Senior Manager - Partnership

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.

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About WPP Media 

WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients and communities. For more information, visit wpp.com. 

WPP Media is WPP’s global media collective. In a world where media is everywhere and in everything, we bring the best platform, people, and partners together to create limitless opportunities for growth. For more information, visit wppmedia.com 

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. 

3 best things about the job:

1. Top brands in the country in the tech space with appetite for innovative partnerships
2. Working with AI tools to automate partner briefing, support with creative ideation
3. Opportunity to upstream by understanding brand challenges, audience insights that will help create the partner brief.
   
   

   Role Summary and Impact

   Media Futures Group is part of WPP Media, the world’s largest media investment company and is a part of WPP. In fact, we are responsible for one in every three ads you see globally. We are currently looking for a Sr. Manager– Partnerships to join us for one of the biggest global brands.

   In this role, you will drive partnership ideation, partner management and drive project management for approved partnerships across cricket, entertainment, music, etc. This will require strong evidence of a working relationship with content producers in the market, & previous experience on large partnership projects. The biggest focus for the role will be the ability to persuade partners to work with us to build first to market partnership programs (instead of off the shelf solutions)

In three months, you would have:

• Be fully immersed in strategic brand challenges & campaigns, cultural context & best campaigns in the competitive set – nationally and globally

• Created trends documents & cultural calendars to identify upcoming oppurtunities
• Presented to client and/or started project management on an approved partnership project

In six months, you would have:

• Shortlisted preferred partners for clients and have access to Beta/new oppurtunities
• 3-4 projects proposed to client, at various stages of sign off
• Demonstrated rigour in pitching the idea with the team, including data & creative support
• Set a bar for great visual storytelling, making every idea come alive aesthetically.

 

In 12 months, you would have:

• Created award winning work for the brands you handle

Skills and Experience

• 4-5 years of experience in brand partnerships at agency or client or media house side
• Excellent communication & visual storytelling skills
• Strong portfolio of work including consumer tech & youth oriented  brands

Life at WPP Media & Benefits 

Our passion for shaping the next era of media includes investing in our employees to help them do their best work, and we’re just as committed to employee growth as we are to responsible media investment. WPP Media employees can tap into the global WPP Media & WPP networks to pursue their passions, grow their networks, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events. Our benefits include competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days.   

WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process. 

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