UK Planning Director

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About WPP Media

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About OpenDoor : A Leading WPP Media Brand

PURPOSE

The purpose of this document is to help prospective team members better understand the role and responsibilities with the position of Planning Director at OpenDoor , WPP’s bespoke global operating model for Amazon.

ABOUT WPP & OPENDOOR

At WPP, we’re constantly reinventing the future of creativity on an ever-broader canvas, bringing together unrivalled talent, resources and skills to provide an integrated offer of communications, experience, commerce and technology.

Over the last decade, we have developed a dedicated global client practice with the mission of accelerating WPP’s impact for our largest clients by bringing them the best of WPP. Each team is custom-built around a client’s specific needs and challenges, providing easy access to the right capabilities. And that’s why we’ve built OpenDoor for Amazon .

OpenDoor is a unique integration of the best of WPP and Amazon – building on their respective strengths and visions. Whether at WPP or at Amazon, every project is an OpenDoor on new possibilities. Anything and everything can be an opportunity for our people to drive impact – for them to innovate, learn, thrive, and occasionally fail too.

The unique OpenDoor partnership model is built to deliver next level Productivity, fueled by our industry-leading approach to People, Platforms, and Process. OpenDoor spans across all WPP agencies and disciplines such as media, business consultancy, communications and brand strategy, tech and commerce, public relations, and production.

OpenDoor’s values are built from Amazon’s own 16 Leadership Principles , and WPP’s core values of Open, Optimistic and Extraordinary. Together, when WPP’s Creative Transformation meets Amazon’s next-level customer centricity, our people come together to challenge and impact what’s done today and build a better future.

By joining OpenDoor , not only are you joining a cross-function team partnering with one of WPP’s top five global clients, but you are also taking a step to challenge yourself and the world around you every day, working in the most unusual way on some of Earth’s most ambitious opportunities in marketing, tech, media, business, and creativity.

Role Summary and Impact

We are searching for a talented and enthusiastic individual to join our OpenDoor team as a Planning Director. This is a full time position based in London. This role plays a crucial part in supporting WPP's mission to deliver consistency, delivery excellence and best in class service for Amazon in the UK across its retail business, XCM.

The Planning Director plays a fundamental role in leading conversations with day-to-day teams in the central hub to ensure initiatives/briefs are understood and interpreted locally - then conveying these to local market activation teams.

Client Leadership is accountable for all workstreams, and it is our job to manage the delivery of projects from start to finish, engaging with our internal teams and local UK colleagues to deliver excellence in execution for our clients.

• Ensure that local teams fully understand what is required of them and guide them to follow all of the necessary processes.
• Accountable for the local planning responses of day-to-day client requests, working with clients, cross-EU hub account and planning teams, and local UK activation.
• Oversee and quality control the deliverables for our local teams
• Own the day-to-day and where applicable, senior client relationships and look for opportunities to broaden our relationship beyond marketing
• Understand the Growth ambitions as well as client satisfaction to lead improvement and manage the measurement plan for your clients
• Foster innovative thinking and ideas with particular emphasis on content, digital and technology innovation, and the use of data.
• Demonstrate an understanding of client commercials including the agreed client scope, use of resources and any KPI deliverables
• Act as a change agent by positively provoking our Client and internal teams to deliver the best possible outcomes and showcase great work and helping us to drive transformation across the business

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 .

• Successful delivery of key launches in line with scope, resources and agreed budget
• Successful E2E management of Multi-Market campaigns (brief, RTB, execution and reporting)
• Productive and well-prepared client and team status meetings
• Adherence to Ways of Working both by clients and internal teams
• Understanding of the media planning process, and experience in producing efficient and effective media plans
• Experience with WPP’s DPAM planning process
• Experience within activation planning, with more detailed knowledge of an offline media channel in the UK ( eg. TV, OOH, radio)
• Understanding of Amazon’s business and ways of working
• Experience working on an international account

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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