Associate Director, Strategy

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 . Overview of job We are currently looking for an Associate Director – Strategy to join us in Bangalore office. In this role, you will be responsible for crafting the digital narrative for brands on scaled digital platforms, leading to successful brand outcomes Reporting of the role This role reports to: Associate Vice President Strategy. 3 best things about the job: • You will be responsible for building India -centric cultural and audience understanding relevant for the brand through superior storytelling, leveraging local insights, trends & socio-economic shifts • This would help unlock category, consumer cultural, competition and shopping insights that lead to improved media recommendations for existing clients • Lead strategic conversations with senior clients on identifying growth levers - new audiences, platforms and media models to drive brand metrics In this role, your goals will be: In three months: • Get deep understanding of the category, consumer and competition approach for your set of brands • Present deep dive on audience behaviours, attitudes, emerging trends relevant to be addressed in marketing – both qualitative and quantitative • Start engaging directly with the client on key projects • Work with the media team in landing the implications of the insights on media recommendations In six months: • Regular engagement with client with a cadence on strategy • Working on identified large strategy project along with account team, based on business challenge • Work with cross-functional teams as the strategy expert guiding content, influencer and other brand activations In 12 months: • Delivering Breakthrough work by new thinking around audiences, consumer journeys, platforms that influence brand goals • Bringing cross-category learnings together to set up client strategy workshops, setting up partner days, and regular reviews with clients • Involved in central strategy projects that deliver thought leadership with articles and whitepapers What your day job looks like at WPP Media: • Research, research, research! – Build a strong foundation that elevates discussions with senior clients • Crafting narratives that address the business/brand problem statement with strong insights • Working with cross-functional teams including content, media planners to land the implications of these insights into action plans • Strong overview and custodian of the account’s strategic direction, business challenges and emerging opportunities What you’ll bring: • Extremely well-read, well informed about marketing trends especially in the travel sector, having a strong POV on culture, audiences, localized insights, brand building and emerging role of technology in marketing • Extreme curiosity – investigating the why of something, being able to draw patterns and learnings from multiple industries and adjacencies • Excellent presentation and storytelling skills –Independently building a client-centric perspective, ability to confidently present to senior management, make executive level visually stunning presentations • Familiarity with digital marketing principles inc