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WPP Media

AI-native global media services network

Strategic Influence Lead

Brand & Creative MarketingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeParis, FranceNo salary listedHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

  • Five to ten years of experience in an agency (in influence, media, or creative work) or on the advertiser side.
  • Fluency or bilingual proficiency in French and English is essential for regular meetings, briefs, and strategic presentations in English.
  • Strong knowledge of FMCG marketing, the influence and social media ecosystem, social networks, and content creator expectations.
  • Creative sensibility, strong analysis and synthesis capabilities, interpersonal ease, and a consultative approach to persuade demanding stakeholders such as Brand Managers and Marketing Leads.
  • Work in a hybrid arrangement, with at least three days per week embedded at the client, combined with time at WPP Media headquarters and remote work.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and ensure consistency of the group's influencer strategy.
  • Serve as the central point of contact for influencer topics across the group's brands and markets.
  • Identify, structure, and share local best practices to support a hub-based approach to influence.
  • Advise markets on local initiatives, including briefs, activations, and strategic choices.
  • Serve as the point of entry for external partners and agencies on influencer topics.
  • Determine priority issues for the group's brands and establish reference key performance indicators.
  • Define common management guidelines and performance measurement frameworks.
  • Ensure activations remain consistent and respect brand personalities across markets.
  • Coordinate influencer campaign projects to ensure a consistent, high-quality creator experience aligned with the brands' overall strategy.
  • Coordinate with relevant internal departments.
  • Coordinate WPP group contacts in each market as needed.
  • Act as the internal influencer subject-matter reference through monitoring, education, opportunity-sharing, and team support.
  • Organize curation, inspiration, and education sessions with key market partners.
  • Help develop a strong influencer culture within the group.
  • Maintain a presence at strategic influencer operations and key moments.
  • Provide a global strategic perspective on influencer projects, incorporating cultural, platform, usage, and market-trend developments.
  • Evolve the group's influencer approaches in line with the company's overall strategy and changing audience expectations.

About the Company

WPP Media

AI-native global media services network

WPP Media is a global media services arm that manages more than $60 billion in annual advertising investments for leading brands. It operates across a network of established agencies (Mindshare, Wavemaker, EssenceMediacom) and combines media planning, data, production, and commerce through its proprietary WPP Open platform. Its Open Intelligence data model uses real-time behavioral signals to drive predictive, faster, and smarter marketing campaigns. The company positions itself as an AI-native media collective, consolidating capabilities under a single technology stack to improve efficiency and scale for advertisers. Its goal is to help clients buy and optimize media more effectively by leveraging integrated data, advanced analytics, and automated execution at scale.

Company size
51-200
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
2003

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