International Media Buyer

Gudejobs; Düsseldorf; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Remote work up to 2 days/week

Visa support & relocation package

On-campus gym & wellness

Job summary

trivago is seeking an International Media Buyer to own TV and CTV campaigns across multiple markets. You will plan, negotiate, and optimize efforts with a focus on efficiency and ROI, while collaborating with analytics, creative, and regional teams. The role includes travel and a learning mindset to grow offerings across markets.

You will join a dynamic Media & Marketing team driving the company’s brand investments on a global scale, with autonomy to shape campaigns and budgets from early on.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience planning and buying media campaigns and owning their budgets, ideally including TV or CTV and across more than one market.
• Proven ability to negotiate pricing, conditions, and added value with agencies and media partners independently.
• Strong communication skills and fluency in English in a diverse, international team.
• Openness to occasional travel and a learning mindset for new media opportunities.
• Performance-driven with ambition to grow markets and ROI.
• Curiosity about AI tools to enhance planning, reporting, and optimization.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute moderately complex TV and CTV campaigns across several international markets, aligned with company goals.
• Monitor campaign performance on air and optimize to protect efficiency and ROI.
• Independently negotiate pricing, conditions, and added value with agencies and media partners.
• Forecast TV and new media spend, manage monthly accruals, and upload post-reports.
• Explore new media opportunities and channels with stakeholders to drive growth.
• Build connections across analytics, creative, and regional teams and present investment optimizations.

Skills

Media planning

Budget ownership

Negotiation

Communication

Analytical mindset

AI tools curiosity

Job description

When travelers are searching for a hotel, we want the obvious choice to be trivago! By comparing prices from major booking sites, we're making it easy for people to find hotels they want at a price they'll love. In the lively city of Düsseldorf, we seize opportunities to learn everyday, innovate, and make an enduring mark on the travel industry. A career at trivago is a journey designed for people who crave continuous development and want to thrive in a high-performing team. Here you will find those who aren't afraid of change but rather embrace it, turning every challenge into a pathway for growth. Join trivago, work with a great team, and grow with us!

Join us in making a difference

Our Media & Marketing team turns trivago's brand investment into demand, building and negotiating campaigns that reach millions of travelers across international markets. As International Media Buyer, you'll own TV and CTV campaigns in several markets end to end: planning them, negotiating them, and optimizing them while they're on air. You'll manage real budgets at real scale from early on, with the autonomy to make optimization calls yourself and room to grow your scope across markets, channels, and formats. trivago is a place where ambition and support go hand in hand: we hold high standards and genuinely invest in each other's growth.

How you'll make an impact:

• Plan and execute moderately complex TV and CTV campaigns across several international markets, aligned with company goals.
• Monitor campaign performance while campaigns are on air and continuously take optimization decisions and actions to protect efficiency and ROI.
• Independently negotiate pricing, conditions, and added value with agencies and media partners to secure competitive deals.
• Forecast TV and new media spend, manage monthly financial accruals, and upload post-reports to verify actual campaign performance.
• Explore and test new media opportunities, channels, and formats together with relevant stakeholders to drive incremental growth.
• Build strong connections across analytics, creative, and regional teams, and present ideas and investment optimizations to relevant stakeholders.

What you'll need to thrive:

• Hands-on experience planning and buying media campaigns and owning their budgets, ideally including TV or CTV and across more than one market.
• Proven ability to negotiate pricing, conditions, and added value with agencies and media partners independently, backed by a proactive, solution-oriented approach.
• Strong communication skills, fluency in English, a collaborative approach to working in a diverse, international team, and openness to occasional travel.
• A genuine learning mindset: you approach campaign data and unfamiliar markets with curiosity, seek out feedback, and continuously look for ways to develop and grow.
• A performance mindset: you set ambitious goals for your markets and have the determination and resilience to follow through and achieve them.
• An open and curious mindset toward AI tools and automation: you actively explore how AI can sharpen planning, reporting, and optimization, and are excited to grow alongside evolving technologies.

Recruiting process for the role:

• Asynchronous video interview
• Case study
• Call with team lead
• 90 minute technical assessment focusing on negotiation skills, analytical skills and team fit.
• Profile Dynamics Assessment

Want to know more about life at trivago? Check out what our colleagues say on kununu and Glassdoor.

What you can look forward to:

As you grow, so do we.
This is why at trivago, we prioritize your development, offer personalized coaching through Nilo, and provide workshops, educational meetups, conferences, free online learning courses, and access to a fully-equipped campus library.

Life happens.
We offer self-determined vacation (with a minimum of 25 vacation days), flexible working hours, up to 2 work from home days weekly. Additionally you can work remotely from a different location, within Germany or selected countries abroad for up to 20 days per year. You also get free access to the Heycare platform for personalized nanny assistance, and an on-campus kids room.

Moving to join us?
No problem. You can count on the visa support from our talent support team, a relocation package, interest‑free newcomer loan, free language classes, regular team and many company‑wide events to build experiences together.

Enjoy your office days.
Use your daily canteen budget to share lunch with colleagues in our canteen, help yourself to complimentary snacks and drinks in our kitchens, choose from a variety of fitness options with our on‑site gym, sports classes, and Urban Sports Club membership, and enjoy the comfort of ergonomic desks and focused work areas.

Thank you for considering a career at trivago! Our commitment to fostering an inclusive and enriching environment for all talents is at the heart of what we do. We understand that embarking on a new job opportunity is a blend of excitement and curiosity. Should any questions arise before you apply, feel free to reach out to us at [e-mail]. Join us in our mission to make a positive impact on global travel, we look forward to your application!