Executive, Development - Sports & Entertainment

About WPP Media

WPP helps leading global brands grow by combining strong talent, reliable data and intelligence, and partnerships through its agentic marketing platform, WPP Open. WPP Media is the group’s AI-led media business, bringing together media, data, and partnerships to support creative personalization at scale. Using WPP Open and Open Intelligence, clients can understand where their media spend is working, how it performs, and why it delivers results.

WPP Media is the UK’s largest media agency network and is trusted by more clients than any other network in the country. Its focus is to act as a dependable growth partner for brands.

Sports & Entertainment is a specialist practice within WPP Media that develops brand partnerships, sponsorships, branded entertainment, and socially led content solutions. The team works with major brands, platforms, intellectual property owners, rights holders, talent, and creators to deliver culturally relevant campaigns. Its wider belief is that sport, music, fashion, gaming, and entertainment shape modern culture and help brands stand out. The team’s ambition is to make brands feel iconic within culture.

Role Overview

This is an entry-to-mid-level position for someone who wants to grow in sports and entertainment media. The role supports the everyday delivery, planning, and coordination of creative content and partnership-based solutions for a defined set of clients.

Reporting to a Manager or Associate Director in Development, you will work across the point where brands, culture, and media meet. Your work will include coordinating campaign activity, supporting brainstorming sessions, handling client requests, and making sure the operational side of partnerships runs smoothly and professionally.

Client Servicing and Account Coordination

• Help manage client accounts on a daily basis, making sure requests are handled promptly, professionally, and with accuracy.
• Support the team in creating client-ready materials such as status updates, meeting agendas, and campaign deck refreshes.
• Serve as a dependable contact for routine admin support and help maintain strong working relationships with both clients and internal teams.

Creative and Content Support

• Join creative brainstorms and bring in relevant, culturally informed ideas for briefs covering sponsorships, influencer activity, experiential work, and TV or digital partnerships.
• Assist in preparing pitch materials, proposals, and short creative summaries for senior review.
• Stay informed about culture, new talent, and media developments, and share useful observations that can support stronger creative thinking.

Campaign Planning and Delivery

• Support the full delivery process for partnership campaigns, including timing, coordination, and logistical follow-through.
• Work with media owners, rights holders, and production partners to collect assets, plan delivery schedules, and monitor live campaign activity.
• Help compile performance evidence, screenshots, and results data for post-campaign reports that demonstrate campaign impact and return on investment.

Commercial and Operational Administration

• Learn the team’s internal processes, booking tools, and financial systems, and use them correctly in day-to-day work.
• Assist with supplier setup, purchase order processing, and billing tracking so that financial administration stays accurate and on schedule.

Teamwork and Collaboration

• Work closely with colleagues across Sports & Entertainment and related specialist teams to support joined-up campaign delivery.
• Take part in team meetings and share lessons, observations, and ideas from active campaigns.
• Use WPP tools and media platforms, including WPP Open where relevant, to help improve efficiency in daily tasks.

Core Capabilities

• Communicates clearly and confidently in both written and spoken form, including emails, slide content, and meeting notes.
• Organizes tasks well, manages time effectively, and pays close attention to detail when handling admin, reporting, and client materials.
• Builds positive working relationships with internal teams and external partners such as media owners, talent, and rights holders.
• Shows genuine enthusiasm for sport, entertainment, gaming, music, and creator culture, and uses that interest to fuel ideas.
• Approaches work with initiative, flexibility, and a practical mindset when priorities change quickly.
• Is willing to learn campaign and media systems such as Media Explorer, Prisma, AURA, WPP Open, or similar platforms.

Experience and Skills

• Some experience supporting the delivery of marketing, social, or partnership campaigns.
• Strong interest in branded entertainment, sport, and cultural marketing.
• Confident written, verbal, and presentation skills, with PowerPoint or Keynote ability preferred.
• A collaborative attitude and a desire to keep learning in a fast-moving agency setting.

What Success Looks Like

• Day-to-day campaign tasks are delivered accurately, efficiently, and on time.
• Fresh, relevant ideas are contributed to brainstorms and brief responses.
• Strong relationships are built with team members, media partners, and clients.
• Administrative and financial tasks such as PO creation and status reporting are completed smoothly and with high accuracy.
• You are seen as a reliable, enthusiastic, and proactive team contributor within Sports & Entertainment.

Life at WPP Media and Benefits

WPP Media supports growth, creativity, and development through a culture that encourages people to be extraordinary, stay optimistic, and keep learning. Employees are able to connect with the wider WPP and WPP Media network, build professional relationships, and develop skills at the leading edge of marketing and advertising.

The company promotes an open and respectful environment where people can feel included and progress in their careers. This is supported by employee resource groups, in-office events, celebrations, and knowledge-sharing moments.

Benefits include competitive medical cover, group retirement plans, vision insurance, dental insurance, generous paid time off, partner discounts, and mental health awareness days.

Additional Information

This employer is committed to equal opportunity and considers all applicants without discrimination. The working style is hybrid, with teams generally in the office around four days each week because collaboration and creativity are valued in person. If you need flexibility or accommodations, these can be discussed with the hiring team during the interview process.

This is a UK-based role and applicants must already have the right to work in the United Kingdom. Applicants should also note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

For more details on how personal information is handled, the company directs candidates to its privacy notice.