Associate Manager, Media Partnerships at WPP Media · Toronto

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Overview:

The position of Associate Manager, Media Partnerships is responsible for creating and executing innovative solutions in media partnerships, sponsorships and integration campaigns across linear and digital channels. This position involves developing a deep understanding of our clients’ business to identify and provide strategic recommendations. Identifying the right media partners for our clients’ briefs, developing unique and creative media concepts, pitching strategic ideas to clients, proving effectiveness, and providing analysis and recommendations for future partnerships.This position provides day-to-day management of all aspects related to media partnerships across a number of platforms including broadcast, digital and audio.

Key Accountabilities:

• Lead the creation of media partnership plans
• Lead presentation of concepts to clients
• Based on feedback and direction from clients, fully develop individual concepts to execution-ready status, including creative considerations, budgets, and related media support
• Manage work plans, client expectations, partner relationships, measurement, and reporting tools to ensure flawless execution.
• Manage creative production process with media partners
• Leverage media partner and internal WPP resources to deliver complete and effective reporting to clients
• Build relationships with client(s) and media partners to identify new opportunities
• Stay up to date with the latest developments in the media partnership space including new opportunities, formats, platforms, measurement, etc.

Skills and Behaviour: 

• Strategic and creative thinker
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal, with the ability to communicate with impact and effectiveness across all levels of an organization and with external audiences.
• An expert with PowerPoint—able to build creative and visually impactful slides that creatively and coherently articulate creative media ideas, rooted in strategic insights. 
• Basic sales and business development skills
• Ability to navigate client relationships
• Ability to think creatively when developing strategic recommendations, considering client objectives and key insights

• Articulate and skilled at effectively communicating information and ideas in written and verbal format to senior level contacts and stakeholders
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, and relationship management skills
• Impeccable attention to detail
• Ability to successfully project manage multiple campaigns at once
• Team player and client service oriented
• Energetic and results-oriented individual with drive to get things done

Requirements:

• 2 years in media planning space with experience developing and packaging services to reflect evolving client needs and revenue targets
• Thorough understanding of media landscape, key trends
• Significant experience operating successfully, in a complex multi-stakeholder environment
• A combination of Agency/Media Partner experience would be considered an asset
• French language competency preferred

Life at WPP Media and Benefits:

Our passion for shaping the next era of media includes investing in our employees to help them do their best work, and we’re just as committed to employee growth as we are to responsible media investment. WPP Media employees can tap into the global WPP Media & WPP networks to pursue their passions, grow their networks, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events. Our benefits include competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days. WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers. We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

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