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The Associate

Manager, Media will support the development and execution of Mattel's LATAM media strategy, translating brand and business objectives into integrated, audience-led media plans across the consumer journey. The role combines strategic media planning, audience and data activation, performance marketing, creator-led media, measurement, and agency leadership.

The Associate

Manager will work across markets and cross-functional teams to maximize the effectiveness of Mattel's media investment while continuously identifying opportunities to improve how data, technology, platforms, and emerging media capabilities drive business results. Develop and execute full-funnel, audience-led media strategies aligned with brand, consumer, and business objectives across LATAM. Lead integrated media planning across digital, social, video, programmatic, creator-led, performance, and traditional channels, ensuring the right channel, audience, investment, and KPI strategy.

Develop data-driven audience strategies, leveraging first-party, platform, publisher, and media ecosystem data for targeting, retargeting, personalization, suppression, and frequency management. Lead performance media strategies designed to drive measurable consumer actions, including qualified traffic, key website events, engagement, and first-party-data/lead generation. Develop creator-led and social amplification strategies, leveraging paid media and platform capabilities to maximize the impact of creator content.

Drive measurement, optimization, and experimentation, translating media performance and test results into recommendations for future investment decisions. Lead media agencies and external partners, challenging recommendations and ensuring strategic quality, executional excellence, innovation, and accountability. Partner with Brand Marketing, Digital, CRM, E-commerce,



and other teams to create integrated consumer experiences and connect media with broader business priorities.

Manage media investment, forecasting, pacing, and financial processes, continuously identifying opportunities to improve media effectiveness and efficiency. Proactively identify and test emerging platforms, technologies, formats, partnerships, and media capabilities relevant to Mattel's consumers and brands. Communicate media strategies, performance, learnings, risks, and recommendations clearly to stakeholders while managing multiple markets and workstreams across LATAM.

Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business Administration, Communications, Economics, Finance, or related field. 5+ years of experience in media, digital marketing, advertising, integrated marketing, or a related discipline, preferably with experience at a leading advertiser and/or media agency. Strong understanding of full-funnel media strategy and planning, including the role of different channels across awareness, consideration, engagement, traffic, and conversion. Hands-on or strong working knowledge of digital and programmatic media ecosystems, including platforms such as DV360, Amazon DSP, Meta, Google, TikTok, or comparable platforms.

Experience leveraging audience and platform data for audience creation, targeting, retargeting, suppression, and frequency management.

Experience managing performance-oriented campaigns and optimizing toward measurable actions such as website visits, key events, engagement, lead generation, or other conversion objectives.

Experience developing or managing paid creator/influencer amplification campaigns and familiarity with creator-media solutions across major social/video platforms.

Experience managing media agencies and external partners,



with the ability to evaluate and challenge strategic recommendations, not only coordinate execution.

Experience managing marketing/media budgets, forecasting, pacing, and financial reporting. Strong analytical capabilities and ability to translate complex media data into clear insights and recommendations. Strong project-management skills with the ability to manage multiple brands, markets, campaigns, and stakeholders simultaneously. Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, including the ability to present media recommendations clearly to non-media audiences.

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How We Work

We are a purpose driven company aiming to empower generations to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential. We execute We are a performance-driven company. Mattel is a leading general 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.

Mattel's award-winning workplace culture has been recognized by Forbes, Fast Company, Newsweek, Great Place to Work, TIME, and more. We welcome all job seekers, and all applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, veteran and protected veteran status, disability status, and or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

📌 Media Coordinator (Miguel Hidalgo)
🏢 Mattel
📍 Miguel Hidalgo