Activation Director

The purpose of this document is to help prospective team members better understand the role and responsibilities with the position of Media Director at OpenDoor, WPP's bespoke global operating model for Amazon., We are searching for a talented and enthusiastic individual to join our OpenDoor team as a Media Director. This is a Full-time position based in [Location]. 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., As Media Director you are accountable for the delivery of PRFs across your accounts, and value delivery is managed with control and accuracy. All financial and admin processes are tracked are managed. You have built client relationships and are the trusted senior day-to-day contact for your clients. At the centre of your role is your team. Your responsibility doesn't just sit with managing the quality and scope of their work but extends to their progression and wellbeing. You should fully understand their motivations and how to aid their development.

• Independently manage the assigned teams and implement media campaigns.
• Apply best practices to campaign management and act as the escalation point for issues.
• Manage and take ownership of campaigns from start to completion.
• Delivers accurate planning and reporting in line with strategic and commercial objectives. With value-added insights for the role of the medium as part of the overall campaign and smart use of campaign planning or market opportunities.
• Help drive new routes to optimum planning outputs and support operational and planning strategies which support best-in-class delivery.
• Develop media plans with wider Commerce, Client, and Investment teams to meet the client's business and brand objectives.
• Ensures that media plans are mirroring OpenDoor commercial deliverables.
• Guides others on specific strategies to identify client needs and expectations and address them effectively.
• Interprets planning data relative to the performance of products, services and solutions against client needs to ensure the customer recognizes and receives value, setting the right KPI's and metrics.
• Ensures that the product, innovation, service, and solutions are utilised that differentiate GroupM Nexus from its competitors and demonstrate the value proposition of a continued partnership.
QUALIFICATIONS
• Well versed in Media Planning across multiple channels
• Oversees team members to discuss current projects, workload and activities; prioritizes resources accordingly.
• Improves workload management by supporting others in setting priorities and by postponing less relevant work.
BONUS POINTS
• Ensure that the team are implementing best operational practices.
• Actively seeks opportunities to improve team output and to overcome barriers and ensures roll out.
• Checks that best practice is in place and any supporting training is taken.
• Flags any barriers to success to line manager.
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.
  
  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.