Audience Planning Account Director

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership & BEP/IMC Development:
• Drive the end-to-end development of comprehensive audience and communications strategies for Gold and Silver IMC projects and multi-market brands , ensuring alignment with overall brand objectives, business goals, and our established BEP/IMC development framework .
• Be a key player in our strategic evolution, actively contributing to the 'Leading' and 'Collaborative' shifts outlined in our 2025 vision, acting as a primary strategic partner to clients and internal teams across WPP.
• Contribute significantly to the strategic direction of BEP for the EMEA region, guiding its implementation and internal training initiatives.
• Audience Expertise & Insight Generation:
• Identify sources of growth and translate them into locally relevant audience strategies, advising our Hubs on effective audience activation and enrichment.
• Oversee the development of critical WPP comms-specific insight work for EMEA, sharing best practices across the network.
• Communications Frameworks & Ecosystem Orchestration:
• Develop robust communications architectures and ecosystem maps that define the role of different channels (paid, owned, earned) and content types across the consumer journey, encompassing Colgate's Brand Experience planning process (touchpoints, roles, formats, KPIs, messaging, destinations).
• Lead content briefing alongside creative teams and ensure timely delivery of key comms planning elements, including the creation of comms planning ( A ttention C onsideration P urchase L oyalty ) templates, asset lists, and toolkit production .
• Oversee the integration of division-level initiatives (e.g., Ogilvy social strategy, OAC 1PD workstream) into comprehensive comms plans, ensuring seamless execution.
• Client & Stakeholder Management:
• Serve as a trusted strategic advisor to clients, presenting complex strategies with clarity and conviction, fostering strong relationships, and identifying opportunities for growth and innovation.
• Manage the planning process end-to-end, coordinating crucial internal and external meetings (briefings, check-ins, creative strategy, market alignments), managing timelines, scope, expectations, and writing internal briefs.
• Ensure market needs are thoroughly accounted for in division comms plans, acting as a key liaison.
• Integrated Planning & Collaboration:
• Work closely with Channel specialists, including Retail/eCommerce , to develop integrate

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Additional Information

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. For more information, visit wppmedia.com . 1255 - Account Director, Audience Planning Role Summary and Impact This is an unparalleled opportunity to accelerate your career, empowering Colgate brand teams to lead, fostering robust collaboration with our hubs and growth markets, and spearheading true innovation in communications planning. You will be instrumental in leading the end-to-end BEP/IMC development process, overseeing the timely delivery of planning templates, content needs, and activation guidelines across EMEA. Job Summary: As an Audience and Communications Planning Director, you will serve as a strategic planning leader, responsible for implementing the development of audience and communications strategies within Colgate's BEP/IMC framework for EMEA. You will translate detailed consumer insight work, market trends, and client business objectives into actionable, integrated comms and audience plans that leverage the full breadth of WPP Media's capabilities and the wider WPP network expertise (creative, production, specialists). This role demands confident client collaborative leadership, analytical prowess, presentation skills, and a relentless passion for pushing the boundaries of media effectiveness and customer experience.

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