Manager Media Strategy (Hybrid Opportunity)

Hyatt Hotels Corporation seeks an enthusiastic Manager to join our Global Media team. In this role, you will collaborate closely with the broader Marketing, Brand, Loyalty, Regional, and Digital teams to help make Hyatt a leading hospitality company. You’ll be part of a team passionate about our purpose, committed to nurturing curiosity and new skills, and building connections across the organization.

About Us

At Hyatt, we believe in the power of belonging and creating a culture of care, where our colleagues become family. Since 1957, our colleagues and guests have been at the heart of our business, helping Hyatt become one of the best and fastest-growing hospitality brands in the world. Our transformative growth and the addition of new hotels, brands, and business lines create exciting career and growth opportunities. We turn trips into journeys, encounters into experiences, and jobs into careers.

This is an exciting time to join Hyatt as we continue to grow rapidly, offering dynamic opportunities for upward mobility. Our purpose—to care for people so they can be their best—guides every business decision and shapes how we support each other as members of the Hyatt family. We’ve earned a place on Fortune’s prestigious 100 Best Companies to Work For® list since 2013, reflecting our commitment to inclusivity, empathy, and respect.

Responsibilities

• Manage the development and execution of integrated media strategies that drive brand awareness, guest acquisition, loyalty engagement, and revenue growth across Hyatt’s portfolio of brands.
• Lead media planning for Hyatt campaigns, ensuring media effectively reaches the right audience and delivers strong ROI.
• Partner closely with brand and regional counterparts to ensure campaigns deliver on goals and needs.
• Combine strategic thinking and media expertise to deliver impactful campaigns across digital, social, custom content/partnerships, programmatic, video, and emerging channels.
• Develop integrated media strategies supporting brands, regions, loyalty, B2B, and partnerships.
• Create integrated audience strategies targeting prospective guests, loyalty members, leisure travelers, and high-value customer segments.
• Recommend channel mix and budget allocation across paid search, paid social, programmatic, online video, audio, display, connected TV, and emerging channels.
• Partner with media agencies and platform partners to execute integrated campaigns driving awareness, consideration, bookings, and loyalty engagement.
• Support development of reporting and presentations communicating media effectiveness, business impact, and optimization recommendations.
• Manage media budgets across campaigns, monitoring spend pacing, forecasting, and financial reconciliation processes.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in media planning and activation.
• Proven experience managing multi-channel paid campaigns.
• Understanding of media analytics and performance metrics.
• Experience with media buying tools and platforms (e.g., DSPs, Meta Ads Manager, etc.).

Qualifications (Preferred)

• Bachelor’s degree in Media, Marketing, or a related field.
• Media agency experience.
• Understanding of eCommerce and/or the travel category.

Benefits

• Annual allotment of free hotel stays at Hyatt hotels globally.
• Flexible work schedule.
• Work-life benefits, including wellbeing initiatives such as a complimentary Headspace subscription and a discount at the on-site fitness center.
• A global family assistance policy with paid time off following the birth or adoption of a child, as well as financial assistance for adoption.
• Paid Time Off, Medical, Dental, Vision, and 401K with company match.

Pay

The salary range for this position is $98,500–$128,000. This role is also eligible for an Annual Incentive Plan. The final pay rate will depend on experience, skill level, qualifications, and location of work.