Associate Director, Programmatic

Programmatic involves planning & flawlessly executing programmatically bought media plans, across display, video and mobile and emerging biddable & programmatic platforms, as well as deploying unsurpassed platform knowledge & smart use of audience data, and developing industry-leading technology (secured through collaborative supplier partnerships) to facilitate 1:1 communication with our audience. You will be the programmatic media lead for the team, providing strategic insight, consultancy to local markets to help them evolve programmatic best practice (incl. development of technology and leading supplier relationships), as well as oversee campaign executions managed centrally across multiple EMEA markets.

Responsibilities

Effectively oversee your team’s programmatic accounts, ensuring ongoing and timely optimization is delivered by the team, and that they and yourself are constantly proactively looking for both tactical and strategic optimization opportunities; Take full responsibility for all wider client or team programmatic deliverables, including the financial and commercial aspects of the programmatic accounts. Take responsibility for the bigger picture in terms of your clients’ accounts, for example, take full responsibility for reviews of client or team deliverables; Work closely with the current Social / Cross-Channel Activation Director to deliver integrated channel strategy across central campaign activations, as well as support any programmatic-involved transformation projects across AdTech; Consult and engage with local territories to drive digital maturity across Display & Programmatic; Act as a mentor to individuals both inside and outside of your team, encouraging them to develop their full potential, and helping them develop their longer-term career plans; Working with the Reservation Media, and Investment teams across GroupM local partner agencies, assisting with research into, onboarding of, and best practice development for emerging programmatic platforms

Requirements

Experience in a digital media agency, or have commensurate experience in digital roles managing teams, and working with other Account Directors / Heads-of-Programmatic, and/or Marketing Directors / Marketing Managers on the client side; Experience with planning and running large-scale programmatic accounts, preferably via DV360 (formally DBM) but also Amazon, Trade Desk, AppNexus, Avocet; Advanced experience of YouTube (via Google Ads) is also required; Adept at running campaigns across multiple countries / languages; Advanced knowledge of in-market programmatic challenges for key EMEA, LATAM & APAC markets - UK, DE, AU, MX etc. Able to devise solutions and develop our programmatic practice in challenging environments; Experience delivering integrated digital campaigns for large clients - Search, Display, Social, etc; 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; Right to work in the UK

Nice to have

Extensive knowledge of Campaign Manager and the Google tech stack; Google AdWords Certification (including Video Certification); Experience with Doubleclick Search (plus certification); Experience with Google Analytics (plus certification); Experienced with programmatic tools and solutions to streamline workflows

Benefits

Competitive medical; group retirement plans; vision; dental insurance; significant paid time off; preferential partner discounts; employee mental health awareness days; employee resource groups; frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events; access to global WPP Media & WPP networks