Client Group Director

CLIENT GROUP DIRECTOR

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.

The Role The role of the Client Group Director is to be the key point of contact for our clients and to develop strong communication recommendations across all channels, paid, owned and earned. Responsible for driving & leading a successful client relationship and a results driven team. Bringing together the right people, to deliver the highest quality of outputs for your client, end to end, ensuring deliverables are grounded in client priorities.

Your Primary Responsibilities:

• Hold regular performance evaluation meetings with reports throughout the year, setting SMART KPIs and creating a clear career development plan with them.
• Direct the team’s workload and prioritisation to produce the best results for your clients.
• Build strong and enduring client relationships at a senior level.
• Provide innovative strategic insights by acting as an expert on the client's business, industry and competitors.
• Leverage industry and agency suite of tools to aid planning, including the development of target audience, brand, growth priorities, insights, role of channel and channel priorities.
• Brings innovation and creativity to the table, leveraging insights from across the market.
• Be a Wavemaker spokesperson on industry subjects with a strong, high profile and positive reputation and personality in the market. Be a positive face of Wavemaker at industry events.
• Collaborate closely with your Manager to identify, collate and showcase examples of great work from within the team, both internally and externally.

What Makes You Great:

• Proven capability in managing a large diverse team
• Passion for media and marketing
• Strong, up to date, media landscape knowledge (confidently able to articulate macroeconomic and consumer trends and forecast challenges/opportunities for clients).
• Inspiring communicator with clear written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the patience to examine detail and create solutions.
• Collaborative and astute - able to build trust and respect within a network.
• Results Driven. Passionate about delivering business results for clients, with the ability to identify and clearly articulate what’s working and why.

Research shows that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds often don't apply for roles if they don't meet all the criteria. At WPP Media, we strongly encourage you to apply if you’re interested: we'd love to know how you can positively impact our team with your experience!

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