Brand Media Manager

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Agency Management: Be responsible for the day-to-day relationship with media agencies, ensuring alignment on strategy, performance, and budget.
• Campaign Project Management: Drive timelines and coordination to ensure content and creative assets are delivered on time for all media campaigns.
• Thought Leadership and Corporate Awareness Strategy: Work with the brand team, brand agency, and media agencies to create and deliver media programs supporting corporate marketing goals, including in the US and international markets.
• Hiring Campaign Strategy: Develop and implement paid media strategies to support recruiting and employer brand initiatives.
• Optimize & Communicate: Monitor media performance, oversee optimizations, and translate insights into actionable recommendations.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Act as the key brand media liaison to demand generation, field marketing, and events teams, ensuring media plans are well-integrated across all go-to-market efforts.

Requirements

• Proven ability in media planning and execution, preferably within a brand marketing team or agency.
• Experience running campaigns or activations across multiple channels (digital, social, publisher direct, programmatic, OOH, etc.).
• Strong project management skills with the ability to balance multiple campaigns and shifting priorities.
• Experience with media analytics tools and reporting dashboards.
• Passion for storytelling, creativity, and making data-informed decisions.

Nice to Have

• Experience with employer brand or talent acquisition marketing.
• Knowledge of traditional B2B media strategies.
• Familiarity with performance marketing or demand generation principles.

Qualifications

• Relevant education, qualifications, certifications, or experience in media planning and execution.

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary.
• Health coverage for you and your family in many locations.
• Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles.
• Generous number of vacation days each year.
• Opportunity to participate in Elastic's stock program.
• Company-matched 401k with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% of eligible earnings.
• Up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service matching.
• Up to 40 hours each year for volunteer projects.
• Minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave.