Lego is building out an in-house programmatic team

Lego is building up an in-house programmatic media buying team and hiring programmatic experts in the United States and Denmark. It’s among several advertisers currently deepening in-house media benches.

The brickmaker advertised for five programmatic roles during January, including positions for a global programmatic media manager, programmatic media associates and media planning associates. The hires are a sign that the company is further developing the in-house media unit it first established in 2024. Publicis One handles Lego’s global media account (Publicis did not respond to requests for comment prior to publication).

According to Lego’s posted job listings, the global manager role required a “subject matter expert” in programmatic media to lead execution for the Danish company’s direct-to-consumer unit. The position would be briefed to “build, lead, and inspire a high-performing programmatic team,” according to the listing.

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Q&A: Nikhil Kolar, vp Microsoft AI scales its ‘click-to-sign’ publisher AI content marketplace

Microsoft is moving its publisher AI content marketplace pilot beyond the initial pilot phase, laying the groundwork for a broader ecosystem to connect publishers with a growing set of AI builders looking to license premium content.

What started with a limited group of publishers and Copilot as the first customer is now evolving into a more scalable model, with Microsoft testing pricing, access and compensation as usage grows.

Business Insider Inc, Vox Media Inc, USA Today Co., People Inc, The Associated Press, Hearst Magazines, and Condé Nast are the first wave of publisher pilot partners. But the goal is to start expanding to more publishers and demand partners — aka LLMs and any AI builders — both in the U.S. and internationally.

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