Associate Director, Client Services, India

Overview

Associate Director, Client Services, India at WPP Media, leading the development of digital media strategies and overseeing high-level client engagements.

What you'll do

• Lead the development of digital media strategies and oversee high-level client engagements.
• Drive strategic initiatives, mentor teams, and ensure seamless collaboration across all Strategic Units to deliver impactful media solutions and maintain smooth functioning of processes.
• Have complete knowledge of relevant categories and a total understanding of the various agency functions.
• Understand the client working style and deliver on their day-to-day requirements, and start building relationships with the key decision makers within the current pipeline.
• Demonstrate a good understanding of clients' business and challenges, and apply that knowledge in the formulation of campaign strategy and recommendations.
• Build good relationships with clients, internal and external stakeholders, and partners.
• Proactively drive business initiatives and respond to client requirements and briefs.
• Keep full understanding of what is happening in the client's business and work accordingly.
• Lead long-term and short-term media planning for the client.
• Establish strong team and client relationships and receive great feedback from co-workers and key client contacts.
• Be the source of what's new and emerging in media and technology to deliver new and innovative client solutions.
• Challenge briefs and constantly evolve strategies to ensure client KPIs are hit and campaigns are taken to the next level.
• Ensure holistic thinking across channel planning and outcomes that can be clearly measured.

What you'll need

• At least 6 years' experience in media strategy / planning / execution / account planning.
• Comfortable making and presenting annual and quarterly media strategy and plans.
• Experience of various responsibilities within the media ecosystem.
• Knowledge of offline marketing.
• Go-getter attitude, data analytics, communication skills, good logical reasoning, attention to detail, integrity, empathy, aptitude and dare for innovation.
• Working knowledge of all tools: TGI, BARC, MAP, IRS.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of digital marketing.
• Knowledge of digital tools (COMSCORE, Similarweb, Google Trends, etc).

Details

• Location: Mumbai, India.
• Hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week.