Associate Vice President, Client Services, India

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 About EssenceMediacom: A Leading WPP Media Brand 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. 3 Best things about the job: Media Futures Group is part of WPP Media, the world’s largest media investment company and is a part of WPP. In fact, we are responsible for one in every three ads you see globally. We are currently looking for a Director - Partnerships to join us for one of the biggest global brands. In this role, you will drive thought leadership on the Partnerships vertical, linking cultural insights to content opportunities and solutions across cricket, entertainment, music, sub-culture etc. along with leading a team. This will be based on a rigorous evaluation of brand audience, objective and insights - requiring strong logical thinking. It is NOT a role only about ideation or execution. It’s about answering the WHY, along with the HOW. Reporting of the role This role reports to Regional (APAC), head of partnerships MFG 3 best things about the job: • Work with best in business media partners & teams with an objective of driving strategic partnerships and alliances with strong storytelling and brand solution. • Attain strong understanding of cross channel media strategy & brand partnerships by working on diversified categories of Google & internal teams – business lead, strategy team and investment team. • Team management, liaising with regional & local cross-functional specialist teams to strengthen partnership measurement while managing an experienced team under you. In this role, your goals will be: In three months: • Understanding of categories and brand objectives for the year • Proactively take initiative towards client goals for the year. • Client engagements with senior stakeholders delivering strategic roadmaps across key consumer passions points. In six months: • Successfully develop liaisons internally and externally with partners & client. • Excellent trouble shooter and a backbone for the team. • Established a structured approach for evaluating content and brand led partnerships across TV, Digital, OTT, & Brand Activations. • Streamlined processes for partner management. • Collaborate with cross-functio