Job Implementation & Activation Manager, Sydney

Position at WPP Media

IMPLEMENTATION & ACTIVATION MANAGER

ABOUT WPP & OPENDOORAt 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 ROLEWe are searching for a talented and enthusiastic individual to join our OpenDoor team as an Implementation & Activation Manager. This is a Full-time position based in Sydney. 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.The role of the Implementation & Activation team is to deliver the highest excellence in Implementation Planning and Buying, ensuring client campaigns are planned and executed in an effective, efficient, and future facing way. The scope of Implementation & Activation incorporates Video (TV, BVOD, SVOD, Short-Form IO Online Video and Cinema), Out of Home (Direct and Programmatic), Audio (Radio, Podcasting and Music Streaming) and Display (Newspapers, Magazines, and Digital IO Display).The role of Manager within the Implementation & Activation team is to oversee that approved client media plans are booked with the highest level of operational excellence, whilst supporting the planning function. Able to confidently lead a small team, you set the highest standard for operational excellence, and maintain a market-leading view of best practice media buying.You are responsible for leading your team and ensuring all campaigns are delivered and executed in an effective, efficient, and future-facing way. ROLE REQUIREMENTS

• Experience managing a team.
• Passion for Media implementation and buying.
• Strong, up to date, media landscape knowledge (confidently able to articulate macro audience trends and the challenges and opportunities they bring).
• Attention to detail.
• Extensive media buying experience.
• Problem solving mentality.
• Clear communicator, with strong presentation skills.
• Demonstrates well developed negotiation skills.
• Results Driven. Passionate about delivering business results for clients, with the ability to identify and clearly articulate what’s working and why.

• Established collaborative relationships with all key stakeholders and internal reports.
• A strong understanding of and can clearly articulate the agency and group proposition, core Implementation & Activation processes and our way of working.
• Immersed yourself in the team with an understanding of the status of all active and upcoming campaigns.

• Demonstrated your ability to deliver on all aspects of the role in an efficient, effective, and proactive way.
• Strengthened your key stakeholder relationships to deliver great team work consistently.
• Managing the Implementation & Activation processes for the team, ensuring that your manager and wider team are regularly updated.

• Taking on greater ownership for campaigns and clients – responsibility and volume.
• Building strong relationships with publishers, representing the agency appropriately and ensuring that campaigns are delivered to the highest quality.

• 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.