Senior Director - Strategy Planning
The Senior Director - Strategy Planning at WPP Media leads a diverse team to deliver strategic communications and planning, enhancing marketing and digital excellence for clients while leveraging integrated media and technology insights. This role involves providing strategic input in crafting project approaches, leading data analysis, and supporting the development of comprehensive projects. Collaboration with various teams for information exchange is essential, as is serving as the go-to person for teams on certain projects and media planning principles.
Key responsibilities include leading a team of diverse individuals to deliver to a client’s business, providing strategy communications and planning leadership across categories, and partnering with account and functional heads to push the needle on marketing and digital excellence. The role also involves demonstrating a strong understanding of the ecosystem, brand, category, and consumer to derive insights, infusing best-in-class practices and frameworks, and communicating complex ideas and insights in a way that all understand and apply. Additionally, the Senior Director will integrate relevant multimedia opportunities into campaign plans, lead and orchestrate new business pitches, and leverage the extended WPP ecosystem to build effective solutions for clients.
The ideal candidate will have 10 to 14 years of experience, with at least 7 years in the media industry. They should demonstrate exposure and management of senior clients and stakeholders, as well as leading a team. Integrated media and marketing knowledge, including traditional media, digital media, data, research, and insights, is essential. The candidate should possess creative problem-solving abilities, an attitude of curiosity and continuous learning, comfort with multiple kinds and sources of data, and excellent presentation and storytelling skills. Proven experience managing a team and negotiating different situations, skillsets, and personalities is also required.
WPP Media offers a dynamic and inclusive work environment that fosters creativity, collaboration, and connection. 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.
Joining WPP Media means becoming part of a progressive, fast-moving organization that values its people and culture. The company is committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers. With a hybrid approach to work, teams are in the office around four days a week, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.