Senior Video Buyer (Person)

What we offer you:

• Work-Life-Balance: With our flexible working hours & remote work, you can shape your daily life the way it suits you. You can also compensate for overtime.
• Vacation mode on: You receive 30 vacation days plus one flexible day – additionally, December 24th and 31st are days off.
• Wellbeing first: Health benefits, attractive pension plans, and Mental Health Awareness Days focus on your health.
• Practice makes perfect: Develop yourself with our diverse further training opportunities and utilize our internal career programs for your development within the WPP network.
• More than just a job: Unforgettable events, employee discounts, and other highlights such as the Job Ticket, Wellhub, or the Job Bike await you.
• Be yourself: Everyone is welcome here – diversity and equal opportunities are important to us.

What you will achieve:

As a Senior Video Buyer (Person), you will significantly shape the success of our clients' TV campaigns. You will steer their strategic direction, further development, and implementation, actively contributing your market and negotiation expertise.

• Client Understanding & Implementation: You will confidently assess the goals, challenges, and framework conditions of client budgets and translate them into impactful TV campaigns – in close collaboration with client services and video planning.
• Placement & Responsibility: You will be end-to-end responsible for TV advertising placements – from selection and purchasing to optimization – and independently manage complex campaigns.
• Collaboration & Interfaces: You will ensure smooth processes through proactive coordination between internal teams, external service providers, and relevant market participants. In doing so, you will provide technical guidance and act as the point of contact for relevant matters.
• Market Contact & Network: You will maintain and develop robust relationships through direct exchange with TV media and marketers. You will identify market opportunities early on and make them usable for our clients.
• Purchasing & Conditions: You will manage the selection and purchase of TV advertising space with a view to campaign, budget, and contract goals. You will confidently negotiate conditions, securing cost and performance aspects.

What makes you stand out:

• Education & Experience: You have successfully completed a commercial apprenticeship, a degree, or a comparable qualification and have at least five years of experience in TV buying or media buying.
• Strategic Expertise: You are very familiar with the TV market, marketing models, and relevant performance indicators, and you translate this knowledge into sound purchasing decisions.
• Negotiation & Responsibility: You have experience in managing larger budgets and in negotiations with marketers, and you act independently even with complex requirements.
• Learning Curve: You actively follow market and media trends and translate new developments into concrete impulses for daily work.
• Collaboration: You demonstrate team spirit in your daily work and communicate clearly, reliably, and appropriately for the audience – both internally and externally.
• Numbers, Tools & Language: You routinely apply a very good understanding of numbers and proficient MS Office skills, especially in Excel. You communicate confidently and professionally in English.

If you find this job exciting, we explicitly encourage you to apply, even if you don't meet every qualification listed above.

Working at WPP Media:

As WPP Media, we are shaping the future of media and consistently investing in our employees. Every colleague enjoys the benefits of the global WPP Media and WPP network to develop and learn at the forefront of marketing and advertising. We live diversity and cohesion through numerous Employee Resource Groups and regular internal events – for exchange, inspiration, and celebrating our successes together.
 
WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all applicants for all positions without discrimination. Our goal is a culture of respect and belonging, where everyone has the same opportunities to contribute and grow professionally.

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