Media Associate EMEA

Mattel, Inc.; Slough; Hybrid; GBP 37,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus scheme

Vacation days

Cycle to work

Employee assistance programme

Pension

Private health insurance

Dental insurance

Life & disability insurance

Employee discount Be well at Mattel

Mattel product discounts

Family benefits

Job summary

Mattel, Inc. UK is seeking an Associate Manager, Regional Media to coordinate integrated media planning and campaign delivery across EMEA markets. You will bridge Global and Regional strategy with agencies and market teams, ensuring timely, accurate execution and clear regional recommendations.

You’ll manage multiple stakeholders, support cross‑market campaigns, and help optimize delivery with a focus on consistency, pace, and learning across markets.

Qualifications

• Experience in account management, client services or integrated media planning within a media agency or in‑house media team.
• Experience supporting integrated, multi‑channel media campaigns.
• Strong organizational and project coordination skills to manage multiple priorities.
• Confident in building relationships with internal stakeholders, agency partners and market teams.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to distil information into clear recommendations and learnings.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate execution of approved global and regional media strategies across multiple markets within the region.
• Ensure consistency of execution, pacing, and quality across markets, channels, and campaigns.
• Act as regional point of coordination for execution‑related questions, escalations and dependencies.
• Work with local media agency teams to ensure execution aligns with strategy, governance standards and timelines.
• Support readiness across markets including inputs, trafficking, and delivery requirements.
• Identify execution risks and coordinate corrective actions.
• Ensure markets operate within scope and regional processes.
• Monitor status, pacing, and performance signals across markets.
• Support in‑flight optimization and timely reporting inputs.

Skills

Account management

Client services

Integrated media planning

Multi‑channel campaigns

Organization

stakeholder management

Job description

CREATIVITY IS OUR SUPERPOWER. It’s our heritage and it’s also our future. Because we don’t just make toys. We create innovative products and experiences that inspire fans, entertain audiences and develop children through play. Mattel is at its best when every member of our team feels respected, included, and heard—when everyone can show up as themselves and do their best work every day. We value and share an infinite range of ideas and voices that evolve and broaden our perspectives with a reach that extends into all our brands, partners, and suppliers.

Job Description

The Opportunity:

Supporting the Associate Manager, Regional Media, this role is responsible for coordinating integrated media planning and campaign delivery across multiple EMEA markets. As part of the Regional Media team, this position acts as the connective tissue between Global and Regional strategy, agency delivery, and market‑level execution, ensuring campaigns are delivered accurately, efficiently and consistently across markets while maintaining alignment with the Global media strategy. Acting as one of the key regional points of contact between internal stakeholders, local market teams and agency partners, the role is responsible for coordinating complex workstreams, managing multiple stakeholder relationships and ensuring effective collaboration across the region. This role is ideally suited to someone with previous account management or integrated media planning experience within a media agency or in‑house media team who enjoys managing complexity, keeping multiple projects on track and turning information from across markets into clear regional recommendations and actionable learnings.

What Your Impact Will Be:

Regional Execution Orchestration

• Support the coordinate execution of approved global 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.

Agency Execution Oversight

• Work with local media agency teams to ensure execution aligns with approved strategy, governance standards, and timelines.
• Supports overseeing the execution readiness across markets, including inputs, trafficking dependencies, and delivery requirements.
• Helps with the identification of executional risks, gaps, or inefficiencies and coordinate corrective actions.
• Helps to agencies are operating within scope, quality expectations, and regional processes.

Operational Excellence & Performance Support

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

Cross‑Market & Cross‑Functional Coordination

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

Qualifications

What We’re Looking For:

• Previous experience in an Account Management, Client Services or Integrated Media Planning role within a media agency or in‑house media team.
• Experience supporting integrated, multi‑channel media campaigns.
• Strong organisational and project coordination skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Confident building relationships with internal stakeholders, agency partners and market teams.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to distil information into clear recommendations and learnings.
• Understanding of the EMEA media landscape or experience working within one or more EMEA markets is advantageous.

Additional Information

What We Offer:

• 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.

How We Work:

• We collaborate: Being a part of Mattel means being part of one team with shared values and common goals. Every person counts and working closely together always brings better results. Partnership is our process and our collective capabilities is our superpower.
• We innovate: At Mattel we always aim to find new and better ways to create innovative products and experiences. No matter where you work in the organization, you can always make a difference and have real impact. We welcome new ideas and value new initiatives that challenge conventional thinking.
• We execute: We are a performance‑driven company. We strive for excellence and are focused on pursuing best‑in‑class outcomes. We believe in accountability and ownership and know that our people are at their best when they are empowered to create and deliver results.

Our Approach to Flexible Work:

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.

Who We Are:

Mattel is a leading global toy and family entertainment company and owner of one of the most iconic brand portfolios in the world. We engage consumers and fans through our franchise brands, including Barbie, Hot Wheels, Fisher‑Price, American Girl, Thomas & Friends, UNO, Masters of the Universe, Matchbox, Monster High, MEGA and Polly Pocket, as well as other popular properties that we own or license in partnership with global entertainment companies. Our offerings include toys, content, consumer products, digital and live experiences. Our products are sold in collaboration with the world’s leading retail and ecommerce companies. Since its founding in 1945, Mattel is proud to be a trusted partner in empowering generations to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential.

Mattel’s award‑winning workplace culture has been recognized by Forbes, Fast Company, Newsweek, Great Place to Work, TIME, and more.

Visit us at https://jobs.mattel.com/ and www.instagram.com/MattelCareers.

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.

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