Wavemaker | Marketplace Group Director

Position at Wavemaker

Winner of Agency of the Year 2023, Wavemaker empowers our people to bring 100% of themselves 100% of the time. Our culture of Positive Provocation unites us and makes us stronger as individuals and collectively. We push boundaries through positive provocation and delivering impactful results for our clients.

About the role 

The role of the Marketplace team within Wavemaker is to deliver the highest excellence in Implementation Planning and Buying, spanning both offline and online media types, powered by data, technology, and automation, ensuring client campaigns are executed and amplified in an effective, efficient, and future facing way. The scope of Marketplace incorporates traditional media (TV, Cinema, Out of Home, Radio, Print, Digital Video and Display) and the online evolution of traditional media (Addressable TV, Programmatic OOH, Music Streaming and Podcasting).

The role of Group Director within the Marketplace team is to lead, with overall responsibility for the direction, workflow and quality of Implementation Planning and Buying for the client team.  

The Role: 

• Proven capability in managing a large diverse team  
• Passion for Implementation Planning and Buying, with extensive agency experience  
• 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 analytical and problem-solving skills, with the patience to examine detail and create solutions.  
• Collaborative and astute - able to build trust and respect within a network.  
• First class negotiation skills 
• Results Driven. Passionate about delivering business results for clients, with the ability to identify and clearly articulate what’s working and why. 

What Success Looks Like:In 3 months: 

• Established collaborative relationships with all key stakeholders and internal reports.
• A strong understanding of and can clearly articulate the agency and group proposition, core Marketplace processes and our way of working.
• Immersed yourself in the team with an understanding of the status of all active and upcoming campaigns.

In 6 months: 

• Demonstrated your ability to deliver on all aspects of the role in an efficient, effective and proactive way.  
• Strengthened your key stakeholder relationships to deliver great team work consistently.  
• Leading the Marketplace processes for the team’s clients from end to end, ensuring that your manager and wider team are regularly updated. 

In 12 months: 

• Taking on greater ownership for campaigns and clients – responsibility and volume.
• Building strong relationships with publishers, representing the Wavemaker team appropriately and ensuring that campaigns are delivered to the highest quality
• Elevating your impact and influence within the business, with demonstrable benefits for the agency and our clients.

Working at Wavemaker

Inclusive policies

• Flexible work environment
• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents and carers throughout their parenting and caring journey.
• Discounts and corporate benefits
• Continuous training and development opportunities

Research shows that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds often don't apply for roles if they don't meet all the criteria.  Here, 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!

We believe that diversity is vital and positively influences the environment in which we operate. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment that is free of discrimination, harassment or bullying. Race, colour, ancestry, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability or veteran status have no bearing on our hiring decisions, we encourage all applicants.

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