Account Manager - WPP Production, JLR Campaigns

About the role

Reporting to the Senior Account Manager, the Account Manager is a key member of the dedicated WPP Production team supporting JLR regional and retailer campaign activity. The role acts as the day-to-day contact for JLR retailer and regional stakeholders, agency partners and WPP Production teams.

Key responsibilities

• Work with the Senior Account Manager and Delivery Lead to check incoming briefs, confirm scope, deliverables, timings, markets, approvals and production dependencies before work begins.
• Coordinate the end-to-end production process: imagery sourcing and selection, master asset development, spec sheet validation against the asset toolkit, adaptation and localization, quality control and final delivery.
• Manage approval stages for imagery, master assets and adaptations, capturing feedback, managing agreed feedback rounds and communicating impacts on scope or timing.
• Coordinate with creative, studio, transcreation, digital and media teams so that production dependencies are planned and tracked.
• Build and maintain production plans, status reports, action logs, contact reports and agendas so stakeholders can see progress, risks and next steps.
• Manage delivery against agreed WPP Production SLAs, chase delayed inputs, specifications and approvals, and escalate risks to the Senior Account Manager, Delivery Lead or Business Director.
• Support workload triage, hand over straightforward work and escalate complex or high-risk jobs early.
• Ensure master and adapted assets meet brand, technical and market requirements before delivery.

Required profile

• Automotive experience is essential; experience supporting JLR, premium automotive brands, retailer marketing or regional automotive accounts is highly desirable.
• Proven account management, integrated agency or production experience delivering multi-channel campaigns across print, digital, broadcast and/or retail.
• Experience managing production workflows involving master creative, imagery selection, local market adaptations and transcreation/localisation.
• Comfortable working across international accounts and multiple markets, ideally five or more.
• Strong understanding of client approval processes, production specifications and asset delivery.
• Excellent project-management skills, able to handle multiple jobs, tight deadlines and accurate trackers.
• Clear written and verbal communication in English and Arabic.