International Media Buyer

trivago; Düsseldorf; Hybrid; EUR 60.000 - 85.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Flexible working hours

Remote work options

Relocation package

Visa sponsorship

Language courses

Canteen budget

Zusammenfassung

trivago in Düsseldorf is seeking an International Media Buyer to plan and manage TV and CTV campaigns across multiple markets. You’ll own budgets, negotiate with agencies, forecast spend, and optimize campaigns for ROI while collaborating with analytics, creative, and regional teams.

You’ll join a growth-minded, international team that values curiosity, travel readiness, and openness to AI-driven planning and automation, with opportunities for remote work up to 20 days/year.

Qualifikationen

• Hands-on experience planning and buying media campaigns across multiple markets.
• Proven ability to negotiate pricing, conditions, and added value with agencies.
• Strong communication skills and collaboration in an international team.
• Willingness to travel occasionally and work with diverse stakeholders.
• Open to experimenting with AI tools to sharpen planning and optimization.

Aufgaben

• Plan and execute TV and CTV campaigns across international markets.
• Monitor performance and optimize campaigns to protect ROI.
• Negotiate pricing and added value with agencies and media partners.
• Forecast spend, manage accruals, and upload post-reports.
• Collaborate with analytics, creative, and regional teams to drive growth.
• Explore new media opportunities and formats with stakeholders.

Kenntnisse

Media planning

Budget management

Negotiation

Campaign optimization

English fluency

Cross-functional collaboration

Travel readiness

Jobbeschreibung

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?

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. 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.

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!