Media Associate EMEA
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The Opportunity
Regional Execution Orchestration
- Support the coordinate execution of approved global and regional media strategies across multiple markets within the region.
- Help to ensure consistency of execution, pacing, and quality across markets, channels, and campaigns.
- Part of the primary regional point of coordination for execution‑related questions, escalations, and dependencies.
Agency Execution Oversight
- Work with local media agency teams to ensure execution aligns with approved strategy, governance standards, and timelines.
- Supports overseeing the execution readiness across markets, including inputs, trafficking dependencies, and delivery requirements.
- Helps with the identification of executional risks, gaps, or inefficiencies and coordinate corrective actions.
- Helps to agencies are operating within scope, quality expectations, and regional processes.
Operational Excellence & Performance Support
- Monitor execution status, pacing, and performance signals across markets.
- Support in‑flight optimization coordination, ensuring adjustments are aligned with strategy and escalated appropriately.
- Ensure accurate and timely reporting inputs from markets to support regional and global visibility.
- Work with with Media Operations, Analytics, and Finance to maintain execution discipline and transparency.
Cross‑Market & Cross‑Functional Coordination
- Coordinate across markets to align on shared learnings, execution improvements, and best practices.
- Support regional planning cycles, tentpoles, and high‑complexity launches through.
- Help with the onboarding of new markets, agencies, or processes as part of global transformation initiatives.
What We’re Looking For
- Previous experience in an Account Management, Client Services or Integrated Media Planning role within a media agency or in-house media team.
- Experience supporting integrated, multi-channel media campaigns.
- Strong organisational and project coordination skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Confident building relationships with internal stakeholders, agency partners and market teams.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to distil information into clear recommendations and learnings.
- Understanding of the EMEA media landscape or experience working within one or more EMEA markets is advantageous.
What We Offer
- Gross annual salary range of GBP 37,440 - GBP 44,460
- Bonus scheme: Participation in Mattel Incentive Plan (MIP) with the target of 5
%
of base salary, payout is determined by company and individual performance results
- Paid time off: 25 vacation days (with option to buy up to 5 extra days) + 2 volunteer days/year + a day off on your birthday!
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee assistance program: Access to Help@Hand (Unum), Modern Health, Headspace, and Maven
- Contributory pension scheme
- Private health insurance
- Dental insurance & dental service app
- Life & disability insurance
- Employee discount program "Be well at Mattel"
- Mattel products discounts
- Family benefits program: 24 weeks off (for 1st caregiver) or 12 weeks off (for co-parent) fully paid on the arrival of new child, return to work program, path to parenthood, and family care leave
Mattel's total compensation package is based on objective, gender-neutral criteria such as job grade, work location, relevant skills, and experience. This information is provided to enable informed and transparent consideration and negotiation of employment terms. If your profile is retained and we schedule an interview, we will share further details on Mattel UK Limited's total rewards package. Please note that (some of) the benefits above may change over time, due to changes in the company policy or in legislation. We will not ask about your previous salary history.
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