Associate Director, Brand Media Europe

Amazon; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading audio entertainment brand is seeking an Associate Director for Brand Media in Europe to innovate and drive awareness via strategic media partnerships. This role includes managing significant budgets across the UK, Germany, France, Spain, and Italy. Candidates should have extensive marketing experience, preferably in multi-market settings, and be fluent in European languages. This opportunity offers a chance to shape impactful media campaigns and contribute to the evolution of auditory storytelling.

Qualifications

• Proven track record with multi-market consumer brands.
• Ability to connect media strategies with commercial impact.
• Experience developing test hypotheses and running experiments.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate annual media deals with agencies.
• Drive media innovation for campaigns.
• Manage budgeting, planning, and reporting.

Skills

Experience managing and measuring marketing performance

Stakeholder management

Fluency in French, Spanish, German or Italian

Excellent communication skills

Job description

Job ID: 3110502 | Audible Limited (UK) - B14

At Audible, we believe stories have the power to transform lives. It’s why we work with some of the world’s leading creators to produce and share audio storytelling with our millions of global listeners. We are dreamers and inventors who come from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences to empower and inspire each other. Imagine your future with us.

ABOUT THIS ROLE

Audible is seeking a media expert to join the Awareness media team to help drive awareness and consideration of Audible and Audible content via innovative media strategies. As a forward‑looking and well‑established media professional, you will lead key awareness media channels for the region – TV, radio, cinema, and out‑of‑home – partnering closely with Audible’s global media agency and alongside a team of internal media experts.

This role is a rare opportunity to develop high‑profile media partnerships for the leading audio entertainment brand in the UK, Germany, France, Spain and Italy. You will manage a significant share of Audible’s budget in Europe through high‑impact media, while collaborating with Brand and Creative on making Audible an integral part of regional and local pop culture.

As a key member of the media team, you will influence large‑scale campaigns, while continuously innovating and optimizing. You will define your channels’ role in Audible’s media mix, provide in‑depth channel insight and drive planning, budgeting and testing.

ABOUT YOU

You have a proven track record of working with multi‑market consumer brands, preferably for established brands and a strong commercial mindset with the ability to connect media strategies with commercial impact.

As an Associate Director, Brand Media Europe, you will:

• Work closely with media agencies across DE, UK, FR, IT, ES to negotiate efficient annual deals
• Drive media innovation through custom media partnerships with a specific focus on TV, OOH, cinema, radio for brand and content campaigns
• Take ownership of operational processes such as budgeting, planning, optimisation, testing and reporting
• Work with data analytics, including Marketing Mix Modelling, Competitor Reports and PCAs, to evaluate and optimise channel impact on brand demand, traffic and sign‑ups
• Define testing and innovation pipeline for the region and each marketplace
• Build partnerships with multiple internal (other channel leads, creative assets fulfilment, accounting) and external (agency, vendors) stakeholders
• Act as a channel expert with a clear vision and a well‑informed point of view
• Identify opportunities to scale efficiently, as well as capitalize on growth and optimisation levers

ABOUT AUDIBLE

Audible is the leading producer and provider of audio storytelling. We spark listeners’ imaginations, offering immersive, cinematic experiences full of inspiration and insight to enrich our customers daily lives. We are a global company with an entrepreneurial spirit. We are dreamers and inventors who are passionate about the positive impact Audible can make for our customers and our neighbors. This spirit courses throughout Audible, supporting a culture of creativity and inclusion built on our People Principles and our mission to build more equitable communities in the cities we call home.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience managing and measuring marketing performance in various channels
• Experience building client and agency ad partnerships
• Experience analysing data quantitatively and using customer research, data and metrics to back up assumptions, identifying opportunities, and assessing the efficacy of marketing programmes
• Experience using customer insights and data to deeply understand target customers and dive deep
• Experience developing test hypothesis and running experiments with an ultimate goal of establishing best practice
• Experience innovating and driving effectiveness and efficiency

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organisation
• Speak, write, and read fluently in French, Spanish, German or Italian
• Excellent understanding of media requirements for successful campaigns
• Experience building media and entertainment brands
• Experience working with multiple European markets (UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain)
• Ambitious self‑starter mentality and entrepreneurial spirit with a strong drive for excellence and delivery of results
• Excellent communication skills

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