Senior Media Consultant (Mensch)

About the Position

Senior Media Consultant (Mensch)

Dusseldorf, Germany

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 personalization 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.

EssenceMediacom is a new kind of media agency and one of the leading brands of WPP Media. Based on analysis and insights, driven by data and technology, we believe in the power of media and creativity to help the best brands in the world break through. We are designed for the new communications economy - for people and algorithms, with different approaches to test and learn on a large scale, and above all, to continue to develop.

What We Offer

• Work-Life-Balance: Thanks to flexible working hours with a focus on personal interaction in the office and supplementary remote work, your job adapts to your life. Overtime can be flexibly compensated.
• Vacation mode on: You receive 30 vacation days plus a flexible day – additionally, December 24th and 31st are off.
• Wellbeing first: Health benefits, attractive retirement plans, and Mental Health Awareness Days put your health at the center.
• Practice makes perfect: Develop yourself with our diverse training programs and use our internal career programs for your development within the WPP network.
• More than just a job: Expect unforgettable events, employee discounts, and other highlights like the Job Ticket, Wellhub, or the Job Bike.
• Be yourself: Everyone is welcome here - diversity and equal opportunities are close to our hearts.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Media Consultant (Mensch), you are the strategic main contact and sparring partner for our clients. You take responsibility for demanding mandates, steer complex media projects, and actively drive the strategic development of our client relationships.

• Strategic Client Consulting: You advise your clients confidently at the decision-maker level, deeply understand their business goals, and establish long-term, trusting partnerships.
• Strategy Development & Innovation: You are responsible for developing customized, data-driven, and future-proof omnichannel media strategies and proactively set impulses on trend and focus topics.
• Holistic Campaign Management: You steer and optimize complex, cross-media advertising campaigns from conception through execution to follow-up and the derivation of learning frameworks.
• Market & Competitive Analysis: You analyze market and competitive dynamics proactively, identify new market opportunities, and translate insights into concrete growth potentials for your clients.
• Budget Responsibility & Performance: You are responsible for and steer extensive advertising budgets purposefully to continuously maximize the ROI of your clients.
• Interface & Mentoring: As a central interface, you accompany campaigns throughout their entire lifecycle, bring together internal departments, and support junior staff in the team as a sparring partner and mentor.

Requirements

• Several Years of Professional Experience: You bring solid, several years of experience (approx. 4+ years) in media planning, the agency world, or in media consulting and can demonstrate proven success in independently managing complex budgets.
• Excellent Market & Trend Understanding: You know media dynamics (digital & classic) in detail, keep an eye on new technologies, and understand how to use market changes profitably.
• Strategic Consulting Competence: You convince with a strong business understanding, negotiation skills, and the ability to translate multifaceted client needs into successful media roadmaps.
• Strong Analytics & ROI Focus: The confident handling of complex key figures and data analyses is a matter of course for you – you derive precise action recommendations from them.
• Compelling Presentation Skills: You pitch and present confidently at the C-level, captivate your audience with strong storytelling, and convince with your authentic, winning manner.

Moreover, you are: #strategic #solution-oriented #innovative

If you find this job exciting, we expressly encourage you to apply, even if you do not meet every qualification listed above.

Working at WPP Media

As WPP Media, we shape the future of media and consistently invest in our employees. Each colleague enjoys the benefits of the global network of WPP Media and WPP to continue developing and learning at the forefront of marketing and advertising. We live diversity and cohesion through numerous Employee Resource Groups and regular internal events - for exchange, inspiration, and celebrating our successes together.

WPP Media is an employer that promotes equal opportunities. We consider all applicants for all positions without discrimination. Our goal is a culture of respect and belonging, where everyone has the same opportunities to contribute and grow professionally.

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