Planning Manager

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ABOUT WPP & OPENDOOR

At WPP, we’re constantly reinventing the future of creativity on an ever‑broader canvas, bringing together unrivalled talent, resources and skills to provide an integrated offer of communications, experience, commerce and technology.

Over the last decade, we have developed a dedicated global client practice with the mission of accelerating WPP’s impact for our largest clients by bringing them the best of WPP. Each team is custom‑built around a client’s specific needs and challenges, providing easy access to the right capabilities. And that’s why we’ve built Open Door for Amazon
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Open Door is a unique integration of the best of WPP and Amazon – building on their respective strengths and visions. Whether at WPP or at Amazon, every project is an Open Door on new possibilities. Anything and everything can be an opportunity for our people to drive impact – for them to innovate, learn, thrive, and occasionally fail too.

The unique Open Door partnership model is built to deliver next‑level productivity, fueled by our industry‑leading approach to People, Platforms, and Process. Open Door spans across all WPP agencies and disciplines such as media, business consultancy, communications and brand strategy, tech and commerce, public relations, and production.

Open Door’s values are built from Amazon’s own 16 Leadership Principles, and WPP’s core values of Open, Optimistic and Extraordinary. Together, when WPP’s Creative Transformation meets Amazon’s next‑level customer centricity, our people come together to challenge and impact what’s done today and build a better future.

By joining Open Door, not only are you joining a cross‑function team partnering with one of WPP’s top five global clients, but you are also taking a step to challenge yourself and the world around you every day, working in the most unusual way on some of Earth’s most ambitious opportunities in marketing, tech, media, business, and creativity.

We are searching for a talented and enthusiastic individual to join our Open Door team as a Planning Manager. This is a [Full‑time/Part‑time/Contract] position based in [Location]. This role plays a crucial part in supporting WPP's mission to deliver consistency, delivery excellence and best‑in‑class service for Amazon in every country across its diverse businesses, including XCM, Prime Video, and RMI.

• Develop an in‑depth understanding of media channels including where, when and how to use them based on the client brief.
• Have a skilled knowledge of industry media planning tools and be able to train other team members.
• Have a skilled understanding of industry best practices and planning theory.
• Develop a fundamental knowledge of Open Door Purchase Journey thinking and Provocative Planning Philosophy.

Campaign management:

• Ownership of campaign activity including briefing teams, collating response, managing client’s deliverables, and ensuring accuracy across all work streams.
• Work closely with the planning and activation teams to ensure the day‑to‑day account is run efficiently and effectively.
• Be able to bring in specialist teams where needed to work on briefs and client questions.
• Ensure financial management processes are always excellent and met in a timely manner.

Effective communication:

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