Kering Media Manager

About Kering

Kering is a global luxury group renowned for nurturing some of the world’s most influential Houses in fashion, leather goods, jewelry, and eyewear, including Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, and Boucheron. As an employer, Kering offers a distinctive environment where creative excellence, entrepreneurial spirit, and long-term sustainability converge. The Group empowers its talents to shape the future of luxury through innovation, craftsmanship, and responsible business practices. With an international culture grounded in diversity, inclusion, and shared ambition, Kering provides meaningful career opportunities for professionals seeking to contribute to exceptional brands while advancing a more sustainable and imaginative luxury industry.

Role & Responsibilities

• Support the Head of Media Trading on trading and partnerships by preparing and supporting global and local negotiations and joint business plans (JBPs) with the agency’s global investment team, and represent Kering Media in partner discussions as required.
• Prepare investment analyses, proposal comparisons and negotiation briefs.
• Support quarterly business reviews (QBRs) with key partners and the agency by preparing materials and performance summaries and following up on agreed actions.
• Coordinate bookings and allocations of Group media opportunities, including Group out-of-home (OOH) deals shared across Houses.
• Analyse delivery against partner commitments, benefits and added value, and follow up on variances with the agency, partners and Houses.
• Serve as the day-to-day Kering Media lead for an allocated portfolio of Houses and the first point of contact for their media teams.
• Hold regular check-ins with each House’s media team on investment plans, participation in Group deals, agency performance and open issues.
• Review House media briefs and agency recommendations with the Houses, providing Kering Media’s perspective on investment and partners.
• Support Houses in developing and implementing their global media strategies.
• Help Houses make full use of Group agreements, Group deals and media tools, and resolve issues with the agency.
• Manage the day-to-day relationship with the Group’s global media agency across its global and local teams, tracking delivery against the operating model, scope of work and service-level agreements.
• Run regular status meetings with the agency’s day-to-day leads, following up on deliverables and action plans and escalating issues to the Head of Media Trading.
• Monitor agency service quality across Houses and markets, gathering House feedback and addressing gaps with the agency.
• Coordinate the annual agency evaluation and support media investment audits.
• Maintain and communicate the Group’s media governance framework and investment guidelines.
• Coordinate deployment and adoption of Group media tools, platforms and reporting solutions across the Houses.
• Contribute to strategic projects and Group media initiatives, coordinating stakeholders and ensuring timely follow-up.
• Review and consolidate forecast (FC) and budget (BU) submissions, analysing media spend across Houses, markets, channels and partners and flagging issues.
• Brief and challenge the agency on investment, productivity and competitive reporting, including cost benchmarks, savings, agency commitments, share of voice and competitor spend by partner, and translate its outputs into clear recommendations.
• Coordinate media carbon reporting with Kering’s Sustainability team.
• Share industry trends, partner developments and emerging opportunities with internal teams.

Qualifications

• 10–12 years of experience in media, media investment, trading or planning, gained within an agency and/or on the brand side, ideally with an international remit.
• Hands-on experience in media buying, partnerships or JBPs, including preparing for and supporting negotiations.
• Solid knowledge of media channels, digital platforms, the OOH landscape, the agency ecosystem and agency commercial models.
• Strong analytical skills; comfortable working with investment data, contracts and reporting, with advanced Excel and dashboard skills.
• Organised, proactive and diplomatic when working with senior stakeholders, with the ability to balance the needs of several Houses and manage competing priorities.
• Fluent in English; French and/or Italian would be an advantage.
• An affinity for and understanding of the luxury sector.

Skills

Experience

10–12 years in media, media investment, trading or planning, gained within an agency and/or on the brand side, ideally with an international remit.

Culture

Kering fosters a dynamic, purpose-driven culture where creativity, entrepreneurship, and collaboration support the distinct identities of its luxury Houses. As an employer, the Group places strong emphasis on sustainability, diversity, and talent development, encouraging people to innovate responsibly while contributing to the future of modern luxury.

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