Senior Media Manager

WPP Media
Copenhagen, Denmark
HybridCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Candidates with media campaign management experience and strong client communication skills will find this hybrid role in Copenhagen suits their background and work style.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 3-5 years of media campaign management experience in a digital agency environment
    — “3-5 years of experience managing campaigns and media projects from start to finish”
  • Professionals who enjoy translating technical digital concepts into client-facing strategies
    — “translating complex digital topics into clear recommendations”
  • Individuals with a proven ability to manage stakeholder relationships and coordinate cross-functional teams
    — “collaborating closely with activation specialists and other stakeholders”

Things to consider

  • The role requires a significant in-office presence, with teams expected to be in the office four days a week
    — “teams in the office around four days a week”
  • Fluency in both Danish and English is mandatory for effective client and internal communication
    — “Are fluent in Danish and English”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your ability to manage full-cycle media campaigns and deliver on complex client strategies
    — “manage media campaigns from start to finish”
  • Emphasize your background in digital media and your experience with relevant platforms and systems
    — “strong digital understanding and experience working with relevant platforms and systems”
  • Showcase your stakeholder management and communication skills through specific client relationship examples
    — “build and maintain strong client relationships through proactive communication”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • successful media campaigns
  • positive client satisfaction
  • efficient project delivery
Typical background
media agency experiencedigital marketing background

Skills & requirements

Required

Media ManagementCampaign ManagementClient Relationship ManagementProject ManagementDigital MarketingBudget Management

Preferred

Media PlanningDigital AdvertisingData Analysis

Stack & domain

Campaign ManagementClient RelationshipsMedia RecommendationsBudgetingCollaborationProactiveCommunicationTeamworkLeadershipMediaDigital

About the role

Original posting from WPP Media via Greenhouse

About WPP Media

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. With exceptional talent, trusted data and intelligence, and world-class partnerships – all united by our pioneering agentic marketing platform, WPP Open – we help clients navigate change, capture opportunity, and deliver transformational growth. 

WPP Media is WPP's AI-driven media operating unit, bringing together media, data, and partnerships to deliver creative personalisation at scale. Connected through WPP Open and powered by Open Intelligence, clients see exactly where, how, and why their media investment is working.

For more information, visit wppmedia.com.

We are looking for a Senior Media Manager to join our Copenhagen Office

Being a Senior Media Manager is all about handling media campaigns and ensuring everything campaign related is running smoothly. From communicating with clients, creating budgets, collaborating with activation specialists to preparing campaign evaluations, you will be responsible for ensuring efficient campaign management and contributing to strong client satisfaction.

What you will do

As a Senior Media Manager, you will be responsible for managing client relationships and collaborating closely with activation specialists and other stakeholders to develop media recommendations, all with the aim of contributing to the client’s overall media strategy. You will handle media projects with multiple stakeholders and growing complexity, ensuring strong processes and efficient deliveries while keeping activities on track according to the campaign plan.

More specifically, you will:

Manage media campaigns from start to finish

Keep the full overview in terms of deliveries, deadlines and budgets

Develop media recommendations and plans in collaboration with client managers and activation specialists

Brief and collaborate with specialists to ensure campaign deliveries are running smoothly

Manage campaign handling and support internal negotiations to achieve the best possible outcome for WPP Media and the client

Build and maintain strong client relationships through proactive communication and consulting

You will play an active role in driving projects and ensuring strong collaboration across teams, clients and specialists.

What you will bring

You have a proactive mindset and thrive in taking ownership of complex projects and client relationships. You are able to maintain a strong overview of deliverables, deadlines and budgets while ensuring efficient collaboration across clients, specialists and stakeholders. You enjoy translating complex digital topics into clear recommendations and creating structure around projects and processes.

Specifically, you:

Have 3-5 years of experience managing campaigns and media projects from start to finish, ideally from a media agency, digital agency or a similar digital environment

Have a strong digital understanding and experience working with relevant platforms and systems

Have a background within digital media or another digital specialist discipline

Are comfortable translating complex digital concepts into clear recommendations and advice for clients

Enjoy client dialogue and stakeholder management and can build strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders

Have a good understanding of various media product areas and how each plays a role in an overall media strategy

Take a proactive approach in driving projects and collaborating with stakeholders

Are fluent in Danish and English

Life at WPP Media

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 offer an attractive benefits package, strong professional and social communities, modern office facilities in Copenhagen, and opportunities to develop through both local, Nordic, and global networks. You will become part of an ambitious and collaborative organization where people, data, technology, and creativity come together to create growth for our clients.

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.

Application

This is a full-time, permanent position based in Copenhagen. Apply now with your CV and other relevant documents. We conduct interviews on an ongoing basis.If you have any questions, you are welcome to contact our Talent Lead Johan Hillers (johan.hillers@wppmedia.com).

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Source: WPP Media careers (Greenhouse)

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