WPP Media – Expression of Interest: Growth Roles

WPP Media•Chicago, NY

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

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. This is not an active job opening. By submitting your details, you are expressing interest in future opportunities at WPP Media. The Growth team sits at the heart of how WPP Media wins, retains, and expands client partnerships. Bringing together strategic thinking, storytelling, commercial acumen, and cross-functional collaboration, Growth plays a critical role in shaping the future of our business and our clients' success. By registering your interest, you'll connect with our recruitment team and stay updated on new opportunities, be among the first to hear about relevant openings as they arise, and become part of our global collective that's reimagining media.

Requirements

Experience in growth, new business, business development, pitch management, client leadership, marketing, media, strategy, or related fields.
Experience supporting or leading RFI/RFP responses, pitch presentations, retentions, or new client acquisition work.
Strong storytelling, writing, editing, presentation, and quality-control skills, with the ability to shape compelling client-facing narratives.
Ability to interpret briefs, synthesize research and intelligence, and connect client challenges with integrated WPP Media capabilities.
Strong project and stakeholder management skills, including coordinating cross-functional teams, workstreams, timelines, and deliverables.
Commercial judgment and an understanding of how media, data, technology, commerce, content, and other capabilities can contribute to client growth.
Curiosity, resilience, attention to detail, and the ability to maintain clarity and momentum in a fast-paced pitch environment.
A collaborative, accountable, and solutions-focused approach, with leadership and mentoring experience for roles with team-management responsibilities.

Responsibilities

Lead and support the end-to-end pitch process across new client acquisitions and retentions, from opportunity vetting and brief interpretation through final delivery.
Develop tailored, differentiated, and insight-led pitch narratives that address client needs, market context, and competitive dynamics.
Coordinate cross-functional pitch teams, establish workstreams and owners, manage timelines, and keep deliverables progressing against deadlines.
Research clients, categories, consumers, competitors, and decision-makers to create backgrounders and surface relevant opportunity insights.
Develop and quality-control written responses, presentations, credentials, case studies, team bios, creative assets, and pitch theater.
Bring together WPP Media and broader WPP capabilities to create integrated solutions that go beyond the brief and deliver measurable business impact.
Build and nurture prospective client relationships before, during, and after pitches, supporting a strong pipeline of high-value opportunities.
Capture pitch learnings, maintain best-in-class content and resources, and help improve repeatable processes, tools, reporting, and ways of working.
Manage multiple priorities while maintaining high standards of quality, collaboration, accountability, and the overall pitch experience.
Mentor and support colleagues, sharing feedback and helping build a high-performance Growth culture.