PURPOSE
The purpose of this document is to help prospective team members better understand the role and responsibilities with the position of Media Manager at OpenDoor, WPP’s bespoke global operating model for Amazon.
About Wpp & Opendoor
At WPP, we’re constantly reinventing the future of creativity on an ever-broader canvas, bringing together unrivalled talent, resources and skills to provide an integrated offer of communications, experience, commerce and technology.
Over the last decade, we have developed a dedicated global client practice with the mission of accelerating WPP’s impact for our largest clients by bringing them the best of WPP.
Each team is custom-built around a client’s specific needs and challenges, providing easy access to the right capabilities. And that’s why we’ve built OpenDoor for Amazon.
OpenDoor is a unique integration of the best of WPP and Amazon – building on their respective strengths and visions.
Whether at WPP or at Amazon, every project is an OpenDoor on new possibilities. Anything and everything can be an opportunity for our people to drive impact – for them to innovate, learn, thrive, and occasionally fail too.
The unique OpenDoor partnership model is built to deliver next level Productivity, fueled by our industry-leading approach to People, Platforms, and Process.
OpenDoor spans across all WPP agencies and disciplines such as media, business consultancy, communications and brand strategy, tech and commerce, public relations, and production.
OpenDoor’s values are built from Amazon’s own 16 Leadership Principles, and WPP’s core values of Open, Optimistic and Extraordinary.
Together, when WPP’s Creative Transformation meets Amazon’s next-level customer centricity, our people come together to challenge and impact what’s done today and build a better future.
By joining OpenDoor, not only are you joining a cross-function team partnering with one of WPP’s top five global clients, but you are also taking a step to challenge yourself and the world around you every day, working in the most unusual way on some of Earth’s most ambitious opportunities in marketing, tech, media, business, and creativity.
About The Role
We are searching for a talented and enthusiastic individual to join our OpenDoor team as an Media Manager. This is a Full-time position based in London.
This role plays a crucial part in supporting WPP's mission to deliver consistency, delivery excellence and best in class service for Amazon in every country across its diverse businesses, including XCM, Prime Video, and RMI.
Responsibilities
- Develop basic OOH solutions for clients/agencies as experience grows
- Develop an understanding of client's sector
- Effectively communicate with other Kinetic markets and work with them on client cross-market requests
- Collate production requirements
- Co-ordinate campaign photography and sharing with clients
- Undertake competitive analysis and post-campaign analysis
- Compile production reports
- Prepare site tour documents and logistics of site tours
- Identify and appropriately raises client issues
- Update internal databases
- Demonstrate use of industry and Kinetic planning tools and following 4D planning process
- Collate information from vendors, updating market reports and availability
- Develop knowledge of vendor activity, building relationships with Media Owners
- Begin to develop strong relationships and networks throughout Kinetic
We think you’d enjoy this role if you are:
- Someone who has a good understanding of media (essential) and OOH (ideally)
- Someone who develops positive, productive, respectful relationships with colleagues (internal) and clients (external)
- Someone who has strong organisational skills and attention to detail, follows processes well but can consider the wider picture too
- Someone who is excellent at multi-tasking
- Someone who has good numeracy, can manage budgets and is sensitive to wider commercial implications
- Someone who confidently uses internal technical tools, picks up new technology and systems well and adapts to change especially relating to digital and technical skills
- Excellent understanding of social media and internet
- Someone who is keen to grow and learn, to benefit from training in a breadth of areas led by Kinetic, GroupM, WPP and external providers
- Someone who is confident, engaging, positive and alive to possibilities; is articulate with good written and listening skills
- Interested in getting involved in the wider Kinetic initiatives - helping with training, forums, agency initiatives (Green Team, Team Roots, Team Pride, Team Enable, Mental Health Allies) and events
BONUS POINTS
- Good understanding and use of MS Office /Windows – Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint
- Demonstrable success in a media planning environment, including experience at Account Executive level
Benefits Of Opendoor
- Unparalleled Access: Gain direct experience working with one of the world's most innovative and influential companies.
- Mentorship & Training: Receive guidance from experienced professionals at both WPP and Amazon.
- Cutting-Edge Technology: Utilize industry-leading tools and platforms, including WPP Open.
- Data-Driven Environment: Develop your analytical skills and contribute to data-driven decision making.
- Global Impact: Be part of a team that is shaping the future of marketing on a global scale.
How To Apply
Interested candidates are encouraged to submit their resume and cover letter to [email protected] by [application deadline].
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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