Yamaha is the world’s biggest manufacturer of musical instruments and one of the leading producers of audio equipment for home entertainment and professional use. Our European headquarters are located in Rellingen (northwest of Hamburg). We have approximately 800 dedicated employees working in our offices across Europe including Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Scandinavia, and the UK, who operate local and international sales and marketing activities.

To strengthen the Digital Marketing capabilities across the Music Instruments business, with a strong focus on performance and long-term customer value we are looking for a temporary colleague (m/w/d) for the duration of parental leave:

Paid Advertising Specialist (m/f/d)

- limited until July 31st, 2027 -

In this role you will be responsible for planning, executing, monitoring, and optimizing paid advertising activities in a cross-divisional role. This position works closely with internal stakeholders, external agencies, and platform partners to ensure effective media planning, campaign execution, and performance reporting across the European region.

Your duties:

• Set up, activate, monitor, and optimize paid advertising campaigns across platforms including Google, Meta, YouTube, and TikTok in a cross-divisional environment
• Serve as a key contact point for external platform partners
• Plan campaign objectives, budgets, timelines, channel allocation, and account structures
• Analyze performance data on a daily basis to ensure spend efficiency and conduct deeper performance reviews to identify trends and optimization opportunities
• Coordinate creative assets, messaging, keywords, and local market adaptations, ensuring alignment with brand voice and campaign objectives
• Develop audience strategies, including retargeting and performance signals
• Monitor campaign performance, conduct A/B testing, and implement ongoing optimizations to improve results and customer experience
• Communicate campaign performance, insights, successes, and challenges clearly to stakeholders, including recommendations for future strategies
• Prepare and present regular performance reports and post-campaign evaluations
• Track campaign spend and manage monthly invoicing processes
• Monitor market trends, platform developments, and competitor activity, applying relevant insights to campaign planning

Your profile:

• Proven experience in paid advertising or performance marketing across major digital platforms
• Strong understanding of campaign optimization, performance analysis, and media planning
• Experience working with agencies and cross-functional internal teams
• Analytical mindset with the ability to translate data into actionable insights
• Structured, reliable, and detail-oriented working style
• Strong communication skills, with a fluency in English

We offer:

• An internationally active company that is characterized by sustainable action for the environment, customers and employees
• A competitive, attractive product range
• An international, committed team with a strong team spirit
• Work-life balance through a 38.5-hour week, our flextime model and the option of mobile working
• 30 days of paid leave per year
• Fair remuneration based on collective agreements including Christmas and holiday bonuses plus performance-related bonuses
• Possibility of a company pension scheme
• Subsidy for public transport
• Individual training opportunities