Vice President, Client Services

We are currently looking for a Senior Director who will lead the development of Digital media strategies and oversee high-level client engagements. The candidate will be responsible for driving strategic initiatives, mentoring teams, and ensuring seamless collaboration across all Strategic Units to deliver impactful media solutions and maintain smooth functioning of processes.

Responsibilities

In-depth understanding of category and client business, forecasting future trend; Leading integrated strategy for AOPs; Overseeing BAU operations, including planning & activation with direct reporting team and support functions; Establish strong client relationship & manage stakeholders from brand & media at the client’s end; Challenge briefs and constantly evolve our strategies to ensure we hit client KPIs and constantly take campaigns to the next level; Being the key custodian of your set of brands, understanding client challenges and provide solutions; Understanding of various agency functions and ancillary capabilities to provide holistic value to client; Future planning, forecasting workloads and team management; Team upskilling & succession planning

Requirements

12+ years of experience in media strategy, planning, execution & team management; Comfortable making & presenting annual, quarterly media strategy & plans; Experience in integrating first party data into media strategies; Working knowledge of all tools – TGI, BARC, MAP, IRS; Go getter attitude, understanding of data & analytics, communication skills, good logical reasoning, attention to detail, integrity, empathy & dare to challenge status quo

Nice to have

Knowledge of digital tools (COMSCORE, Similarweb, Google trends, etc)

Benefits

Investing in employees to help them do their best work; Commitment to employee growth; Access to global WPP Media & WPP networks; Employee resource groups; Frequent in-office events