Strategy 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 EssenceMediacom : A Leading WPP Media Brand
EssenceMediacom is a new breed of media agency. Grounded in analytics & insights and powered by data & technology, we believe in the power of media and creative to drive breakthroughs for the world’s best brands. We help clients understand the modern marketing paradox and discover the breakthroughs brands need to win with their consumers. We are designed for the new communications economy — built on data & technology, built for people & algorithms, built around diverse schools of thought, built to test & learn at scale, and, crucially, built to evolve.
Role Summary and Impact
The Strategy group at Essence is focused on moving the discipline forward into a new era of insights and business solutions. You’ll find all of the usual Strategy responsibilities apply: inspiring and applying audience, market and product insights to our clients objectives; creating robust comms strategies and tactics; and working with our internal teams and partner agencies to present the best and most interesting ideas. More specifically, we’re re-engineering Essence’s unrivalled expertise in digital media, and applying it to the full communications mix - becoming the agents of growth and differentiation for new era marketers.
We puzzle over new data sets, new ways to design creative assets, new testing structures, and new ad products, and how all this can be configured to grow our client’s business. It’s largely new, unknown and just waiting for us to figure it out.
Day to day, you’re operating as a strategic point of development for specific campaigns, and will be moving into a lead strategy role on certain clients, as well as supporting new business efforts. You will be formulating insights, brainstorming new ideas and reviewing data with serious rigour. You will be working with the Planning and Analytics teams to ensure your strategic direction is followed through to implementation and that it is being evaluated rigorously and appropriately.
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 .
- Proven experience in relevant agencies and organisations (agency / client / media owner)
- Prior experience in Strategy desired
- Prior experience working in or across markets
- Strong public speaking skills and confidence in client meetings
- Collaborative practices at the heart of your way of working
- Strong writing skills
- Proven history of gathering data for insights
- An understanding of (digital) media planning
- Working knowledge of Strategy tools; TGI, GWI, Mintel, etc.
- The desire to go the extra mile/be creative in finding new ideas
- An idea for where you think the industry is going
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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