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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.
2082 - Planner / Buyer
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
About EssenceMediacom: A Leading WPP Media Brand
EssenceMediacom:
EssenceMediacom 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.
Role Summary and Impact
The Planner/Buyer is a central role responsible for developing and executing data-informed, innovative media campaigns across various channels (including Digital, Press, Radio, and OOH). This position involves assessing media options, compiling detailed recommendations, managing campaign finances, and providing insights on target audiences and market trends. The role also includes supporting junior team members and collaborating with the Account Director to ensure best value for clients.
The Planner/Buyer significantly impacts client business performance by delivering innovative, data-driven media campaigns, fostering strong client relationships, contributing to team development and culture, and consistently striving for award-winning work and industry-leading innovation.
Skills and Experience
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.
To excel in this role, you will need to demonstrate a proven track record in media planning and buying, coupled with a keen analytical mind and strong communication skills. We are looking for someone who can not only execute campaigns effectively but also contribute to client growth and team development.
Other Skills to bring would be:
- Strong attention to detail and organisational skills.
- Good numerical and administrative ability, including Excel.
- Natural curiosity and willingness to challenge planning when required.
- Desire to deliver award-winning work and industry-leading innovation.
- Positive, proactive, and hardworking attitude.
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. Our benefits include competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days.
WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular 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.
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Director, Medical Strategy
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At Real Chemistry, making the world a healthier place isn’t just an aspiration—it’s our everyday reality. Our drive to transform healthcare is informed by our blend of deep scientific expertise, human-centred creativity, and AI-driven insights, fostering a unique environment where innovation thrives and our people are impact-obsessed. As a global agency, we provide a full suite of services across healthcare communications and marketing to our clients, including top players in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.
Our #LifeatRealChem culture is rooted in our people—we believe we are best together and are committed to excellence for both our clients and colleagues. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting your career, if you share our passion for healthcare and connection, we invite you to explore our opportunities.
Discover your purpose. Embrace innovation. Experience #LifeatRealChem.
Real Chemistry is looking for a Director, Medical Strategy to join our growing team!
Join our expanding team to shape 21GRAMS’s global strategic medical capabilities. As part of the Medical Strategy Team, you'll merge scientific expertise with strategic insight and commercial acumen. You'll guide clients through key product lifecycle stages, from defining impactful brand strategies to executing innovative tactics. Beyond analysing complex data, your role involves understanding perspectives and behaviours to craft patient-centric narratives that resonate with stakeholders. We seek someone who fosters curiosity, thinks creatively, and acts as a strategic partner for both our team and clients, ensuring alignment with their goals.
What you’ll do:
- Drive strategic medical thinking within our creative advertising team
- Oversee UK-based global medical copywriters, providing mentorship and guidance in the development of key content
- Shape project direction based on client interests and desired outcomes, ensuring scientific elevation and tailored messaging
- Conduct research on medicines, therapeutic landscapes, and competitors to inform brand communication and strategy
- Collaborate with Brand Strategy team and Senior account teams to align direction with client strategy and insights
- Collaborate with Creatives to ensure scientific / medical accuracy in briefs and resonance of outputs
- Provide scientific guidance to teams, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and alignment with client objectives
- Foster strong client relationships, identify growth opportunities, and support new business initiatives with research and pitch narrative development
This position is a perfect fit for you if:
- Our Company values – Best Together, Impact-Obsessed, Excellence Expected, Evolve Always and Accountability with an “I” – really speak to you.
- You are adaptable, resilient, and OK with adjusting your scope, responsibilities, and focus as we grow. When things change, so do we. We’re always evolving.
- You are proactive, driven, and resourceful with strong prioritization skills and a desire to dive into the data.
- You are highly organized self-starter, able to work independently and under tight deadlines.
What you should have:
- Experience in strategic projects with global clients, preferably from an advertising or agency, in roles like Medical/Scientific Strategist or Senior Medical Writer or Copywriter
- Advanced degree (PharmD, PhD, MSc, RN, MD) in a scientific/medical discipline is preferable
- Ability to discern underlying challenges by actively listening and understanding both spoken and unspoken cues
- High client EQ, adept at adapting approaches to match client styles and interests
- Proficiency in storytelling, presentation, and distilling complex concepts into impactful narratives
- Strong work ethic, proactive attitude, adept at independent project delivery with minimal guidance, proficient in scientific research tools like PubMed, and competent in software like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; familiarity with the healthcare ecosystem and 4+ years of experience in launching biopharmaceutical brands.
Real Chemistry is proud to be Great Place to Work® certified; check out what our people shared about our culture and workplace on our Great Places to Work Profile here.
We believe we can do our best when feeling our best, which is why we’ve put together a benefits program designed to give you the support you and your family need at every stage of life. Real Chemistry offers a comprehensive benefit program and perks, tailored to your region. Globally, this includes offices in our key markets with free snacks to keep you running all day long, generous holiday and paid time off, options for private medical, dental, and vison plans, and support in saving for the future. Other perks include mental wellness coaching and support and access to more than 13,000 online classes with LinkedIn Learning. Learn more about our great benefits and perks and search specific offerings in your region at: www.realchemistrybenefits.com.
Working with Real HART: Since the pandemic, we have adapted to how our people told us they want to work. We have office locations in cities in the US, UK, and Europe with many employees and clients that serve as hubs where and when they need us. For employees who are within an hour of one of our offices, we expect attendance in the office two days per week, either at a Real Chemistry office or onsite with clients. We are also actively opening new office locations, so if one opens near you, our Real HART policy will apply. We are not looking for attendance for the sake of attendance but believe that the opportunity to coordinate in-office team meetings, 1:1 meetings with managers, taking advantage of on-site learning, and connecting with client partners is a critical to delivering on our purpose of making healthcare what it should be. Outside of these offices, we have regions, where people work remotely but come together quarterly for collaboration, culture and learning opportunities. We call this our Real Hybrid and Regional Teams (Real HART) approach. Real Chemistry believes we are best together – and our workplace strategy fosters connection and collaboration in person – but also supports flexibility for our people.
Real Chemistry is an Equal Opportunity employer. We continually strive to build and sustain an inclusive and equitable work environment where our employees feel empowered to leverage all they bring from their personal lived experience and professional expertise, to make our team the best in the industry. We encourage motivated and qualified applicants to apply without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, ethnic or national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, marital information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local employment discrimination laws where Real Chemistry operates. Should you require accommodations throughout the interview process please let your recruiter know.
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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.
1150 - Account Manager - Client Services
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
About EssenceMediacom: A Leading WPP Media Brand
EssenceMediacom:
EssenceMediacom 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.
Role Summary and Impact
An Account Manager is responsible for managing the delivery of integrated communications solutions from the inception of the brief to presentation of the finished solution, through monitoring the campaign when it goes live, to reporting on the campaign results once it has run its course. The Account Manager will be responsible for managing the output of external and internal resources utilised in this delivery.
Working with the Account Director and planning team within the agency, the candidate will be required to demonstrate their ability to both work independently and lead a team within the agency. The AM will also be required to establish good working relationships with external agencies including creative and PR.
An Account Manager needs to possess good analytical and interpretive skills, paying close attention to detail, and have the ability to think creatively and strategically. There is a requirement to develop communications solutions quickly and accurately.
An Account Manager must possess a clear and concise style of writing along with a confident and persuasive presentation technique.
Skills and Experience
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.
As an Account Manager you should:-
- Have a strong knowledge of all media opportunities
- Be able to Identify how future trends will impact media planning
- Develop buying strategies and oversee all buying to ensure best value
- Be able to provide regular campaign updates to senior management and clients.
- Have a knowledge of industry media planning tools (DDS, Addynamix etc)
- Demonstrate natural curiosity and challenge planning when required.
- Have a confident and persuasive presenting technique
- Be able to prioritise work, not only their own but the teams as well.
- A desire to deliver award winning work and industry leading innovation.
What You will need:
- An interest in and thorough knowledge of all media opportunities.
- A team player with excellent communication skills.
- An ability to be proactive, multi-task and manage time effectively.
- A clear and concise style of writing with confident, persuasive presentation skills.
- Numerical and analytical skills.
- The ideal candidate will be well versed in all aspects of media planning and buying across all media. As the role will be predominantly client facing, the candidate should havedemonstrable experience in communicating complex media planning as straight forward client advice.
- Experience of business analytics and/or econometrics would be helpful, but not essential.
- An enquiring mind is a must.
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. Our benefits include competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days.
WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular 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.
While we appreciate all applications received, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
#LI-Promoted
Please read our Privacy Notice for more information on how we process the information you provide.
Ready to apply?
Apply to WPP Media