Senior Associate, Media Planning, UK

Location: London, United Kingdom; hybrid work with teams in the office around four days a week. This is a UK-based role requiring the right to work in the United Kingdom.

Company

hirify.global is WPP’s AI-driven media operating unit, combining media, data, partnerships, and the WPP Open platform to deliver personalized marketing at scale.

What you will do

• Execute end-to-end tactical media planning, including audience research, media plan matrix management, creative specification collation, trafficking coordination, and financial reconciliation.
• Use agency and planning platforms such as GWI, Olive, PFC, ad servers, and equivalent tools to deliver accurate campaign work.
• Perform quality assurance across campaign setups, tracking tags, media briefs, billing milestones, and regular reporting deliverables.
• Coordinate with Client Services, Activation, Analytics, and Ad Operations to resolve issues and ensure smooth campaign handoffs.
• Support campaign, tactical, and status meetings by documenting actions, following up with stakeholders, and tracking milestones.
• Compile and verify reporting, answer campaign-level questions, identify performance patterns, and help develop initial solutions with the Planning Manager.

Requirements

• 1–2+ years of hands-on media agency experience, preferably in digital media planning, media operations, or campaign management.
• Experience with audience profiling and media research tools such as GWI, plus media finance or planning platforms such as Olive, Mediaocean, or equivalent enterprise planning software.
• Strong proficiency in Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel, including formulas, pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, and data reconciliation.
• Ability to multitask and manage competing deadlines across multiple workstreams without sacrificing quality.
• Clear and professional written and verbal communication skills, with a collaborative mindset and eagerness to learn and share knowledge.
• Ability to work with high autonomy, strong attention to detail, and zero-defect accuracy.

Culture & Benefits

• Open, inclusive environment built on trust, respect, collaboration, and connection.
• Opportunities for professional growth, learning, networking, and access to global hirify.global and WPP resources.
• Employee resource groups, in-office events, thought-leadership sessions, and milestone celebrations.
• Medical, vision, dental, and group retirement plans.
• Significant paid time off, partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days.
• Hybrid working approach with flexibility or accommodations available for discussion during the interview process.