Marketing Associate

CREATIVITY IS OUR SUPERPOWER. It’s our heritage and it’s also our future. Because we don’t just make toys. We create innovative products and experiences that inspire fans, entertain audiences and develop children through play. Mattel is at its best when every member of our team feels respected, included, and heard—when everyone can show up as themselves and do their best work every day. We value and share an infinite range of ideas and voices that evolve and broaden our perspectives with a reach that extends into all our brands, partners, and suppliers.

The Opportunity: 

The Marketing Associate will help deliver best in class Omni channel merchandising and marketing strategies alongside omni-merchandising team and commercial marketing team leading and/or assisting various merch/marketing projects. 

What Your Impact Will Be: 

• Will manage and assist on projects across catalog, merchandising, ecommerce, and promotions. 
• Work closely with cross functional partners to assist on key milestones.  
• Partner across the commercial and retail organizations to plan, communicate and execute promotional marketing campaigns.  
• Partners cross functionally with Merch, Commercial, Creative and IT teams on creating and executing seasonal set ups.  
• Lead bi-weekly operation and execution meetings to ensure alignment on key projects with cross-functional partners. 
• Kick off projects with creative team as needed. 
• Analyze post-mortems with data analytics teams.  
• Research/analyze competitive marketplace.  

What We’re Looking For: 

• 2+ years of experience in marketing, ecommerce, or retail. 
• Strong written and oral communication skills. Detail oriented and organized. 
• Experience in Shopify or ecommerce systems. 
• Experience with Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.  
• A team player who can prioritize and juggle multiple tasks, work in a fast-paced environment, and collaborate with multiple partner groups. 
• Must maintain the highest degree of confidentiality with sensitive information such as people management, budgets, strategic plans, etc. 
• Professional representation with internal employees, external vendors, partners via phone, email and in person. 
• Job complexity is high with multiple interactions and varied internal and external connections across all functions and levels.  Must be able to juggle multiple projects at one time. 
• Position demands the ability to seek out solutions to problems or find answers to questions and act with a high degree of independence.  Must have a general business interest and ability to compile and summarize information from multiple areas.   
• Must deliver high quality output with accuracy, speed, and attention to detail especially with financial information.   
• Requires high concentration and flexibility as frequent interruptions often occur. 

The annual base salary range for this position is between $72,000 and $89,000.
**This range is indicative of projected hiring range, however annual base salary will be determined based on a candidate’s work location, skills and experience.

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Mattel we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

How We Work:

We are a purpose driven company aiming to empower generations to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential. We live up to our purpose employing the following behaviors:

• We collaborate: Being a part of Mattel means being part of one team with shared values and common goals. Every person counts and working closely together always brings better results. Partnership is our process and our collective capabilities is our superpower.
• We innovate: At Mattel we always aim to find new and better ways to create innovative products and experiences. No matter where you work in the organization, you can always make a difference and have real impact. We welcome new ideas and value new initiatives that challenge conventional thinking.
• We execute: We are a performance-driven company. We strive for excellence and are focused on pursuing best-in-class outcomes. We believe in accountability and ownership and know that our people are at their best when they are empowered to create and deliver results.

Our Approach to Flexible Work:

We embrace a flexible work model designed to empower a culture of growth, optimism, and wellbeing, where every employee can reach their full potential. Combining purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility, our focus is to optimize performance and drive connection for moments that matter.

Who We Are:

Mattel is a leading global toy and family entertainment company and owner of one of the most iconic brand portfolios in the world. We engage consumers and fans through our franchise brands, including Barbie, Hot Wheels, Fisher-Price, American Girl, Thomas & Friends, UNO, Masters of the Universe, Matchbox, Monster High, MEGA and Polly Pocket, as well as other popular properties that we own or license in partnership with global entertainment companies. Our offerings include toys, content, consumer products, digital and live experiences. Our products are sold in more than 195 countries in collaboration with the world’s leading retail and ecommerce companies.

Mattel is recognized as a Great Place to Work™ and as one of Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators in 2022.

Visit us at https://jobs.mattel.com/ and www.instagram.com/MattelCareers.

Mattel is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer where we want you to bring your authentic self to work every day. We welcome all job seekers including minorities, females, veterans, military spouses, individuals with disabilities, and those of all sexual orientations and gender identities.

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