Associate Director, Media Planning, Pakistan

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 . WPP Media is the world's largest media investment company. In fact, we are responsible for one in every three ads you see globally. We are currently looking for an Associate Business Director, Media Planning to join our team. At WPP Media, our people are our strength, which is why fostering a culture of diversity, collaboration, and inclusion is important to us. Reporting of the role This role reports to: Business Director - Mindshare 3 best things about the job: • Client that likes to be hands on and wants to learn more • Have fun while working • Be part of a team that works and plays together In this role, your goals will be: In three months: • Build a rapport with the immediate team • Establish relationships with media vendors • Ensures all processes employed by the team are compliant In six months: • Monthly meetings to be run and executed by you • Has made or developed any changes that will impact any buying performance to the clients. • Clear and concise communication skills – written and verbal In 12 months: • Having started to develop skills for the next level • Understand and developing negotiations on behalf of the client. • Demonstrates selling skills with the ability to sell in media plans / additional internal initiatives to clients What your day job looks like at Mindshare: • Getting close enough to the client to help identify an opportunity to maximize/improve their media investments. • Entrenching senior client relationships that position Mindshare as a principle business partner of the client/s. • Overall strategic approach on the account/s designed and delivered to meet Client’s business objectives and strategies. • Supporting GM in promoting Exchanges philosophy to client, identifying and managing opportunities and achieving buy-in from the decision makers. • Developing the scope of work with knowledge of the financial implications and budget requirements to provide required levels of service, negotiating terms of business to optimize account profitability for m/SIX and achieving sign-off from the client for the fee negotiation. • Co-ordinates appropriate resources from across the organization, including the global network and Mindshare, to meet client objectives within deadline. • Managing the P&L including delivery of agreed budget on the account/s • Supporting the heads on managing, advising and educating the client on Mindshare’s fee structure when projects have been identified outside the agreed scope of work. • Annual staffing plan based on job requirements, past performance, and future contingencies; reviewing the resource allocation throughout the year on a quarterly basis. • Selling solutions and the expertise of the team as opposed to the individual. • Setting KPIs and managing quality of output in front of the client. • Cultivating opportunities for additional business opportunities securing additional profitable revenue to the benefit of the client and Mindshare. • Ensure that the GM/MD is fully informed of any issues or developments that impact on agency performance and profitability. • Working with Business Planning to a