Account Manager/Implementation Lead (Media)

Location: Johannesburg, South Africa; hybrid, with teams in the office around four days a week

Company

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

What you will do

• Translate client briefs and agreed strategy into detailed media flow and implementation plans.
• Advise clients on media plans, tactical brand communications, media changes, opportunities, and implementation updates.
• Build relationships with clients, creative and brand agencies, internal planning and strategy teams, buyers, and media vendors.
• Negotiate vendor discounts, added-value incentives, sponsorships, and trading deals while monitoring budgets and commitments.
• Check media vendor contracts and purchased time and space, ensuring flow plans are updated and implementation is error-free.
• Track television campaigns weekly, recommend changes, and manage TV post-campaign reports and learnings.

Requirements

• Ability to interpret client briefs and provide tactical strategic advice using relevant media planning approaches.
• Ability to produce implementation plans based on agreed strategy or brief parameters.
• Proficiency in media planning measurement tools.
• Ability to apply relevant trading deals and improve commitment discounts and positioning.
• Ability to conduct detailed checks of media vendor contracts against purchased activity and communicate approved amendments.
• Ability to collaborate with buying teams to identify budget fluctuations and ensure accurate implementation.
• Strong stakeholder communication, relationship-building, negotiation, expectation management, and client service skills.
• Ability to manage personal performance, share knowledge, and maintain accurate timesheets.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working approach with approximately four days per week in the office.
• Access to global hirify.global and WPP networks, learning opportunities, employee resource groups, and in-office events.
• Competitive medical benefits, group retirement plans, and employee mental health awareness days.
• Culture focused on creativity, collaboration, trust, growth, inclusion, and equal opportunity.