TBWA\Media Arts Lab is the bespoke global agency for Apple and only Apple. We think different to create impact for the world's most iconic brand.
This is an exciting early-career opportunity to join a collaborative, highperforming EMEA Business Affairs team. The role provides high-level administrative and operational support across the region, ensuring senior Business Affairs and Operations leadership can operate efficiently and effectively.
You’ll play a central role in coordinating diaries, meetings, travel, finance processes and documentation, while gaining hands-on exposure to how global advertising projects are managed. It’s a strong foundation role for someone looking to build a career in advertising, operations, or business affairs.
We’re looking for someone organised, proactive and a fast learner. Someone who takes pride in precision, shows initiative, enjoys enabling others to perform at their best and thrives in a fast-paced, international environment. The role requires flexibility when coordinating across multiple time zones to ensure seamless collaboration with colleagues and partners globally.
The Work- Anticipate and manage the needs of senior executives and proactively identify potential diary, travel or scheduling issues before they arise
- Manage last-minute changes. Protect key priorities and reschedule lower priorities when needed
- Organise senior executives’ end-to-end travel, including flights, accommodation, visas and expenses
- Build strong relationships with clients and vendors on diary management, and represent the agency with professionalism and discretion
- Build strong relationships with teams and assistants across our global network
- Handle finance tasks for the Business Affairs team, including purchase orders, estimates and invoice processing
- Work with the Traffic Manager on YouTube uploads, broadcast delivery and network rotation instructions for EU and CEMEA markets
- Maintain Business Affairs resource tools and trackers covering usage, training and company policies
- Develop internal and client-facing presentation materials with the global network
- Maintain and manage NDA templates across the global network
- Run desktop research on individual projects, including vetting, legal precedents and the advertising landscape, based on client requirements
- Proven exposure/ experience in an administrative role and keen to start a career in advertising, operations or business affairs
- Highly organised and adaptable, with an appetite to learn and grow
- Able to prioritise well and meet deadlines set by senior executives
- Strong attention to detail, with the ability to manage several tasks at once when time is short
- Clear written and verbal communication, and a collaborative, team-oriented approach
- Able to handle administrative and finance processes, and comfortable working with numbers and Microsoft Office or equivalent systems
- Comfortable to work as part of an international network,which includes working across varying time zones
- A genuine interest in advertising, culture, and how brands operate in different markets
- Additional language skills is a bonus, given the international scope of this role
We encourage you to apply even if the role doesn’t align perfectly with your experience or expectations. If you’re excited about the position or about working at Media Arts Lab and think you can make an impact, we’d love to hear from you.
Media Arts Lab is an equal opportunity employer. We value diverse backgrounds and are committed to finding the best fit for the role, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.
Skills Required
- Exposure to or experience in an administrative role
- Strong organizational and prioritization skills
- Ability to manage deadlines and multiple tasks under time pressure
- Strong attention to detail
- Clear written and verbal communication skills
- Collaborative, team-oriented approach
- Ability to handle administrative and finance processes
- Comfort working with numbers and Microsoft Office or equivalent systems
- Ability to work across varying international time zones
- Interest in advertising, culture, and how brands operate in different markets
- Additional language skills
What We Do
In 1984, TBWA helped launch Apple’s first Macintosh personal computer with the iconic “1984” commercial. In 1997, TBWA once again disrupted traditional advertising with the “Think Different” campaign. As the Apple brand grew, the need for a confidential, creative incubator, with a dedicated team focused solely on game-changing work, became more evident. In 2006, TBWA\Media Arts Lab was born. Created for one client, we have one shared ambition. We create smart, simple and iconic work that makes culture, for the world’s greatest company. Today, Media Arts Lab has six dedicated global offices serving 26 markets around the world. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Media Arts Lab is housed in a unique 50,000 square foot space, hidden in plain sight from the outside world. TBWA\Media Arts Lab is part of the TBWA Worldwide collective. TBWA is The Disruption® Company: the cultural engine for 21st-century business. Named one of the World's Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company and to the AdAge A-List, we create disruptive ideas that locate and involve brands in culture, giving them a larger share of the future. Our collective has 11,300 creative minds across 275 offices in 95 countries, and also includes brands such as Auditoire, Digital Arts Network (DAN), eg+ worldwide, GMR, TBWA\Media Arts Lab, TBWA\WorldHealth and TRO. Global clients include adidas, Apple, Gatorade, Henkel, Hilton Hotels, McDonald's, Nissan and Singapore Airlines. TBWA is part of Omnicom Group.
