Account Manager - Comms Planning
Company
GROUPM
Location
London
Employment Hours
Full Time
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
Job Requirements/Description
Description
Planning Account Manager - Boots
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 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
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.
Role Summary and Impact
We are looking for a passionate and enthusiastic Account Manager to join the Boots Retail Comms Planning team (part of Walgreens Boots Alliance). This role will play an integral part on the account, supporting in the delivery of innovative campaigns across all media channels. The successful candidate will work across the entire campaign lifecycle - planning, activation and evaluation - and develop their brand planning skills. In this role you will work on interesting and diverse briefs that require multi-channel planning, producing brilliant audience insight and source of growth work to deliver breakthrough campaigns for the Health side of the Boots retail business.
Boots is the UK's largest health and beauty retailer with 175 years of trusted healthcare heritage and innovation behind it. Boots consistently delivers strong retail and pharmacy sales quarter after quarter and delivered a record breaking Black Friday in November 2024. It is a hugely competitive sector so Boots are hungry to keep striving and prioritise great teamwork and true partnership with their agencies to achieve their ambitions.
They are a client who embrace change, encourage innovation, are leaders in data-led planning to fully understand the impact of everything we do, invest in talent and always make time to appreciate achievements and say thank you. They challenge us to deliver world class media planning and activation and enjoy getting recognition for great work both internally and externally via industry awards.
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:
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 read our Privacy Notice ( ) for more information on how we process the information you provide.
While we appreciate all applications received, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
Planning Account Manager - Boots
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 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
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.
Role Summary and Impact
We are looking for a passionate and enthusiastic Account Manager to join the Boots Retail Comms Planning team (part of Walgreens Boots Alliance). This role will play an integral part on the account, supporting in the delivery of innovative campaigns across all media channels. The successful candidate will work across the entire campaign lifecycle - planning, activation and evaluation - and develop their brand planning skills. In this role you will work on interesting and diverse briefs that require multi-channel planning, producing brilliant audience insight and source of growth work to deliver breakthrough campaigns for the Health side of the Boots retail business.
Boots is the UK's largest health and beauty retailer with 175 years of trusted healthcare heritage and innovation behind it. Boots consistently delivers strong retail and pharmacy sales quarter after quarter and delivered a record breaking Black Friday in November 2024. It is a hugely competitive sector so Boots are hungry to keep striving and prioritise great teamwork and true partnership with their agencies to achieve their ambitions.
They are a client who embrace change, encourage innovation, are leaders in data-led planning to fully understand the impact of everything we do, invest in talent and always make time to appreciate achievements and say thank you. They challenge us to deliver world class media planning and activation and enjoy getting recognition for great work both internally and externally via industry awards.
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.
- To be passionate about Communications Planning with an appetite to learn and develop, and demonstrate this by participating in planning initiatives, sharing knowledge and reaching out to others to proactively upskill yourself
- An ambition to work as part of a tight-knit team and to contribute to the team culture of open communication, to enable learning and development of all our planning skills
- A curiosity about consumer behaviour, trends, brands, the media landscape we operate in and technology
- Self-motivated; an ambition to make your mark on a campaign via your contribution
- Excellent organisational skills, meaning you are adept at managing a diverse workload, work at pace and are able to appropriately prioritise tasks
- To be calm under pressure
- A keen interest in understanding your client's business and the challenges they face
- Ability to give accurate verbal and written directions, instructions and feedback
- A solution-focussed mindset
- The ability to develop a way of storytelling through presentations
- Enjoy motivating others to do their best work by what you put into the process
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 read our Privacy Notice ( ) for more information on how we process the information you provide.
While we appreciate all applications received, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.