AV Account Manager

About WPP Media WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. With exceptional talent, trusted data and intelligence, and world-class partnerships – all united by our pioneering agentic marketing platform, WPP Open – we help clients navigate change, capture opportunity, and deliver transformational growth. WPP Media is WPP's AI-driven media operating unit, bringing together media, data, and partnerships to deliver creative personalisation at scale.

Connected through WPP Open and powered by Open Intelligence, clients see exactly where, how, and why their media investment is working. com . 2379 - Account Manager, AV - UK Role Summary and Impact About Wavemaker: A Leading WPP Media Brand Wavemaker positively provokes growth for clients by reshaping consumer decision-making and experiences through media, content, and technology.

Our name is both our mission and our method. We do our best work for brave brands and people who relish being challenged to go further and faster, together. We are searching for a talented and enthusiastic individual to join our Wavemaker AV team.

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 across a client set that includes the Chery Motors Group (Chery, Omoda and Jaecoo), as well as Estee Lauder. The AV Manager will have a crucial role within the team, responsible for the delivery of excellence in market media planning and buying, as well as low-budget media partnerships.

For this position, you take a much higher and wider level of responsibility in the planning and buying delivery of TV, VOD, YouTube and Cinema. You are trusted to produce accurate work and prioritize tasks with minimum supervision. While your technical skills remain important, managing requires new skill-sets and in this role you will need strong interpersonal expertise.

There is also significant involvement alongside your AD with PRFs /Audit delivery.

Key Responsibilities

: Managing the assigned teams to implement media campaigns. Applying best practices to campaign management and interpretation of data. Acting as the escalation point for issues.

Managing and taking ownership of campaigns from initial planning stage, through to presenting proposals, as well as best-in-class buying to completion. Delivering accurate planning and reporting in line with strategic and commercial objectives. Understanding the role of AV as part of the overall campaign, applying smart use of campaign planning or market opportunities.

Applying advanced data analytics to understand client challenges and media investment strategies, presenting findings to relevant stakeholders. Being resourceful in finding relevant data sources where available (third-party data, existing client data) to support presentations. Applying strategic thinking when working with clients and third parties to achieve desired outcomes.

Supporting in providing media investment and campaign insights for quarterly or annual business reviews. Gaining a thorough understanding of what the client/agency values and expects through formal and informal feedback from multiple stakeholders. Skills and Experience At WPP Media, we believe in the power of our culture and our people.

It’s what elevates us to deliver exceptional experiences for both our clients and each other. In this role it will be critical to embrace WPP WPP Media’s shared core values: Be Extraordinary by Leading Collectively to Inspire transformational Creativity. Create an Open environment by Balancing People and Client Experiences by Cultivating Trust .

Lead Optimistically by Championing Growth and Development to Mobilize the Enterprise . Key skills and experience required: Experience in media planning and buying across TV, BVOD, Cinema and YouTube Overseeing team to ensure the accuracy of work, including campaign planning.