Explore your future with Mindshare, part of WPP Media. If this role isn’t 100% aligned, apply anyway and we’ll add you to a specific Talent Pool so we can collaborate on future available positions.

Forge powerful partnerships and drive incredible success for iconic brands in this pivotal role at the heart of the world’s leading media agency.

About WPP Media

WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients and communities. For more information, visit wpp.com.

WPP Media is WPP’s global media collective. In a world where media is everywhere and in everything, we bring the best platform, people, and partners together to create limitless opportunities for growth. For more information, visit wppmedia.com

At WPP Media, we believe in the power of our culture and our people. It’s what elevates us to deliver exceptional experiences for both our clients and each other. In this role it will be critical to embrace WPP & WPP Media’s shared core values:

• Be Extraordinary by Leading Collectively to Inspire transformational Creativity.
• Create an Open environment by Balancing People and Client Experiences by Cultivating Trust.
• Lead Optimistically by Championing Growth and Development to Mobilize the Enterprise.

About Mindshare: A Leading WPP Media Brand

Mindshare delivers Good Growth for its clients. As “Growth Architects," we drive growth that benefits all stakeholders — better for people, planet, and business — by using media with intention. This approach creates more meaningful connections with consumers, increases consumer trust in the brand, and delivers better outcomes for all stakeholders.

The Role

Location: Sydney

We have found a great balance of embracing flexible working whilst also maintaining in-office collaboration with most teams meeting in the office 3 days per week.

• Be the go-to expert, manage the key relationship with iconic brands like L’Oréal and Suncorp, and nurture a diverse network of affiliate partners across Australia and New Zealand.
• Drive campaign success from start to finish, implementing clever strategies and optimising performance on the Impact affiliate platform.
• Take charge of the numbers, managing budgets, handling invoicing, and crafting insightful reports that tell a story of growth and success.
• Lead and mentor a rising star, managing one direct report and championing a supportive, collaborative culture within your close-knit team.
• Flex your commercial muscles, negotiating top-tier deals with partners to deliver outstanding value and exposure for your client.

Ideal Skills and Experience

A commercially savvy relationship-builder with a passion for performance marketing and a collaborative spirit will absolutely flourish in this dynamic role. We’re also looking for;

• An affiliate aficionado with several years of experience in partnerships or digital marketing, ready to hit the ground running.
• A natural relationship-builder who is commercially minded, confident, and skilled at negotiating fantastic outcomes for everyone.
• A curious and analytical mind with a passion for understanding the 'why' behind the data and a sharp eye for detail.
• An organisational guru who thrives on managing multiple projects and communicates with clarity, professionalism, and a positive attitude.
• A true team player who is eager to learn, ask questions, and contribute to a supportive, high-achieving team environment.

Life at WPP Media & Benefits

Our passion for shaping the next era of media includes investing in our employees to help them do their best work, and we’re just as committed to employee growth as we are to responsible media investment. WPP Media employees can tap into the global WPP Media & WPP networks to pursue their passions, grow their networks, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events.

WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

Please read our Privacy Notice (https://www.wppmedia.com/pages/privacy-policy) for more information on how we process the information you provide.

What We Offer 

At Mindshare ANZ, we offer a competitive salary package, with 20 days holiday increasing with service to a maximum of 25 days, with the option to purchase extra leave of up to 4 weeks per year. We also offer a flexible working environment, paid parental leave, flexible public holidays, birthday leave and early finishes during the summer months. These are just some of the great perks you can utilise.

Based on the south side of the bridge in Barangaroo, our office has beautiful views of Sydney Harbour and is a great space to hang out with colleagues and friends!

We have a culture of learning where we invest in your career growth and development through a range of learning and development opportunities. We offer a supportive and inclusive workplace culture that values diversity and collaboration and we provide mental wellness support via our Employee Assistance Program.

Our Commitment 

We want you to have the best opportunity to show us your skills and talents, please let us know if there is anything we can do to make the application/interview process work for you. Should you require any adjustments throughout the process, please collaborate with our hiring team who will be happy to assist.  

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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Implementation & Activation Manager
(Performance Media Focused)

 A Leading WPP Media Brand, Wavemaker positively provokes growth for clients by reshaping consumer decision-making and experiences through media, content, and technology. Our name is both our mission and our method. We do our best work for brave brands and people who relish being challenged to go further and faster, together.

The Role The Implementation & Activation Manager is an important role, ensuring operational excellence and responsible for driving day-to-day work that delivers effective campaigns, ensuring best-in-class consistent implementation, optimisation, and reporting. Working very closely with your Director, you will produce best-in-class solutions, offer unparalleled service and deliver against targets. The role involves the development and application of specialist technical skills, as well as solid people management.

Your Primary Responsibilities:

• Cultivate strong, trusted relationships with clients at an intermediate level, as it relates to implementation planning & activation.

• Proactively recommend tactics and opportunities that resolve client challenges and objectives.

• Ownership of the media plan, including reconciliation, and the update of plan changes, with detailed updates for internal stakeholders.

• Able to construct and present robust Implementation plans, that are grounded in strategic priorities.

• Oversee workflow of direct reports, swiftly escalating issues as they arise.

• Conduct fortnightly 1:1s, annual Career Conversations and Performance Reviews with direct reports.

What Makes You Great:

• You feel empowered to bring your authentic self to work, and contribute to great teamwork, knowing your individual ideas and thoughts will be welcome.

• Keen interest in our industry and excited to work with market leading partners & technologies.

• Inquisitive and demonstrates desire to understand and know more.

• Ability to prioritise tasks effectively, ensuring that the most important and urgent ones are identified and addressed first.

• Results driven with the ability to identify and clearly articulate what’s working and why.

• Problem solving mentality.

• Attention to detail.

• Clear communicator.

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

Apply now and share your CV via the link! 

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Paid Search (Implementation & Activation) Executive

A Leading WPP Media Brand, Wavemaker positively provokes growth for clients by reshaping consumer decision-making and experiences through media, content, and technology. Our name is both our mission and our method. We do our best work for brave brands and people who relish being challenged to go further and faster, together.

The Role
The Paid Search (Implementation & Activation Executive) is an important emerging role, establishing operational excellence and responsible for supporting day-to-day work that delivers effective campaigns, ensuring best-in-class consistent implementation, optimisation, and reporting. Working very closely with your manager, you will produce best-in-class solutions, offer unparalleled service and deliver against targets. The role involves the development and application of specialist technical skills.

Your Primary Responsibilities:

• Grow an understanding of client challenges, objectives & initiatives.

• Proactively recommend tactics and opportunities that resolve client challenges and objectives.

• Activate approved media plans, ensuring campaign deliverables are met consistently, across all touchpoints.

• Book, load, confirm, traffic, optimise, track and post analyse client media campaigns, applying insightful context and immaculate attention to detail throughout.

• Openly communicate and collaborate with all internal key stakeholders on delivery and reporting regularly.

• Contribute to great teamwork with a supportive and positive can-do attitude.

• Collaborate closely with your manager to identify, collate and showcase examples of great work from within the team, both internally and externally.

• Be a positive face of the agency at industry events, either related to clients’ category or our media partners.

What Makes You Great:

• Keen interest in our industry and excited to work with market leading partners & technologies.

• Inquisitive and demonstrates desire to understand and know more.

• Ability to prioritise tasks effectively, ensuring that the most important and urgent ones are identified and addressed first.

• Results driven with the ability to identify and clearly articulate what’s working and why.

• Problem solving mentality.

• Attention to detail.

• Clear communicator.

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

Apply now and share your CV via the link! 

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Client: Specsavers

Role Summary and Impact

EssenceMediacom, part of WPP, is a new breed of media agency. Grounded in analytics & insights and powered by data & technology, we believe in the power of media and creative to drive breakthroughs for the world’s best brands. We help clients understand the modern marketing paradox and discover the breakthroughs brands need to win with their consumers. We are designed for the new communications economy — built on data & technology, built for people & algorithms, built around diverse schools of thought, built to test & learn at scale, and, crucially, built to evolve.

The Implementation & Activation team is responsible for delivering best-in-class implementation planning and activation for clients. Our Implementation & Activation team are fully embedded within our EssenceMediacom client teams, and accountable to the clients they work on. The scope of the Implementation & Activation team covers the Implementation Planning and Activation of all media channels and touchpoints, with a focus on delivering connected, audience-first client outputs. Within the team, we have some team members who work across all channels and both implementation planning & activation, and others who specialise and work across a more focused scope of work, (for example, Performance specialists who work across Social & Search). With our collective industry expertise, we navigate the ever-changing media landscape efficiently and effectively, fuelling growth for the brands we work with. Our commitment to transparency and accountability drives best-in-class results consistently. Leveraging our exceptional media relationships to keep our finger on the pulse of emerging opportunities.

The Implementation & Activation Associate Manager is a critical role, over-seeing activation of client campaigns to ensuring best-in-class delivery for clients consistently, whilst also shaping effective, efficient, creative, and future facing implementation plans and media schedules for clients, to deliver business growth. As an Associate Manager you are responsible for supervising elements of team workload to ensure client demands are met, and ensuring a high level of effective collaboration between team members and key stakeholders. Working very closely with your manager, you will produce best-in-class solutions, offer unparalleled service and deliver against targets.

Skills and Experience

What Makes You Great

• You feel empowered to bring your authentic self to work, and contribute to great teamwork, knowing your individual ideas and thoughts will be welcome.
• Passion for our industry, with relevant technical and people leadership experience.
• Strong, up to date, media landscape knowledge (confidently able to articulate macro consumer trends and the challenges and opportunities they bring).
• Attention to detail.
• Problem solving mentality.
• Clear communicator, with strong presentation skills.
• Demonstrates well developed negotiation and implementation planning skills.
• Results driven with the ability to identify and clearly articulate what’s working and why.
• Building strong relationships with publishers, representing the agency team appropriately and ensuring that campaigns are delivered to the highest quality.

Life at WPP Media & Benefits

Our passion for shaping the next era of media is powered by our commitment to Be Extraordinary, investing in our employees to inspire transformational creativity. We also Lead Optimistically, firmly believing in and Championing Growth and Development for every individual. This commitment allows WPP Media employees to leverage the extensive global WPP Media & WPP networks to pursue their passions, build vital professional connections, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising.

We Create an Open environment built on trust and respect, where everyone feels they belong and has opportunities to progress. This inclusive culture is fostered through a variety of employee resource groups and frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events. 

WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection in this open and supportive environment. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

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Influencer Manager

Overview of the team:
In today’s entertainment economy, influence is currency, making social and content creators the new media powerhouses. At WPP Media, we have a dedicated Social, Content and Influencer Marketing capability, designed to help brands authentically connect with audiences through the voices they trust most.

Our approach is rooted in creativity, data intelligence, and cultural fluency. We craft strategic partnerships that drive measurable impact, spark conversation, and build long-term brand equity.

Our capability offers clients:

• End-to-end social and creator campaign management from strategy to reporting
• Access to a diverse and vetted creator network
• Advanced data and performance analytics
• Global reach with local market expertise

Whether clients are launching a product, shifting perception, or scaling brand love, INFLUENCE^® by WPP Media is built to deliver results—authentically, creatively, and at scale.

Welcome to the future of INFLUENCE^®. Let’s create something extraordinary.

Overview of the role:

As an Influencer Manager, you will play a crucial role in executing impactful influencer marketing campaigns and leading a dedicated team to deliver outstanding results. You’ll partner closely with clients, the Associate Director and/or Group Director to translate business goals into engaging influencer strategies that resonate with target audiences.

This role requires a proactive and organised individual with a deep understanding of the creator economy. You’ll manage the end-to-end campaign lifecycle, from ideation and creator selection through to execution, optimisation, and measurement, ensuring every initiative is data-informed, culturally relevant, and flawlessly delivered. You'll contribute to our reputation for innovation and analytical rigor, helping clients achieve their marketing objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Team Leadership & Mentorship: Lead, manage, and mentor a team of influencer executives and/or coordinators, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture.
• Campaign Management: Responsible for the end-to-end management, execution, and optimisation of assigned influencer clients & campaigns.
• Client Relationship Management: Act as a key point of contact for clients, ensuring their needs are met, and campaigns align with their objectives.
• Strategic Contribution: Contribute to the development of influencer marketing strategies, providing insights and executing plans effectively.
• Budget Management: Manage campaign budgets effectively, ensuring efficient allocation of resources and cost control.
• Reporting & Analytics: Oversee accurate and insightful reporting on campaign performance, providing actionable recommendations for continuous improvement.

Detailed Responsibilities:

Team Leadership & Mentorship

• • Lead, mentor, and develop a team of influencer executives and/or coordinators, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture.
  • Organise and delegate work within the team to ensure efficient campaign delivery.
  • Manage resources across campaigns effectively, monitoring workloads to ensure balance and optimal output.
  • Ensure all team members have measurable, challenging, and achievable targets to work towards.
  • Foster a supportive environment that encourages growth, creativity, and accountability.

Campaign Management

• • Always maintain high standards across all assigned campaigns, ensuring accuracy and quality in all details provided to relevant internal teams and clients, while meeting target margins.
  • Troubleshoot any campaign issues flagged by the team, providing solutions and collaborating to resolve problems efficiently.
  • Ensure exceptional attention to detail and timeliness in all aspects of campaign planning and execution.
  • Apply strong problem-solving skills and a creative mindset to effectively meet campaign objectives.
  • Take responsibility for addressing content or campaign issues before escalation, ensuring client satisfaction and alignment with the brief.
  • Oversee the full lifecycle of assigned influencer campaigns, from briefing and talent selection through execution, optimisation, and post-campaign analysis.
  • Ensure all campaigns adhere to strategy, timelines, and client objectives.
  • Make certain delivery is flawless, with the team consistently using established processes and templates.
  • Be willing to step in and support the team directly to manage activity, troubleshoot issues, and solve problems as they arise.
  • Uphold high standards of quality and client satisfaction throughout every stage of the campaign.

Strategic Contribution

• • Contribute to the development of influencer marketing strategies for clients, ensuring alignment with their broader marketing objectives.
  • Define campaign-specific KPIs, support budget planning, and establish performance tracking frameworks.
  • Support efforts to keep clients ahead of trends and competition through well-executed strategic guidance.
  • Support with new business opportunities as required.

Budget Management

• • Manage budgets and financial planning for assigned influencer marketing initiatives.
  • Monitor campaign spend, optimise resource allocation, and support efforts to maximise ROI.
  • Maintain transparency and accountability across all financial processes related to your campaigns.

Reporting & Analytics

• • Oversee reporting on campaign performance, ensuring insights go beyond surface-level metrics to reflect true impact.
  • Analyse results to identify opportunities for optimisation and improvement across campaigns and strategy.
  • Provide actionable recommendations that inform future planning and drive continuous growth.
  • Ensure reporting is accurate, timely, and clearly communicates value to clients and internal stakeholders.
  • Use data to guide decision-making, support strategic initiatives, and enhance overall campaign performance.

Skills You Bring: 

• Deep Experience in Social & Influencer Marketing: You have 3-5+ years of progressive experience in digital/social and influencer marketing, ideally within an agency environment.
• Proven Team Leadership: Experience managing, mentoring, and inspiring a team to achieve campaign objectives and foster individual growth. You are skilled in organising and delegating work to ensure efficient campaign delivery.
• Exceptional Communication & Client Skills: You excel in client-facing roles, presenting innovative ideas, managing expectations, and building trust-based relationships with stakeholders.
• Proactive & Solution-Oriented Mindset: You understand that social and influencer marketing is a fast-paced, always-on, constantly evolving media channel. You possess the desire to lead, adapt, and refine strategies as required to stay ahead, embracing the dynamic nature of content and influence.

Apply now and send your CV via the link! 

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WPP Media is the world’s leading global media performance organisation that unites WPP Media Solutions ’s global performance Talent & Technologies. WPP Media Solutions  unites WPP Media Solutions Practices (search, social, programmatic, ad-ops, commerce) and Solutions (ATV< ADOOH, Programmatic and Goat) into a single unit.

What is WPP Media Solutions? WPP Media Solutions omni-channel performance engine delivering better business outcomes for clients and agencies.

What does the end state look like? Imagine a world where there is strength in community:

• Connected technology that let’s us engage with audiences across a complex customer journey, delivering better business outcomes for clients.
• Connected talent that let’s our people unlock the bigger omni-channel opportunity with training/developing opportunities outside their current core competence.
• Connected thinking that lets us come together across different disciplines to share, connect and collaborate as one team WPP Media Solutions.

We recently launched WPP Media Solutions Connect, our ongoing commitment to our People. Our goal is to make WPP Media Solutions  the best place to work, learn and grow. We’re passionate about learning & development, empowering our people with fantastic resources such as WPP Media Solutions  University and Career Navigator. WPP Media Solutions  Connect brings forth a bespoke mentoring program that connects our talent to leadership across all facets of the business. We’ve also embedded a ‘Better for All’ initiative to ensure WPP Media Solutions  WPP Media Solutions  attracts the most diverse and representative mix of talent where everyone feels welcome and has equal opportunity to grow.

Your role in a nutshell

The Client Development Manager is the lynchpin of the team, taking the lead across an agency portfolio to create and convert outcome-focused opportunities for our clients. You will work collaboratively with each of the Advanced Programmatic teams to drive client-centricity in everything we do, and develop strong relationships with agency and client stakeholders. You will demonstrate strong technical operations knowledge to build credibility, while applying a commercial lens across your work. Driven by success, you will proactively seek out opportunities to improve yourself and our ways of working to better effect.

This role will focus on

• Play an active role in supporting agency new business pitches and digital transformation projects.
• Support Director to grow total agency use of WPP Media Solutions including  proprietary media, commerce, and tech solutions.
• Demonstrate strong knowledge of all aspects of programmatic media, including (but not limited to) supply, ad tech 1st and 3rd party data, optimisation techniques, auction mechanics, tagging and tracking, dynamic creative, native, measurement, brand safety, viewability, audiences, and analytics.
• Ensure that opportunities are evaluated for feasibility prior to booking, leading the management of expectations with clients.
• Deliver pitch-quality deliverables at all times, consistently careful and methodical with a strong eye for detail to ensure accuracy in all work delivered.
• Develop and execute ongoing client development plans to improve your client base qualitatively and quantitatively.
• Build strong client relationships; be the day-to-day trusted partner and contact for clients and agencies.
• Demonstrate intimate knowledge of client and agency business practices, planning methodologies, investment strategies, and challenges.
• Be able to clearly articulate the Advanced Programmatic proposition, highlighting client advantages across trading, technology, brand safety, performance, data, and outcomes.

As our ideal Client Development Manager, you will have experience within media agency, or publisher. If you have a programmatic skillset, or a sales background, and love presentations, this may well be the role for you. You may not need to have all the above, we can teach the other skills, if you have one or the other.

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About WPP

WPP is a Creative Transformation Company, a world leader in marketing services. We deliver transformational results for clients by providing a modern, integrated offering tailored to the breadth of client’s marketing needs.

WPP is home to more than 100,000 people committed to doing extraordinary work for our clients. No other company matches the depth of our technology, data and AI capabilities.

We have enduring relations with the leading global brands and organisations, helping them to innovate and transform. Our scale makes us the No.1 partner to the five largest media platforms, unlocking best-in-class capabilities, exclusive partnerships and co-development initiatives to build the future of media together

Our modern, integrated offer to clients spans every discipline of modern marketing through our global integrated media and creative agencies, public relations forms and specialist comms companies.

About WPP Media

WPP Media is the world’s leading media investment company responsible for more than $63B in annual media investment through our brands Mindshare, Wavemaker  and EssenceMediacom. Our agencies are the front line to a new era of media strategy and innovation.

WPP Media’s portfolio includes client services, activations services, media investment, data science and technology development. By leveraging all the benefits of scale, the company innovates, differentiates and generates sustained value for our clients wherever they do business.

We are driven by our vision of Limitless Opportunity. This means limitless experiences for our people, better outcomes for our clients, better relationships with our partners and ultimately delivering better for the planet.

As market leaders we work closely with our clients to develop a healthy, accountable, responsible and diverse ecosystem that enables data driven marketing at scale and is mutually beneficial for all partners and the communities at large that we influence.

Client Development Director

YOUR ROLE IN A NUTSHELL:

The role of Client Development Director is to spearhead the creation of significant opportunities across all WPP Media clients. With a focus on both Proprietary business and the agency group. You will be a trusted advisor that can find opportunities to add value to their media ecosystem, and be able to quickly and effectively push those into the activation teams. This role includes taking accountability for commercial delivery and proactively addressing any areas of underperformance.

3 best things about the job: 

1. Be an opinion leader of this advanced technical and data-led business in Australia for your specific agency group.
2. Access to work with the top brands of the world, creating measurable and accountable solutions for them on the go.
3. A fun environment that combines the best of being entrepreneurial whilst at the same time being part of the largest media solutions team in AUS.

In this role, you will focus on: 

• Support the full agency solution function
• Support and lead the cross-channel agency team
• Fully understand and be able to communicate the WMS products and solutions.
• Build relationships with the key clients and market contacts for your agency.
• Build strategic proposals/solutions for clients based on campaign objective(s).
• Drive, manage, and optimise cross-channel campaigns, ensuring seamless coordination across ATV, digital, social, DOOH, programmatic, and other media touchpoints.
• Fully understand the functionality of each unit within WMS and establish ways of working together in an omni-solution sense.
• Support the Head of XXXXXX.
• Work with all clients on multi-market multi-channel solutions.
• Present existing and new capabilities to existing/new clients.
• Identify new opportunities via product offerings to grow incremental revenue with clients.
• Help with recrafting product solution and marketing to meet market requirements with the product team.
• Roll-out training programs for your agency.
• Help enable all markets to deliver revenue of focused clients.
• Work closely with key stakeholders to assess market demand and establish current and future growth potential.
• Build marketing and sales engagement strategies for your agency.
• Consult and provide proactive content and cross-channel solutions to agency clients/direct clients.
• Influence and drive adoption via workshops, training, brainstorm and pitch sessions with agency teams.
• Work closely with Operations and Supply teams locally to ensure smooth roll-out of campaigns.

 What you’ll bring:

• Experience in delivering against revenue targets or measurable deliverables.
• Experience in maintaining client relationships and overcoming issues and objections to achieve core business objectives.
• Experience in managing key clients and maintain long term external client relationships.
• Experience of multiple industry categories and what drives their online advertising success
  Strong understanding of content and influencer marketing.

Minimum qualifications: 

• 5+ years’ experience in digital marketing
• Understanding of agency processes and structures, especially partnership and content teams
• Excellent presentation skills
• Excellent numerical skills with the ability to quickly analyse commercial constructs and opportunities.
• You must be comfortable in working autonomously and you will be responsible for delivering pre-defined and agreed goals, presenting progress periodically to management teams.
• Being able to problem solve is a must and having the ability to think creatively to successfully achieve goals will be key for the successful candidate.

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Explore your future with Mindshare, part of WPP Media. If this role isn’t 100% aligned, apply anyway and we’ll add you to a specific Talent Pool so we can collaborate on future available positions.

Your next chapter starts here: This isn't just another performance role; it's your chance to help shape the digital strategy for a global icon and work on campaigns that get the world talking.

About WPP Media

WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients and communities. For more information, visit wpp.com.

WPP Media is WPP’s global media collective. In a world where media is everywhere and in everything, we bring the best platform, people, and partners together to create limitless opportunities for growth. For more information, visit wppmedia.com

At WPP Media, we believe in the power of our culture and our people. It’s what elevates us to deliver exceptional experiences for both our clients and each other. In this role it will be critical to embrace WPP & WPP Media’s shared core values:

• Be Extraordinary by Leading Collectively to Inspire transformational Creativity.
• Create an Open environment by Balancing People and Client Experiences by Cultivating Trust.
• Lead Optimistically by Championing Growth and Development to Mobilize the Enterprise.

About Mindshare: A Leading WPP Media Brand

Mindshare delivers Good Growth for its clients. As “Growth Architects," we drive growth that benefits all stakeholders — better for people, planet, and business — by using media with intention. This approach creates more meaningful connections with consumers, increases consumer trust in the brand, and delivers better outcomes for all stakeholders.

The Role

Location: Melbourne

We have found a great balance of embracing flexible working whilst also maintaining in-office collaboration with teams meeting in the office 3 days per week.

• Take the lead on managing the Search account for one of the world's most iconic brands, Nike, with a laser focus on driving performance and ROI.
• Be at the forefront of media innovation, activating truly exciting, ground-breaking, and first-to-market campaigns.
• Dive into the day-to-day of best-in-class campaign activation, from implementation and optimisation to reporting across Search Ads and Shopping.
• Become a vital part of an expanding, tight-knit team that operates as a true extension of the Nike Marketing family.
• Collaborate with a "killer team" known for its incredible passion and long tenure, proving it's a place people genuinely love to work.

Ideal Skills and Experience

You will thrive in this role if you are a results-driven performance marketer with a love for innovation and a genuine passion for sport and culture. We’re also looking for;

• A genuine passion for digital marketing and an obsession with delivering results through paid search platforms like Google Ads, SA360, and Microsoft Ads.
• Proven experience in performance-focused SEM, with a knack for going beyond standard brand campaigns to drive real commercial success.
• You're a detail-oriented, data-driven dynamo who loves problem-solving and can clearly articulate what’s working and why.
• An enthusiastic and collaborative spirit, ready to contribute your ideas and thrive within a supportive, high-energy team culture.
• You're inquisitive, proactive, and eager to take ownership, constantly learning to stay ahead in the fast-paced digital landscape.

Life at WPP Media & Benefits

Our passion for shaping the next era of media includes investing in our employees to help them do their best work, and we’re just as committed to employee growth as we are to responsible media investment. WPP Media employees can tap into the global WPP Media & WPP networks to pursue their passions, grow their networks, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events.

WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

Please read our Privacy Notice (https://www.wppmedia.com/pages/privacy-policy) for more information on how we process the information you provide.

What We Offer 

At Mindshare ANZ, we offer a competitive salary package, with 20 days holiday increasing with service to a maximum of 25 days, with the option to purchase extra leave of up to 4 weeks per year. We also offer a flexible working environment, paid parental leave, flexible public holidays, birthday leave and early finishes during the summer months. These are just some of the great perks you can utilise.

Based in Melbourne Southbank, our office has 180 degree views of the river, the Melbourne Skyline and is a great space to hang out with colleagues and friends!

We have a culture of learning where we invest in your career growth and development through a range of learning and development opportunities. We offer a supportive and inclusive workplace culture that values diversity and collaboration and we provide mental wellness support via our Employee Assistance Program.

Our Commitment 

We want you to have the best opportunity to show us your skills and talents, please let us know if there is anything we can do to make the application/interview process work for you. Should you require any adjustments throughout the process, please collaborate with our hiring team who will be happy to assist.  

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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