Associate Manager, Media

About the Role

Mattel is looking for an Associate Manager, Media to join its Marketing team in Richmond, Victoria. The role focuses on coordinating, enabling, and improving media delivery across several markets in a region so that approved global and regional media plans are implemented accurately, efficiently, and consistently.

This position suits a media professional who is comfortable handling complex execution work, collaborating with agencies, and improving processes at scale. You will help connect global and regional strategy with agency execution and market-level delivery, making sure campaigns, channels, and markets stay aligned.

About Mattel

Mattel says creativity is central to its past and future, and the company creates products and experiences designed to inspire, entertain, and develop children through play. The organisation emphasizes respect, inclusion, and a workplace where different ideas and voices are valued. It also aims to support family-friendly working practices, and Mattel ANZ has been recognised as a Great Place to Work company.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate the rollout of approved global and regional media plans across multiple markets in the region.
• Maintain consistency in how campaigns are executed, paced, and quality-checked across markets and channels.
• Serve as the main regional contact for execution-related questions, escalations, and cross-team dependencies.
• Work with regional and local media agency teams to ensure delivery follows approved strategy, governance requirements, and timelines.
• Track execution readiness across markets, including required inputs, trafficking dependencies, and delivery needs.
• Spot execution risks, gaps, and inefficiencies, then help drive corrective action.
• Confirm that agencies remain within agreed scope, quality standards, and regional processes.
• Monitor execution progress, pacing, and performance indicators across markets.
• Support in-flight optimisation coordination and ensure changes are aligned with strategy and escalated when needed.
• Make sure reporting inputs from markets are accurate and submitted on time to support regional and global visibility.
• Collaborate with Media Operations, Analytics, and Finance to keep execution disciplined and transparent.
• Act as the execution link between Global Media Managers, International Senior Media Managers, and In-Country Media Managers.
• Help markets share learnings, execution enhancements, and best practices.
• Assist with regional planning cycles, major tentpoles, and high-complexity launches through execution leadership.
• Support onboarding of new markets, agencies, or processes during global transformation work.
• Identify repeated execution issues and recommend improvements to regional processes or workflows.
• Help drive adoption of standard execution frameworks, templates, and playbooks.

Requirements

• Solid background in media execution, campaign delivery, and coordination across multiple markets.
• Proven ability to manage complexity, deadlines, and interdependent workstreams across regions.
• Comfort working across time zones, cultures, and agency partners.
• Strong organisation and problem-solving capability.
• Clear communicator who can influence outcomes without having direct authority.
• Excellent attention to detail with a strong process and systems mindset.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with global, regional, market, agency, operations, analytics, and finance stakeholders.
• Proactive, flexible, and improvement-oriented, with the ability to identify risks and support better ways of working.

Additional Information

If you enjoy working with well-known brands and helping media execution run smoothly across multiple markets, Mattel encourages you to apply.

Workplace Culture

Mattel highlights a diverse and inclusive environment where employees feel respected, included, and heard. The company also values balance between family life and work, aiming to create a family-friendly culture.