Associate Director, Commerce

About This Role

This role is for an eCommerce Account Director within OpenMind by WPP, an integrated agency model dedicated to Nestlé’s media transformation in Europe. The core of the job involves coordinating and delivering client accounts across platforms, serving as the main contact for campaign activation, and ensuring projects meet briefs, schedules, and budgets.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and deliver client accounts across platforms
• Operate as the main campaign activation point of contact for clients
• Utilise platform expertise and account management practices to ensure effective project management
• Deliver industry-leading eCommerce campaigns that exceed client expectations
• Line manage junior team members, overseeing their work and development

Requirements

• Established senior member within an eCommerce environment
• Experienced specialist in Retail and Commerce Media
• Proactive and inquisitive, inspiring direct reports and peers
• Confidently challenge inherited ways of working with ideas for improvement and evolution that fit OpenMind processes and vision
• In-depth understanding of eCommerce campaign set-up, management, optimisation, and reporting across media owner and technology vendor platforms
• Excellent understanding of the strategic and tactical application of eCommerce and digital marketing in general
• Proven project management, leadership, and people management experience

Benefits

• Opportunity to tap into the global WPP Media & WPP networks to pursue passions, grow networks, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising
• Employee resource groups
• Frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events
• Competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance
• Significant paid time off
• Preferential partner discounts
• Employee mental health awareness days

Important Details

• Work format: hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week

About the Company

WPP is a growth partner for leading brands, using talent, data, intelligence, and the WPP Open marketing platform. WPP Media is WPP's AI-driven media operating unit, focusing on media, data, and partnerships to deliver creative personalisation at scale.