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 . Explore your future with Mindshare, part of WPP Media.

If this role isn’t 100% aligned, apply anyway and we’ll add you to a specific Talent Pool so we can collaborate on future available positions. This is your chance to build a legacy by leading our brand-new Asahi client team and shaping a career-defining partnership from the very beginning. About Mindshare : A Leading WPP Media Brand Mindshare delivers Good Growth for its clients.

Benefits

all stakeholders - better for people, planet, and business - by using media with intention. This approach creates more meaningful connections with consumers, increases consumer trust in the brand, and delivers better outcomes for all stakeholders. We have recently partnered with Asahi and are expanding a new team set up specifically to collaborate with this client.

Good Growth for Asahi is about getting ahead of category disruption, without compromising your volume-growth drivers today. Asahi means morning sun - the moment a new day begins. The horizon is where that first light meets possibility.

Introducing the Horizon Team - ready for today. Built for what's on the horizon. Team Horizon represents Asahi's next phase of growth: rooted in heritage, focused on clarity, and always moving forward.

In a fast-changing media and consumer landscape, the horizon isn't fixed. Team Horizon will help Asahi see what's coming sooner, choose what matters and progress with confidence and precision. The Role Location: Melbourne We have found a great balance of embracing flexible working whilst also maintaining in-office collaboration with most teams meeting in the office 3 days per week.

Lead our brand-new, dedicated team for our massive new client win, Asahi. You’ll be the architect, building the team and shaping its culture from day one. Get in on the ground floor and forge an unbreakable partnership, becoming the foundational point of contact and trusted advisor for the Asahi business.

Define what success looks like! You'll create and drive the omnichannel media strategy, setting the standard for this flagship account across TV, Radio, OOH and digital . Be the master negotiator who sets the bar, securing market-leading deals and innovative solutions that will make our new client an immediate success story.

Build your dream team by mentoring and inspiring a group of passionate media experts, establishing the gold standard for service, implementation, and results. Ideal Skills and Experience A trailblazing and personable media leader who thrives on building teams, relationships, and success stories will be right at home in this opportunity. We’re also looking for; A pioneering spirit!

You’re excited by a blank canvas and have a proven talent for building brilliant teams and client relationships from scratch. Incredible relationship-building skills; you’re the person who can walk into a new partnership and build immediate trust, rapport, and confidence. Exceptional trading acumen and rock-solid relationships across the media landscape, ready to go to bat for our new client and deliver outstanding value.

An infectious, positive energy and a natural gift for leadership that will inspire both your new team and our new client partner.

Implementation & Activation Group Director