this location

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