Associate, Marketplace and Partnerships

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 . 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. Job Description Reporting of the role This role reports to: Group Head, CTG Analytics 3 best things about this job: • Understand how the media & advertising sector works: YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Podcasts, TV, Newspapers, etc. • Wide variety of work, humongous things to learn • Opportunity to attend media events – new program launches, music/film awards, tickets to sports/concerts, etc. In this role, your goals will be: In three months: • Understand media fundamentals – audience & market definitions, measurement metrics, audience behavior, etc. • Be comfortable using media measurement tools • Become thorough with periodic reports sent out by the team In six months: • Track media consumption habits by independently working on the following reports: o TV viewership report o Radio listenership report • Track commercial inventory through: o Time sale analysis o Radio and Print volume tracker • Track digital campaign data • Maintain & update VLOOKUP's accurately • Help with ad hoc data requests • Understand & remember insights generated from the above work What your day job looks like at GroupM: Thinking, checking, reading - mostly • Clean, compile & analyze huge volumes of data • Develop & use logic checks to test for data accuracy at each step: extraction, compilation, cleaning & analysis • Present insights from the data in PowerPoint/excel in a concise and clear manner • Work on ad-hoc queries as required • Daily reading to stay up to date on various topics: business news, tech, media, consumer behavior, and make sense of how developments in each sector intersect to arrive at key media trends What you’ll bring: • Strong logical thinking capability • Attention to detail • Willing to work – to deliver tasks accurately and on time (if this puts you off, this role isn’t for you) • High levels of healthy curiosity, eagerness to learn Minimum qualifications: • Minimum Experiance of 1 to 4 years Proficient in MS Office tools (especially Excel – should be comfortable using formulae) • Sound knowledge of high school level mathematics • Skilled in automation software (desirable, not mandatory) – Python, R, Tableau,