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Role Summary and Impact
The Role will help execute and co-ordinate the media buying and strategy across the suite of Nexus products. The focus of this role is to establish partnerships with media suppliers.
We strive to buy the most cost effective and best performing inventory for each of our buying businesses, working closely with our media suppliers and the rest of the Investment team to achieve these goals.
Media supply for our products will be operated across multiple ad server/SSP technologies for facilitating media transactions to our buying businesses which operate across our preferred supply side partners.
Our buying business operates different models to accommodate for the unique requirements of our advertising clients – you will be required to problem solve and program manage the media execution to align to the GroupM buying businesses’ measurements of success.
The Executive will be responsible for building relationships both internally and externally and have a strong interest in commercial and media buying.
The role supports and interlinks into multiple functions in the media team and across WPP Media buying units across business development, trading, data analytics and commercial operations.
The role will provide exposure to Video, Audio and Display and the ability to work across a range of Group M Nexus products including Finecast and Xaxis.
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 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.
- Support the manager and associate director with day-day publisher relationships – be the key point of contact for day-to-day supply queries
- Process media bookings through internal systems (Radia/ PRISMA)
- Management of creative approval process
- Follow the Group M partnerships finance processes to ensure accurate tracking of delivery, reconciliations, and billings
- Tracking of supply delivery, quality, and platform controls (caps)
- Provide reporting updates to the wider team that can be used in internal meetings
- Provide updates on media landscape news and opportunities with new and potential supply partners
- Attend and contribute to supply partner meetings
External
- Challenge external partners on supply quality, new opportunities and insights
- Provide reporting to help support external meetings with suppliers in monthly, quarterly and yearly reviews
- Ensure regular communication with our partners in regard to bookings, reconciliations and deal tracking
- Ensure we setup new media partnerships that provide the best quality and highest performing inventory from all suppliers
- Building strong relationships with media suppliers through regular meetings, comms and attending relevant events and meetings
Internal
- Support the Manager as the point of contact for our GPS products
- Attend relevant Finecast/ Xaxis meetings related to supply source management
- Support the onboarding of new suppliers by gathering key audience insights, programming, device information
- Involved in monthly evaluation process of all suppliers, working with media account management and analyst team where we plan for future month investment
- Ensuring that we are tracking and using all owed value across the year
- Skills, Experience and Behaviours
- Strong communication skills; personable, charismatic and quick to form relationships
- Commercially minded; able to recognise opportunity
- Solution-orientated – someone who assesses and is comfortable to challenge where required
- Effective time management skills and goals oriented – ability to prioritise and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Strong analytical and numeracy skills - evidence of having approached problems from a mathematical perspective and working through to a solution in a logical way
- Strong sense of initiative and personal ownership
- Enthusiastic and driven to learn from their seniors and be part of an efficient and innovative team
- Ability to operate in a high energy and fast paced team environment
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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