Account Director, Digital & Biddable Media (Parental Cover)

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 . 2464 - Account Director, Digital & Biddable Media (Parental Cover) Role Summary and Impact Mindshare, part of WPP, delivers Good Growth for its clients. As "Growth Architects," we drive growth that benefits all stakeholders — better for people, planet, and business — by using media with intention. This approach creates more meaningful connections with consumers, increases consumer trust in the brand, and delivers better outcomes for all stakeholders. A 12-month fixed term contract exists within Mindshare's Channels & Solutions team, covering a period of maternity leave. The role sits across an active portfolio of clients spanning three industry verticals: A global technology brand running sophisticated multi-market biddable campaigns across consumer and commercial workstreams in EMEA — spanning paid social, paid search and programmatic — with a focus on driving active preference for an ingredient technology platform A global financial services and asset management organisation running a full-funnel, always-on digital programme across EMEA markets, managing both B2B professional investor audiences and B2C end investor segments through paid social, paid search and programmatic — operating within a regulated environment that demands rigour, audience precision and compliance-aware campaign management A global consumer goods and corporate organisation requiring senior oversight of biddable paid media activity across paid social platforms including Meta, LinkedIn, YouTube and X, delivered across global multi-market campaigns at a supporting capacity We are looking for an experienced digital and biddable Account Director whose primary specialism is Paid Social, and who brings strong complementary experience across Paid Search and/or Programmatic. This is a delivery-focused role — the successful candidate will be expected to take hands-on ownership of campaign quality, execution standards and day-to-day client engagement, while maintaining the strategic oversight and offshore coordination that these accounts require. Cross-channel experience is essential. The role requires a candidate who can operate confidently across different client contexts — from performance-oriented multi-stakeholder technology campaigns to the full-funnel complexity of a regulated financial services environment, alongside supporting oversight of a global consumer goods account. The candidate will also be expected to flex capacity to support other accounts and projects within the wider Channels & Solutions team on an occasional basis. Skills and Experience The Ideal Candidate The ideal candidate will be a hands-on, delivery-oriented digital media professional with a strong Paid Social foundation and meaningful cross-channel experience. They will be comfortable taking direct ownership of campaign execution, quality assurance and performance management across a multi-client portfolio, while engaging confidently with senior client stakeholders and maintaining clear oversight of offshore delivery teams. They will be organised, dependable and commercially aware — able to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously without compromising output quality. They will bring the communication skills and client management experience to represent Mindshare credibly at senior level, and the operational rigour to keep complex delivery proce…