Executive, Planning

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.

Wavemaker positively provokes growth for clients by reshaping consumer decision-making and experiences through media, content, and technology. Our name is both our mission and our method. We do our best work for brave brands and people who relish being challenged to go further and faster, together.

The planning team are the guardians of creating industry leading, unrivalled work at Wavemaker. We are the central conduits to all specialists, striving to push boundaries and have a positive impact on consumers and brand.

Wavemaker UK is looking for a Planning Executive to join our growing planning team, to support the planning team and give your career a flying start in the media industry.

• Develop a baseline of media planning knowledge across channels.
• Learn about DE+I planning and carbon conscious media.
• Learn and use media systems and tools including, but limited to, TGI, Pathmatics, Wavemaker Architect, AdIntel, etc.
• Run and analyse reports including competitive, audience insights, etc.
• Need an inquisitive and curious mindset, wanting to understand and learn more about media planning.
• Build your own knowledge by staying on top of the latest trends and news impacting the media industry.

• Learn the fundamentals of effective campaign management including updating schematics, providing media plans to clients, chasing creative, etc.

• Assist with financial processes e.g. PO trackers, bookings, reconciliations, queries.
• Work closely with activation teams to deliver responses and tactical plans.

• Update internal and external status reports.
• Coordinate the regular meetings with the client and creative agency and collation of documents for those meetings.
• Work with your line manager to your objectives and goals in line with your role and agency vision.

• Have a basic understanding and competence in MS Office – PowerPoint and Excel in particular.
• Develops an awareness and curiosity about media and marketing industry including trends and challenges or concepts.
• Researches wider industry and shows ability to summarise information into findings to be shared.
• Develops a broad understanding of industry tools, technology, techniques and systems as well as application. E.g TGI, Adintel, Pathmatics
• Can run simple tasks independently and either present to clients direct or package for wider team.

• Has a good understanding of how the agency operates and works with their clients.
• Knows about the client’s business and who the key decision makers are there.
• Has good understanding of agency and client and their business goals and challenges.
• Builds a working knowledge of market trends effecting the client (and agency).​​​​​​​
• Responds to stakeholder requests in an accurate, timely and professional manner and seeks to have a good understanding of client needs and challenges.