Media Associate EMEA

The Opportunity

Supporting the Associate Manager, Media, Regional, this role assists with thecoordinating, enabling, and optimizing media execution across multiple markets within a region. This role existshelpwith the management ofexecutional complexity at scale, ensuring that approved global and regional media strategies are delivered accurately, efficiently, and consistently across markets.

As part of the Regional Media teamthis positionshelps to act as the connective tissue between Global/Regional strategy, agency delivery, and market-level execution.

• Support the coordinate execution of approvedglobal 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 withlocal media agency teamsto ensure execution aligns with approved strategy, governance standards, and timelines.
• Supports overseeing the execution readiness across markets, including inputs, trafficking dependencies, and delivery requirements.
• Helpswith the identification ofexecutional risks, gaps, or inefficiencies and coordinate corrective actions.
• Helpstoagenciesare operating within scope, quality expectations, and regional processes.

• Monitor execution status, pacing, and performance signals across markets.
• Supportin‑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 withwith
  
  Media Operations, Analytics, and Finance to maintain execution discipline and transparency.

• Coordinate across markets to align on shared learnings, execution improvements, and best practices.
• Support regional planning cycles, tentpoles, and high‑complexity launches through.
• Helpwith the onboarding ofnew markets, agencies, or processes as part of global transformation initiatives.

• Experience in media execution, campaign delivery, and preferably some exposure tomulti‑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.

• 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.

We embrace a flexible work model designed to empower a culture of growth, optimism, and wellbeing, where every employee can reach their full potential. Combining purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility, our focus is to optimize performance and drive connection for moments that matter.

Mattel is an Equal Opportunity Employer where we want you to bring your authentic self to work every day. We welcome all job seekers, and all applicants will receive consideration for employment.