International Media Buyer

trivago N.V.; Düsseldorf; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa support

Relocation package

Language classes

On-site gym

Job summary

trivago, an international travel tech company, is seeking an International Media Buyer in Düsseldorf to plan and optimize cross-market TV/CTV campaigns. You will manage large budgets, negotiate with agencies, and drive growth across markets while collaborating with analytics, creative, and regional teams.

You will operate in a dynamic environment with opportunities to test new media channels, leverage AI tools for planning and reporting, and travel occasionally to meet partners.

Qualifications

• Experience planning and buying media campaigns, including TV/CTV where applicable.
• Proven track record negotiating pricing, terms, and added value with agencies and partners.
• Strong written and oral English; comfortable collaborating in an international team.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute TV and CTV campaigns across multiple international markets.
• Monitor campaign performance and make optimization decisions to protect ROI.
• Negotiate pricing and added value with agencies and media partners.
• Forecast spend, manage monthly accruals, and upload post-reports to verify performance.
• Explore new media opportunities with stakeholders to drive growth.
• Present investment ideas and optimizations to senior stakeholders.

Skills

Media planning

Budget ownership

Negotiation with agencies

English communication

Travel willingness

AI tools mindset

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. Curious to learn more? Read on and apply.

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.

Not ticking every box? We still want to hear from you. Apply, tell us what motivates you, and you could be a great match—now or in the future. Your application does not need to include a photo.

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.