Business Area: Nestlé

Type: 12-month FTC (September-October 2026 start)
Location: Gatwick (Hybrid – approx. 2-3 days per week in office)

Salary up to £70,000 depending on experience.

Some of our other fantastic benefits

• 17 % car allowance
• Potential, discretionary annual bonus
• Generous pension scheme – up to 12% contribution from Nestle
• 12 flexible days on top of 25-day holiday entitlement
• 2 paid volunteering days
• A focus on personal development and growth

Although this is a full-time opportunity, please speak to us about what flexibility means to you as we are always open to discuss individual’s flexible working needs, don’t let this stop you from applying.

We are recruiting for a Media Lead to join our UKI Marketing team. This is a temporary opportunity reporting into the Head of Media Communications.

This role is responsible for driving media excellence across the internal media team, ensuring that media investments are informed by robust analytics, insights, and performance measurement. This role bridges strategic media planning with data operations, enabling smarter decisions and continuous improvement in media effectiveness.

Your impact

Ultimately, you will be responsible for leading category media strategy across Europe, improving performance, consistency and return on investment across markets.

Your other key responsibilities will include:

• Develop ad guide holistic media strategies across channels (TV, digital, search, programmatic, retail media)
• Translate category strategy into clear media plans and toolkits for local markets
• Drive media investment optimisation across brands, portfolios and markets
• Set and track KPIs, benchmarks and performance frameworks to improve effectiveness
• Partner with Agencies, publishers and internal teams to deliver best-in-class media capabilities and innovation

Your ingredients for success

 To be successful in this role you will bring strong media expertise, ideally within FMCG or a fast-paced consumer environment. You will be passionate, results-focused and comfortable working in an evolving environment, with a strong drive to improve performance and unlock growth through media.

You’ll also have:

• Proven experience in media strategy, planning and/or agency management
• Deep knowledge of the digital media landscape, including search, programmatic and retail media
• Strong ability to translate data ad insights into actionable strategy
• Excellent stakeholder management skills across cross-functional and international teams
• A collaborative, proactive mindset with the ability to influence and drive change in a complex environment

What you need to know

Advert posting date: 02/07/2026
Advert closing date: 16/07/2026

We will be considering candidates as they apply and we will occasionally close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.

We take pride in championing inclusion and diversity. We proudly signed the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter, are committed to Disability Confidence, and have been recognised as a Times Top 50 Employer for gender equality for three consecutive years. Additionally, we are a headline partner of Diversity and Inclusion in grocery.

At Nestlé, our values are rooted in respect, and we believe that embracing diversity and fostering an inclusive environment allows everyone to reach their full potential and drives innovative thinking. We strongly encourage applications from individuals of all gender identities, ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities, parents, carers and members of the LGBT+ community. Please let us know if we can provide accommodations to ensure your full participation in the application process.

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