Client Director, Strategy
The Client Director, Strategy at WPP Media is a senior strategic and commercial leader responsible for overseeing communications strategies across key clients, including Unilever Beauty and Wellbeing, FirstGroup, and GROW Mindshare’s specialist brand growth unit. This role involves acting as a trusted advisor to senior marketing leaders, ensuring that media strategies align with growth ambitions, investment priorities, and long-term value creation.
Key responsibilities include leading strategic responses with account teams to ensure high-quality strategic and executional output, developing empathetic understandings of audiences to inform strategy, and working with teams to define holistic measurement and testing approaches. The role also focuses on innovation by developing and activating opportunities that align with client objectives, providing updates on emerging media innovations, and seeking opportunities to grow existing client scopes and services to drive business growth.
Required qualifications include a proven track record in strategic leadership roles, strong analytical skills, and experience in client management within a media agency environment. The candidate should have a depth of experience in both strategic and performance environments, a strong knowledge of digital media solutions, and the ability to lead multiple internal stakeholders across various disciplines. Exceptional client relationship-building skills and the ability to interpret data and insights are also essential.
WPP Media offers a dynamic work environment with opportunities for professional growth and development. Employees can tap into the global WPP Media and WPP networks to pursue their passions, grow their networks, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. The company hosts frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events. Benefits include competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days.
The company fosters a culture of respect where everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers. WPP Media believes the best work happens when teams are together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. Therefore, they have adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If accommodations or flexibility are required, candidates are encouraged to discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.