Media Manager

3784 - Manager, AV, UK

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 WPP & OPENDOOR

At WPP, we’re constantly reinventing the future of creativity on an ever-broader canvas, bringing together unrivalled talent, resources and skills to provide an integrated offer of communications, experience, commerce and technology.

Over the last decade, we have developed a dedicated global client practice with the mission of accelerating WPP’s impact for our largest clients by bringing them the best of WPP. Each team is custom-built around a client’s specific needs and challenges, providing easy access to the right capabilities. And that’s why we’ve built OpenDoor for Amazon.

OpenDoor is a unique integration of the best of WPP and Amazon – building on their respective strengths and visions. Whether at WPP or at Amazon, every project is an OpenDoor on new possibilities. Anything and everything can be an opportunity for our people to drive impact – for them to innovate, learn, thrive, and occasionally fail too.

The unique OpenDoor partnership model is built to deliver next level Productivity, fueled by our industry-leading approach to People, Platforms, and Process. OpenDoor spans across all WPP agencies and disciplines such as media, business consultancy, communications and brand strategy, tech and commerce, public relations, and production.

OpenDoor’s values are built from Amazon’s own 16 Leadership Principles, and WPP’s core values of Open, Optimistic and Extraordinary. Together, when WPP’s Creative Transformation meets Amazon’s next-level customer centricity, our people come together to challenge and impact what’s done today and build a better future.

By joining OpenDoor, you are stepping into a bespoke, cross-functional team partnering with one of WPP’s top global clients: Amazon. OpenDoor plays a critical role in delivering operational consistency, planning excellence, and best-in-class media execution across Amazon’s diverse ecosystem—including XCM (Retail and Prime Delivery), CDS (Consumer Devices such as Alexa and Kindle), RMI (Responsible Marketing & Insights), and Prime Video (Original Titles & Live Sports).

We are looking for a talented, proactive Media Manager to join our team on a 12-month fixed-term contract (maternity cover), based in our London office.

Sitting within the Prime Video team, this role takes ownership of media planning, buying, and reporting with a core specialist focus on BVOD and bespoke Radio/Audio campaigns, alongside rigorous digital spend reporting and financial reconciliation. You will work collaboratively within a dedicated team and alongside specialists across Strategy, Implementation, Investment, Finance, and Data Excellence.

Key Responsibilities

1. Campaign Planning, Buying & Delivery (Video & Audio)

• Lead the end-to-end planning, negotiation, and execution of media campaigns for Prime Video titles and live sports events, with a specialist focus on BVOD and bespoke Radio/Audio partnerships.

• Translate entertainment and streaming briefs into strategic, audience-first media schedules that maximise reach and cultural impact.

• Take full ownership of campaign workflows from brief through to post-campaign analysis, acting as the primary escalation point for delivery or inventory queries.

• Spot market opportunities and leverage media owner relationships to secure premium positioning and negotiated value for high-profile Prime Video launches.

1. Performance Reporting & Campaign Insight

• Lead the regular cadence of campaign delivery and investment reporting across BVOD, Audio, and associated digital touchpoints.

• Deliver insightful commentary that goes beyond the numbers—evaluating campaign delivery against agreed entertainment KPIs, tune-in metrics, and audience targets.

• Utilise both client first-party data and third-party media tools to extract actionable learnings and optimise future flighting.

1. Financial Management & Digital Reconciliations

• Take ownership of financial reconciliation across media schedules, with dedicated responsibility for tracking and reconciling digital spend and commercial pipelines.

• Ensure complete accuracy across media billings, purchase orders, client invoicing, and net working capital timelines.

• Promptly resolve finance, supplier, and billing queries to maintain full compliance with Amazon’s commercial governance and audit standards.

1. Team Collaboration & Stakeholder Management

• Work collaboratively within the OpenDoor team, building strong day-to-day relationships with Amazon client leads, media owners, and internal agency partners.

• Act as a reliable mentor to junior team members (Planners and Executives), ensuring high standards of work and sharing best practice across planning tools.

• Streamline processes and minimise manual administrative tasks by sharing platform efficiencies and automated workflows across the wider team.

Skills & Qualifications

Essential Experience:

• Media Planning & Buying Expertise: Proven track record within a media agency planning and delivering BVOD and Radio/Audio campaigns (commercial radio, digital audio, podcasts, and bespoke audio partnerships).

• Financial & Reconciliation Rigour: Demonstrated experience managing media finance processes, including digital spend reconciliation, billing pipelines, and query resolution.

• Analytical Mindset: High comfort level working with campaign metrics and large datasets in Excel/Google Sheets, with the ability to turn data into clear, persuasive client narratives.

• Organisational Skills & Autonomy: Strong ability to prioritise competing tasks and meet deadlines on a fast-paced, high-volume entertainment account with minimal supervision.

• Industry Tool Knowledge: Familiarity with UK media planning, buying, and finance systems (e.g. Mediaocean, Prisma, TechEdge, Mediatel, Rajar, or equivalent).

Desirable:

• Previous experience working on high-profile entertainment, streaming (SVOD/AVOD), or retail accounts.

• Working knowledge of the wider digital video, social, or programmatic ecosystems.

• Experience navigating matrixed agency/client structures.

Our Values & Culture

At WPP Media and OpenDoor, we believe in the power of our culture and our people. In this role, you will champion our shared core values:

• Be Extraordinary: Lead collectively to inspire transformational creativity on Earth’s most ambitious campaigns.

• Create an Open Environment: Balance people and client experiences by cultivating trust, collaboration, and psychological safety.

• Lead Optimistically: Champion growth, continuous development, and resilience across the enterprise.

Skills and Experience

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.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in media planning and buying across multiple channels

• Oversee team to ensure the accuracy of work including planning. 

• Share of knowledge and skills of tools to always ensure efficiency and accuracy endeavouring to reduce manual work for the rest of the team. 

• Ensures accuracy of financial and commercial tasks prioritising reconciliation and tasks which drive net working capital to the business including a timely resolution of reconciliations and queries.

BONUS POINTS

• Balances several projects and tasks simultaneously with minimal error and without losing track of important details or deliverables. 

• Determines the relative impact and urgency of individual tasks. 

• Supports others in setting priorities and eliminating issues; aligns own priorities with the objectives of the company and the department.

Life at WPP Media & Benefits

Our passion for shaping the next era of media includes investing in our employees to help them do their best work, and we’re just as committed to employee growth as we are to responsible media investment. WPP Media employees can tap into the global WPP Media & WPP networks to pursue their passions, grow their networks, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events. Our benefits include competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days.   

WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers. 
 
We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

Please note this is a UK based role and requires individuals to have the right to work in this location

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