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</p></div><p><strong>3300 - Associate Director, Clients, UK</strong></p> <p><strong>Role Summary and Impact</strong><em> </em></p> <p>The planning team are the guardians of creating industry leading, unrivalled work at Wavemaker.
We are central conduits to all specialists, striving to push boundaries and have a positive impact on consumers and brand.
</p> <p>Wavemaker UK is looking for a Planning Director to join our growing planning team, to drive planning across specific clients and be a media planning expert.
</p> <p>In this role, you will:</p> <p> Media planning craft:</p> <ul> <li>Develop an advanced understanding of media channels, channel ecosystems and planning best practices.
</li> <li>Start to translate strategic approach into planning practices for specific client briefs and pitches.
</li> <li>Have an advanced understanding of Wavemakers’s Purchase Journey thinking and planning philosophy across all client work.
Including being an expert in a broad set of internal tools, as well as external tools to build a deep understanding of the consumer, the client’s business and its specific opportunities.
</li> <li>Have an expert overview of the media market landscape, trends and start to build media owner relationships.