Marketing Graduate - Toys

Zuru; Auckland; On-site; NZD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

ZURU seeks a Junior Brand Marketing professional to connect global brand plans with the European market. You’ll own local media budgets end-to-end, turning priorities into media plans, briefs into live campaigns, and data into decisions.

You’ll collaborate with global marketing, local sales, the in-house agency, and the China team to keep plans aligned. This role emphasizes analytical thinking, storytelling, and impact over spend efficiency.

Qualifications

• Commercial mindset tied to media investment outcomes.
• Strong data-driven decision making for campaigns.
• Proactive problem solving with clear action plans.
• Confident written and verbal communication for briefs and reviews.
• Tight organization across campaigns, markets and deadlines.
• Collaborative across teams and third parties.

Responsibilities

• Own local media budgets across Europe, aligning with brand priorities.
• Plan integrated campaigns across digital, social, video and paid channels.
• Brief the in-house agency with clear, commercially focused requirements.
• Coordinate campaigns across markets, ensuring on-brand and on-budget delivery.
• Monitor performance KPIs and optimise spend in real time.
• Turn campaign results into actionable insights for leadership.

Skills

Commercial instinct

Strong analytical skills

Problem-solving energy

Sharp communication

Ruthless organisation

A natural collaborator

An eye for detail

Education

Degree in Marketing or Business is preferred

Job description

Jora New Zealand will close on 9th September 2026. Thank you for being with us, we are cheering you on as you continue your career journey.

If you love digital, you'll love this Junior Brand Marketing role we have for Local/Europe! You'll be a part planner, part analyst, part storyteller, you make every dollar of spend work harder and you can prove it!

About ZURU

ZURU is on a mission to disrupt industries, challenge the status quo, and catalyse change through radical innovation and advances in automation. This is in play in different pillars of the company: ZURU Toys are re-imagining what it means to play; ZURU Tech is shaping a better future by leading the next building revolution; and ZURU Edge is pioneering new-generation FMCG brands to better serve modern consumers.

Founded in 2003 by EY Entrepreneur of the Year and World Entrepreneur Hall of Fame brothers Nick and Mat Mowbray, ZURU has quickly grown to a team of over 5,000 direct and indirect members across more than 30 international locations.

One of the largest toy companies in the world, our globally recognised and award-winning brands include Bunch O Balloons, Mini Brands, XSHOT, Rainbocorns, and Smashers. Our global FMCG brands include MONDAY Haircare, Rascals, NOOD, BONKERS, and Gumi Yum Surprise.

The Role

You're the connective tissue between global brand plans and what actually lands in the European market. You own local media budgets end-to-end, turning brand priorities into media plans, briefs into live campaigns, and performance data into decisions. Part planner, part analyst, part storyteller, you make every dollar of spend work harder and you can prove it.

If you love digital, you'll love this Junior Brand Marketing role we have for Local/Europe! You'll be a part planner, part analyst, part storyteller, you make every dollar of spend work harder and you can prove it!

About ZURU

ZURU is on a mission to disrupt industries, challenge the status quo, and catalyse change through radical innovation and advances in automation. This is in play in different pillars of the company: ZURU Toys are re-imagining what it means to play; ZURU Tech is shaping a better future by leading the next building revolution; and ZURU Edge is pioneering new-generation FMCG brands to better serve modern consumers.

Founded in 2003 by EY Entrepreneur of the Year and World Entrepreneur Hall of Fame brothers Nick and Mat Mowbray, ZURU has quickly grown to a team of over 5,000 direct and indirect members across more than 30 international locations.

One of the largest toy companies in the world, our globally recognised and award-winning brands include Bunch O Balloons, Mini Brands, XSHOT, Rainbocorns, and Smashers. Our global FMCG brands include MONDAY Haircare, Rascals, NOOD, BONKERS, and Gumi Yum Surprise.

The Role

You're the connective tissue between global brand plans and what actually lands in the European market. You own local media budgets end-to-end, turning brand priorities into media plans, briefs into live campaigns, and performance data into decisions. Part planner, part analyst, part storyteller, you make every dollar of spend work harder and you can prove it.

What You'll Do

• Own the media budget. Set, own and manage local media investment across the European market, allocating by brand and channel and adapting quickly to product sales trends and performance.

• Plan integrated campaigns. Build media plans across digital, social, video, retail media and other paid channels to hit brand and commercial objectives within budget.

• Brief the in-house agency. Write clear, commercially focused briefs for the in-house digital agency and manage the relationship end-to-end, across timings, deliverables, budgets and quality.

• Deliver brief to live. Coordinate campaigns across all markets in scope, on time, on budget and on brand, with the correct brand and marketing approvals on every asset and placement before it goes live.

• Monitor and optimise. Track media performance against KPIs throughout each campaign, optimising spend and flagging risks or opportunities early.

• Turn results into stories. Analyse campaign results, draw out actionable insights and present clear post-campaign reviews to internal stakeholders and leadership.

• Make results retailer-ready. Package media results into polished, easy-to-share summaries for retailers to support the sales team and strengthen partnerships.

• Be the bridge. Work closely with global marketing, local sales, the in-house agency and the China team to keep media plans aligned with wider brand and business priorities.

• Stay ahead of the market. Track the European media landscape, platforms and competitor activity, bringing new ideas and smarter ways to invest.

• Jump in where needed. Support the local marketing team on wider business projects when the moment calls for it.

What You Bring

• Commercial instinct. You naturally link media investment to sales and business outcomes.

• Strong analytical skills. Monitoring, measuring and reporting on campaign performance is second nature.

• Problem-solving energy. You take a proactive, entrepreneurial approach: diagnose the issue, build a clear plan and drive to the goal without waiting to be asked.

• Sharp communication. You write and speak with clarity and confidence, from agency briefs to leadership reviews.

• Ruthless organisation. You juggle multiple campaigns, markets and deadlines in a high-pressure, time-sensitive environment and adapt easily to shifting priorities.

• A natural collaborator. You work effectively across different teams, departments and third parties.

• An eye for detail, with nothing slipping through the cracks.

• Degree in Marketing or Business is preferred

Why ZURU

This is media with real regional ownership. You'll run the local media engine for the world's fastest-growing toy brands across Europe, with healthy budgets, specialist teams and zero red tape. If you want to own the plan from budget to results instead of executing someone else's, this is it.

• Scale. Your campaigns reach millions of families across every market in the region.

• Ownership. You own the budget and the plan from idea to live, and you get out what you put in.

• Culture. A collaborative, fast-moving marketing team that backs its people.

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