Media Associate EMEA

Slough, UK (Hybrid)

£37K/yr – £44K/yrMid LevelFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

You will own regional media execution coordination across multiple markets, ensuring alignment with approved strategy, governance, and timely reporting while driving execution readiness, risk management, and cross-market collaboration.

Coordinate execution across markets and channels
Manage dependencies, timelines, and escalations
Collaborate with Media Operations, Analytics, and Finance to maintain transparency and reporting

Job Description

Responsibilities

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.
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.
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.

Requirements

Experience in media execution, campaign delivery, and preferably some exposure to multi-market coordination.
Ability to manage complexity, and identify dependencies, and timelines across markets.
Comfort working across time zones, cultures, and agency teams.
Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
Clear communicator
Detail-oriented with a systems and process mindset.

Benefits

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, Inc.

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We empower generations to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential.We treat play as if the future depends on it — because it does. Play is our language, and we speak to our consumers authentically by representing the world as they see and imagine it.Mattel is a leading global toy and family entertainment company and owner of one of the most iconic brand portfolios in the world. We engage consumers and fans through our franchise brands, including Barbie, Hot Wheels, Fisher-Price, American Girl, Thomas & Friends, UNO, Masters of the Universe, Matchbox, Monster High, Polly Pocket, and Barney, as well as other popular properties that we own or license in partnership with global entertainment companies. Our offerings include toys, content, consumer products, digital and live experiences. Our products are sold in collaboration with the world’s leading retail and ecommerce companies. Mattel is recognized as a Great Place to WorkTM and as one of Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators.

Founded in 1945

El Segundo, California, USA

12K employees (2,443 in marketing)

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