Current Vacancies at WPP

What you'll be doing:

• Lead market Implementation on Wrike workflow tool
• Align with market and business unit to global standard
• Participate in technical discussions and decide on base solution architecture and implementation model
• Lead setup, configuration, build and integration activities – maintaining best practice, consistency and standardization between existing and new implementations.
• Engage with local market to understand the business requirement and recommend business or platform change.
• Perform post implementation review with local project teams
• Assist Implementation Lead and Product Owner on the platform design and improvement.
• Ensure smooth handoffs pre/post onboarding - collaborating with support teams, end user groups and all stakeholders.
• Report to the Regional Implementation Lead on implementation progress, issues, risks and changes.
• Assist or lead Wrike superuser forums - ensure immediate business needs are managed and contracting aligns with Global agreement. Promote re-use, common solutions and workflows
• Provide the primary point of coordination between local market teams and the global team
• Wrike Platform Operations - contact point for maintenance, upgrades, security reviews, audits, etc.
• Undertake super-admin duties as defined by the global platform standard operating procedure

Support, participate and partner with project management and change teams in the market to ensure the following is delivered across markets:

• Policy alignment
• Governance forum alignment
• Change and communications planning
• Knowledge transfer
• Setting up training
• Market set-up
• SOP input and design
• Business case tracking  

What you'll need:

• Bachelor's/master’s degree in Information Systems, Technology, Business Management, or related degree; or equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Demonstrable experience in the implementation of workflow tools – (specific Wrike experience is beneficial but not required)
• Experience in digital transformation programs within large organizations will be an advantage
• Knowledge and experience in project management methodologies such as Agile/PMI/Lean
• Experience of working in a technical environment with APIs and Integrations, including API protocols and formats (e.g. SOAP, REST, XML and JSON)
• Experience in business analysis, requirements elicitation, business process engineering, as-is and to-be mapping, BPMN, etc.
• Highly organized, excellent planning skills with strong business change background
• Has sufficient credibility and gravitas, and ability to work with and relate to a highly demanding internal stakeholder base
• A direct, straightforward style, able to cut to the core quickly
• Excellent people and team management skills, able to manage upwards and influence in a complex environment (matrixed and across multiple physical locations)  

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A Hybrid working model

Now offices are fully open we have embraced a hybrid working model, which allows our employees to split their time between the office and other locations, something we hope will provide everyone much more flexibility to their working week. The expectation is that working life at Hogarth will involve working from the office for about 50% of the time for most people. Please speak to the Talent Acquisition team to find out more information.

What does an Editor do at Hogarth?

The Editor position requires a high level of expertise in video editing and post-production, creating videos worthy of the Hogarth brand. More specifically it includes the following:

• Required to work independently but also in a team context.
• Setting up and operating computer editing systems.
• Acute awareness of deadlines, content requirements and graphic guidelines.
• Studying and interpreting scripts to become familiar with production concepts and requirements.
• Footage conversion and ingestion, shot selection etc.
• Choosing specific visual effects, music and special audio elements.
• Work closely with producers, directors and motion designers to meet specific goals.
• Assembling various audio-visual materials into a finished product with a high level of production quality.
• Editing video material into the various video genres.
• Determining specific audio and visual effects and music necessary to complete videos.
• Confer with producers and directors concerning layout or editing approaches needed to increase dramatic or entertainment value of productions.
• Collaborate with music editors to select appropriate soundtracks.
• Other related editing requirements - grading, conversions, final material etc.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Five years working experience as an editor
• Three years Solid Animation/graphic motion experience
• Relevant tertiary qualification
• Experience working with/for a production facility is an advantage
• Experience working with/for an advertising agency is an advantage
• Excellent knowledge of Adobe Premiere.
• A solid working knowledge of Adobe After Effects
• A working knowledge of 3D and 2D animation.
• Considerable knowledge of the methods, video equipment, personal computers, and techniques used in the video editing field.
• Ability to visualize production scripts and other verbal or written instructions.
• Ability to effectively operate and maintain video editing systems and related equipment.
• Knowledge of online media and social media is an advantage.
• Knowledge of technical elements of video - i.e. formats, codecs, delivery options.

SKILLS

• Ability to combine a creative eye with attention to detail.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage deadlines.
• Organized and thorough.
• Ability to take ownership and responsibility
• Ability to give creative input and direction
• uploads, compression, web platforms (YouTube etc) etc
• Problem solving. Time management. Resourcefulness.
• Have excellent creative problem-solving ability.
• Excellent attention to detail.

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Position Overview:We are seeking an experienced and detail-oriented individual to join our company as a Payroll Manager. The Payroll Manager will play a pivotal role in overseeing all aspects of the payroll process, ensuring accurate and timely payment of employee salaries, and compliance with relevant laws and regulations. This role requires strong analytical skills, excellent organisational abilities, and a comprehensive understanding of payroll systems and processes as well as accounting principles.

Responsibilities:

• Providing guidance and support to finance department to ensure payroll functions are performed accurately and efficiently.
• Accurately post payroll information into the financial reporting system monthly
• Coordinate and supervise the full payroll cycle, including data input, processing payroll, calculating, and recording deductions.
• Collaborate with HR and Finance departments to maintain accurate employee data, ensuring all changes related to pay, benefits, tax withholdings, and deductions are updated in a timely manner.
• Monitor and comply with all local payroll tax regulations and reporting requirements, including filing appropriate tax forms, and making timely tax payments.
• Stay up to date with changes in payroll laws and regulations, assessing their impact on the company's payroll practices and implementing necessary adjustments to ensure compliance.
• Prepare and maintain accurate payroll records, reports, and documentation for auditing and legal purposes.
• Handle inquiries and resolve issues related to payroll from employees, management, and external stakeholders, providing excellent customer service.
• Collaborate with the IT department to optimize payroll software and systems, ensuring accuracy and efficiency in payroll processing.
• Conduct regular payroll audits to identify and rectify discrepancies or errors, ensuring high data integrity and accuracy.
• Develop and implement internal controls related to payroll, in order to maintain confidentiality and prevent fraud or unauthorized access to sensitive payroll information.
• Ensure all payroll information and records are maintained in accordance with statutory requirements and support internal and external audits related as such.
• Review and abide by WPP policies and procedures.
• Oversee and on-going maintenance of ESS and leave management and data integrity of sage 300.
• Efficient and accurate payroll Implementations of company mergers on the payroll system
• Run the dummy runs for HR and CFO Approval

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, Human Resources, or a related field.
• Proven experience (3 years) in payroll management or a similar role, preferably in a medium to large-sized organization.
• Thorough knowledge of local payroll laws and regulations.
• Proficiency in using payroll software/systems SAGE/SAGE 300 and Microsoft Office Suite Excel.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and ability to handle and interpret large sets of data accurately.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks and meet strict deadlines.
• Solid understanding of accounting principles and general ledger reconciliation.
• Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to explain complex payroll concepts to diverse stakeholders.
• Strong leadership qualities, with the ability to mentor and develop a payroll officer.
• High level of integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality when handling sensitive payroll information

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Who we're looking for: The Senior Analytics Implementation Specialist will provide web analytics solutions and services to Wunderman Thompson Data's Tier one clients, enabling them to make informed, data driven interactive strategy and web development decisions. The focus of this position is to use your advanced experience of the Adobe Digital Marketing Suite and Google Cloud Platforms to assist clients with the implementation, integration, and to provide insights into their web analytics solutions. This position has high levels of interaction with clients, their technical teams, agencies and or partners. The position is for individuals that are web analytics specialists who are self-motivated, entrepreneurial and have the ability to hit the ground running due to their advanced knowledge of the Google and Adobe Digital Marketing Suite. The purpose of this position is to customize and provide solutions to clients' exact business requirements and reporting needs, assist clients to implement proprietary web tracking code throughout their website, and perform quality checks to ensure correct implementation, in essence enabling them to answer business questions timely and accurately. What you'll be doing:

• Managing enterprise level implementation of web analytics tools which can include business requirement gathering, implementation, integration, custom JavaScript coding and advanced reporting.
• Define and implement the appropriate solutions and system architecture for web analytics that supports client's enterprise-wide business needs and key performance indicators.
• Develop best practices, track trends, recommend solutions to improve client capabilities and identify improvements to websites based on website engagement and traffic patterns.
• Ability to think critically and make actionable recommendations to clients based on the business data needs: analyze data, interpret results and recommend actions to optimize marketing investments.
• Track and analyze web site performance, trends, click stream, paths and results of online marketing initiatives to provide data driven business intelligence, optimize media and campaign investments for clients.
• Support day-to-day management of client's analytics systems to ensure tracking and reporting is functioning optimally, creating and maintaining key reports, dashboards and analysis and work with client's internal teams to enhance as needed.
• Guide and promote web technology and the use of the web as a business channel, as well as articulate the benefits of an optimized web analytics solution to all levels of the client's organization.
• Create and deliver training on analytics and Data visualization.
• Data visualization design, development and implementation of Dashboards and custom reporting
• Provide ad-hoc insights to clients regarding both internal data and industry trends and news.
• Provide internal team knowledge sharing so as to grow data visualization and insights analysis capabilities.
• Keep up to date with technology roadmaps, enhancements and evolution.
• Educate Wunderman Thompson Data Business Development and Account teams on the use of Adobe Digital Marketing Suite to enable growth of their client portfolios.
• Heavy interaction and support on the phone with client employees all the way up to the VP level of Fortune 500 companies

What you'll need:

• Minimum 5 years' experience in web analytics and digital marketing
• Strong Client facing skills - responsive, results driven and dedicated to customer support
• Strong attention to detail, excellent organization skills, and ability to work independently and manage multiple projects / responsibilities and small teams.
• Exposure to enterprise level clients and understanding of complex web ecosystems and best practices
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of various client websites, their business models and online marketing strategy's

Strong knowledge/experience of marketing analytics tools such as:

• Analytics Tools: Google Analytics/GA4/Adobe Analytics
• Tag Management Systems: GTM, Adobe Launch, Tealium
• Data Layers: functionality, definition, implementation
• Visual Analytics Platforms: Google Data Studio, Tableau, PowerBI
• Testing and Optimisation: Adobe Target, Optimize
• Google BigQuery

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Who we're looking for: Our continued drive to expand and provide world class services within the digital marketing arena, has created the need for a Developer who can design and develop solutions, has experience in cloud-based Martech platforms (such as Saleforce Marketing Cloud and MS Dynamics365), service providers (such as GCP, AWS, Azure) and a willingness to skill up in technologies in that space. The Developer has solid client facing experience working on complex software projects. In addition to broad technology domain expertise, this individual must have the necessary writing skills to author complex specification documents, blueprints and proposals. The Developer will play a lead technical role for mostly custom engagements and will be responsible for engaging with the client on gathering their business requirements and designing a technical solution. The Developer instills confidence through maturity, expertise and impeccable communications (written and oral) with customers. What you'll be doing:

• Engage with internal team members, technology partners and clients on a wide range of cloud based MarTech engagements (Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Dynamics 365, Abobe Marketing Cloud, Maketo, HubSpot)
• Design, develop and deliver innovative custom solutions, including solution concepts to key decision makers to address their business issues and needs showing business value.
• Scripting and Query development
• Data mapping and extract strategies
• Relational Data / Data Schema
• Web Services and API development
• Custom Reporting, Data Analytics and Visualization
• Custom application development projects
• Stong understanding of data encapsulation practices
• The ability to understand and maintain existing codebases
• HTML and CSS creation for webpages and emails
• Webpage builds using JavaScript libraries and frameworks
• Leverage the native platform scripting languages (such as SFMC AMP Script) and other scripting languages to deliver highly dynamic and personalized content in both emails and landing pages
• Technical resource with ability to lead on client engagements - from scoping the new engagement, to creating the solution and solution design documentation

What you'll need:

• Previous experience working in Salesforce Marketing Cloud and Trailhead certification/s are a huge advantage
• CRM Experience:
• Thorough understanding of CRM data models
• Thorough understanding of data base marketing
• Thorough understanding of Lifecycles (Customer and Product)
• Deep experience with SQL and relational databases (MSSQL, MySQL)
• 2+ Years' experience with a general-purpose programming language (eg .NET, JAVA, PHP, Python, JavaScript)
• 2+ Years' Web Development experience (HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, XML, Web Services, etc.)
• Ability to lead and effectively manage technical discussions
• RESTful (and SOAP) API Programming experience
• Proficiency in wide spectrum of integration techniques, data mapping, and troubleshooting for seamless platform integration
• HTML for email creation
• Experience with cloud service providers such as GCP, AWS, Azure
• Good understanding of various email client limitations
• Excellent English skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to work effectively in a fast paced, entrepreneurial environment
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously

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Our Product Designers play essential roles in the strategy, design and optimisation of the platform ecosystem. Their use of data, insight and design to craft improvements that optimise performance across systems, stories and services.

Your work will require skills across research and strategy, concept and ideation, prototyping and product design. You will be in front of senior stakeholders at all times and trusted to deliver high priority projects at a rapid pace.

ROLE REQUIREMENTS

• Collaborate with analysts to provide data-driven design recommendations.
• Provide equal competency in both UI and UX design.
• Transform data into actionable insights that highlight design opportunities.
• Conceive, sketch and pitch original ideas to peers and business owners.
• Skilled in using the latest design and prototyping tools.
• Motion Design capabilities to articulate animate designs
• Frequently validating your ideas with customers.
• High competence in design system creation, optimisation and management.

QUALITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS

• Driven to own the improvements of every detail across a digital experience.
• You have experience working in a product design environment.
• You are driven to iterate and improve a digital experience.
• Dedicated to a single account, obsessing about their business to create the future.
• Your attention to detail to ensure quality, consistency and best practice is second to none.

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Why we're hiring:

The Totara Site Administrator at WPP HQ plays a pivotal role in managing and optimizing the Totara Learning Management Systems. This individual will be responsible for overseeing all WPP HQ programs hosted on these platforms, providing essential support to operating companies (WPP agencies) to enhance their use and knowledge of the platform. In addition, the individual will also be a key part of the team delivering the core upskilling learning programs at WPP, helping to ensure that we are developing all our people with understanding of the worlds of Web3, commerce, tech, data and the role that AI can play for us and our clients. The ideal candidate should possess prior LMS experience, technical proficiency in HTML and CSS, and a passion for facilitating seamless learning experiences.

What you'll do:

• Reporting to SVP Executive Development - WPP Clients and Global People Products Leader your duties will include:

LMS Management:

• Administer and maintain the Totara and Moodle LMS platforms, ensuring they are up-to-date and fully functional.
• Manage user accounts, access permissions, and enrolment processes.
• Create, organize, and update learning content, including courses, modules, quizzes, and assessments.

Stakeholder Support:

• Collaborate with operating companies and internal stakeholders to understand their L&D needs and requirements.
• Provide guidance and support to operating companies in configuring and utilizing the LMS effectively.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for user inquiries and technical support related to Totara/Moodle.

Program Oversight:

• Supervise all WPP HQ programs hosted on the LMS, ensuring they are aligned with organizational objectives.
• Coordinate with LMS Administrators at Operating Companies ensuring they follow best practices for their programming
• Monitor learner progress, track completion rates, and generate reports to evaluate program effectiveness.

User Training and Upskilling:

• Develop and deliver training sessions for users, including administrators and learners, to enhance their LMS proficiency.
• Promote best practices in utilizing the LMS for optimal learning experiences.

Technical Expertise:

• Possess understanding of HTML and CSS to customize and enhance the user interface and user experience within the LMS.
• Collaborate with IT teams to resolve technical issues and ensure system stability.

Documentation and Knowledge Sharing:

• Create and maintain documentation, user guides, and FAQs to assist users in navigating the LMS.
• Share insights and expertise with the L&D community within WPP to foster best practices.

Quality Assurance:

• Perform quality checks on content to ensure accuracy, functionality, and adherence to standards.
• Conduct periodic audits of the LMS to identify and resolve any issues.

What you'll need:

• Proven experience in administering and managing LMS platforms.
• Proficiency in HTML and CSS for customization and interface improvements.
• Technical troubleshooting skills.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
• Prior experience in conducting user training and support.
• Problem solving skills and an ability to deal with ambiguity.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Detail-oriented with organizational and multitasking abilities.
• Passion for learning and staying updated with industry trends in e-learning and LMS technologies.