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TUI Group • Luton, United Kingdom

Head of Media Strategy & Planning

Associate Media Director

CHN-Beijing-Beijing | CHN-Guangdong-Guangzhou | China

Family friendly - 98%
Collaborative & team-orientated - 97%
Flexibility - 96%
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Head of Media Relations

Shire Park, Kestral Way, Welwyn Garden City, UK

9 Apr

Family friendly
Faith friendly
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Media Relations Director

Greater London-London, SE1 9AX, UK

9 Apr

Work-life balance
Career progression
Sustainability
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Associate Director, Strategy

£50,900 per annum

London / Manchester / Nottingham

12 Mar

Pet friendly - 98%
Flexibility - 94%
Women's health support - 92%
9.2

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Job Description

Join our team at TUI and shape how we connect with our customers across all media channels. As our Head of Media Strategy & Planning, you'll develop and own a comprehensive media strategy that balances our brand and commercial objectives while optimizing our media investments.

ABOUT OUR OFFER

  • Personal benefits: Attractive remuneration, discretionary bonus schemes, generous travel benefits, extensive health & well-being support, and more.
  • Flexible working: Work is something you do, not somewhere you go. We encourage a healthy work-life balance with a dynamic working environment.
  • A career to shape: Access the TUI Learning Hub to level-up and reach your ambitions.
  • Broaden your network: We champion intercultural collaboration and provide opportunities to work on global projects and teams.
  • Community: Get involved with incredible local charity and sustainability initiatives like the TUI Care Foundation.

ABOUT THE JOB

  • You'll define and develop a comprehensive media strategy that aligns with TUI's overall goals, balancing brand building with commercial performance across all channels.
  • Working with the Brand Marketing and Performance Marketing Directors, you'll lead strategic planning that adapts to market conditions, competitive activity, and changing consumer behaviors.
  • We'll look to you to manage and optimize our media budget allocation, ensuring we're investing in the most effective channels to drive results throughout the customer journey.
  • You'll collaborate closely with our media agencies, representing the region as the key point of contact and managing the performance rating framework.
  • Partnering with our Global Effectiveness team, you'll extract insights from performance data and translate these learnings into actionable media strategies.
  • Your expertise will help us prioritize product lines, markets, and seasonal opportunities while managing commercial risk in collaboration with finance and commercial teams.

ABOUT YOU

  • You bring extensive experience in developing and implementing comprehensive media strategies across multiple channels, with a strong understanding of media planning principles and budget optimization.
  • You have a proven track record of aligning media strategies with business objectives and demonstrating return on investment.
  • Your analytical mindset allows you to interpret complex data sets and derive actionable insights from marketing effectiveness tools and analytics frameworks.
  • You have experience managing agency relationships, including briefing, performance evaluation, and negotiation.
  • You possess an in-depth understanding of the media landscape, consumer behavior, and competitive environment.
  • Your excellent interpersonal and communication skills enable you to influence stakeholders across different levels and functions.

From a workplace to a place to belong. At TUI we embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion, encouraging everyone to come as you are, because together, our potential is limitless.


We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities and impairments so if you require any support, please do let us know.

Company benefits

Accrued annual leave
Adoption leave – In the UK, an enhanced pay scheme if you’re on maternity, adoption, partner or shared parental leave along with additional support as you begin your new family adventure.
Annual bonus
Annual pay rises
Bank holiday swaps
Neurodiversity assessment – As part of our private medical cover (available to eligible colleagues), you'll get access to Neurodiversity Assessment and Support for you and eligible family members aged 7 and over
Buy or sell annual leave
Car allowance
Career and family coaching
Carer’s leave
Charity donation scheme
Chill out zone
Cinema discounts
Coaching
Coffee discounts – Subsidised Costa coffee in our Luton, UK office.
Collaboration spaces – In Luton - Brand-new games area with a pool table which doubles as a ping pong table, a darts board, an air hockey table and sofa seats
Company freebies
Compassionate leave
Complimentary Medical Services
Cycle to work scheme
Dental coverage
Eldercare services
Electric Car Salary Sacrifice
Emergency leave
Employee assistance programme
Employee discounts
Employee recognition scheme – Regular recognition across the year.
Enhanced maternity leave
Enhanced paternity leave
Enhanced pension match/contribution
Eye Care Support
Faith rooms
Financial advice
Financial coaching
Further education support
Gym membership
Hackathons
Health insurance
In house training – Whole host of global learning opportunities available to all colleagues to sign up to monthly.
L&D budget
Language lessons
Learning platform
Life assurance – We provide a Life Assurance benefit which means that in the event of your death, while employed by TUI, a lump sum would be payable to your beneficiaries.
Life insurance
Lunch and learns
Meditation space
Menopause support
Mental health platform access
Mentoring
Neo-natal leave
On-site catering
On-site wellness room – In Luton - wellbeing room dedicated to physical and mind wellbeing which complements our existing male and female faith and reflection rooms
Open to part time work for some roles
Personal development days
Physiotherapy
Pregnancy loss leave
Pregnancy support
Private GP service – 24/7 virtual GP available as part of our EAP in the UK&I.
Religious celebration leave
Restaurant discounts
Sabbaticals
Salary sacrifice
Share options
Shared parental leave
Teambuilding days
Travel credit
Travel insurance
Volunteer days
Will writing
Work from anywhere scheme – TUI WORKWIDE means colleagues can work from abroad for up to 30 working days a year
Work from home budget – For our remote colleagues.
Health cash plan
Health assessment
Mental health support
Women’s health support
Study support
Ergonomic workstations
On-site barista – Costa coffee on offer in our Luton, UK office.
Modern office – Brand-new office opening in Autumn 2026 for UK colleagues based in Luton.
On-site shower
Private booths
Secure on-site parking
Additional voluntary pension contribution
Death in service
Legal consults

Working at TUI Group

Company employees:

66,845 globally

Gender diversity (m:f):

43:57

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Awards & Accreditations

1st – Career Progression

1st – Career Progression

Flexa awards 2025
2nd – Flexible

2nd – Flexible

Flexa awards 2025
WFA

WFA

Flexa awards 2025
Diversity and Inclusion

Diversity and Inclusion

Flexa awards 2025
Most flexible companies

Most flexible companies

Flexa100 2024