Director, Paid Social

This role leads all day-to-day Paid Social operations and provides strategic direction for client accounts. The Director will formulate paid social strategy, manage a team of Associates and Managers, and ensure integration with other media disciplines. Requires 7+ years of experience planning and buying across social platforms and significant client-facing experience.

This Director, Social role leads paid social strategy and execution for designated clients, acting as the in-agency expert across all biddable channels. The role involves developing best practices, managing vendor relationships, and leading a team to deliver category-defining paid social campaigns. Responsibilities include strategic oversight of campaigns, thought leadership, and ensuring quality of work across the account team.

This senior leadership role oversees a large group within the social campaign delivery function, ensuring successful, profitable, and high-quality campaign execution. The Associate Director is responsible for team leadership, client retention, strategic oversight, and acting as the senior point of escalation for major executional challenges.

This senior leadership role is responsible for operationalizing the innovation agenda within WPP Media's Group Operations. The Director will transform conceptual, future-focused ideas from the strategic roadmap into structured pilot programs and proof-of-concepts, testing new AI capabilities and global delivery models. The role requires a blend of creative thinking, analytical rigor, and disciplined project delivery to turn visionary ideas into data-backed business cases.

This role leads the development, enhancement, and support of enterprise applications and reporting solutions built on Microsoft .NET and SQL Server. The director manages the full SDLC, optimizes database performance, and ensures reliable delivery across Development, UAT, and Production environments.

This role leads product management for WPP Media Solutions, defining product roadmaps and aligning delivery with business objectives. The director manages Product Owners, champions agile practices, and ensures engineering-ready requirements for data and AI platforms.

Leads media planning output for key clients in the UK, crafting strategic approaches and ensuring high-quality work. Manages a planning team, builds senior client relationships, and drives innovation in planning approaches and storytelling.