Associate Director, Publishing, UK

As Associate Director you are accountable for the delivery of PRFs across your accounts, and value delivery is managed with control and accuracy. All financial and admin processes are tracked and managed. You have built client relationships and are the trusted senior day to day contact for your clients. At the centre of your role is your team. Your responsibility doesn't just sit with managing the quality and scope of their work but extends to their progression and wellbeing. You should fully understand their motivations and how to aid their development.

Responsibilities

Accountable for delivery of PRFs across accounts; Ensure value delivery is managed with control and accuracy; Track and manage all financial and admin processes; Build client relationships and act as trusted senior day-to-day contact; Manage team quality, scope, progression and wellbeing; Understand team members' motivations and aid their development; Be accountable for PRF delivery; Manage teams; Develop strategic thinking

Requirements

Independently manage the assigned teams and implement media campaigns; Previous experience across print; Applies best practice to campaign management and acts as the escalation point for issues; Manages and takes ownership of campaigns from start to completion; Delivers accurate planning and reporting in line with strategic and commercial objectives; Helps to drive new routes to optimum planning outputs; Develops media plans with wider Commerce, Client, and Investment teams; Ensures that media plans are mirroring WM commercial deliverables; Provides guidance to others on specific strategies to identify client needs and expectations; Interprets planning data relative to the performance of products, services and solutions against client needs; Ensures that the product, innovation, service, and solutions are utilised that differentiate WPP Solutions from its competitors; Oversees team members to discuss current projects, workload and activities; Improves workload management by supporting others in setting priorities; Ensure that the team are implementing best operational practice; Actively seeks opportunities to improve team output; Checks that best practice is in place and any supporting training is taken; Flags any barriers to success to line manager; Right to work in the UK

Benefits

Competitive medical; Group retirement plans; Vision and dental insurance; Significant paid time off; Preferential partner discounts; Employee mental health awareness days; Employee resource groups; Frequent in-office events