Sr Associate, Project Management - Creative

Company Description

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 Team:

Mattel’s Brand Creative team is responsible for building and evolving the Mattel Masterbrand across the globe. We partner across Global Brand Teams, Marketing, Communications, Digital, Experiences, and other teams to create a cohesive and compelling expression of Mattel across internal and external touchpoints.

Our work spans global brand campaigns, identity and design systems, partnerships and collaborations, social and digital content, experiential activations, corporate and employee experiences, brand guidelines, and other high-visibility initiatives that shape how consumers, fans, partners, and employees experience Mattel

Job Description

The Opportunity: 

Mattel’s Brand Creative team is looking for a highly organized and proactive Sr. Associate, Project Management to help bring the Mattel Masterbrand to life.

Sitting at the center of a growing portfolio of Masterbrand initiatives, this role will help connect Creative, Marketing, Global Brand Teams, internal stakeholders, agencies, production partners, and vendors to keep work moving from brief through final delivery.

The ideal candidate understands how great creative work gets made and loves creating the structure that allows teams to do their best work. You’ll manage timelines, workflows, budgets, approvals, deliverables, and day-to-day project communication across multiple concurrent initiatives, while helping the team navigate an evolving and fast-paced business.

What Your Impact Will Be: 

Masterbrand Project Management

• Manage day-to-day project workflows from kickoff through final delivery across Mattel Masterbrand initiatives.
• Support projects spanning brand identity and design systems, global campaigns, social and digital content, partnerships, experiential activations, events, internal brand initiatives, presentations, toolkits, and brand guidelines.
• Translate briefs and project needs into clear timelines, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and approval paths.
• Keep projects moving across multiple stakeholders and workstreams, proactively identifying risks, gaps, and next steps.
• Help ensure Masterbrand work is delivered at a consistently high level, on time and on budget.

Cross-Functional Coordination

• Partner closely with Brand Creative and Marketing to understand project objectives, priorities, and deliverables.
• Coordinate across Global Brand Teams and key Mattel functions to support initiatives that bring together the Mattel Masterbrand and its portfolio of iconic brands.
• Serve as a day-to-day project contact for internal teams, external agencies, freelancers, production partners, and vendors.
• Help create clarity and accountability across complex projects with multiple stakeholders and decision-makers.
• Maintain clear project status reporting and communicate priorities, timing, risks, and next steps to the broader team.

Creative Workflow & Operations

• Manage project intake and setup within Adobe Workfront or similar project management tools.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, status dashboards, and trackers.
• Coordinate creative reviews and consolidate feedback and approvals throughout the development process.
• Manage Legal, Standards & Practices, and other required approval workflows.
• Partner with Account Management, Production, and Operations to ensure teams are appropriately briefed, scoped, and resourced.
• Help prioritize concurrent Masterbrand initiatives as business needs evolve.
• Identify opportunities to simplify workflows, improve communication, and create greater visibility across the team.

Budget, Scope & Resourcing

• Support project budgets, estimates, purchase orders, expenditures, and reconciliation.
• Track project scope and resource allocation, flagging potential timing, budget, or resourcing issues early.
• Coordinate with external partners to track deliverables against approved scopes of work.
• Partner with Account Management and Brand Creative leadership to maintain visibility into project needs and upcoming workload.

Masterbrand Assets & Implementation

• Help coordinate the development and rollout of Mattel Masterbrand guidelines, toolkits, templates, and creative assets across the organization.
• Manage incoming Masterbrand asset and creative requests from teams across Mattel.
• Coordinate final asset delivery and ensure approved materials are organized, archived, and accessible to global teams.
• Partner with Digital Asset Management and other teams to support global distribution and consistent implementation of Masterbrand assets.
• Help maintain visibility into where and how Masterbrand assets are being activated across the organization

 

Qualifications

What We’re Looking For:

• 4+ years of relevant experience in project management, creative operations, marketing, communications, production, or a related field.
• Experience within an in-house creative team, creative agency, brand team, or similarly fast-paced environment preferred.
• Strong understanding of creative development and production workflows across multiple channels.
• Experience managing multiple projects, timelines, stakeholders, and deliverables simultaneously.
• Familiarity with Adobe Workfront or similar platforms such as Asana, Monday, Smartsheet, Wrike, or Trello.
• Strong working knowledge of PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and Adobe Acrobat; familiarity with Adobe Creative Cloud is a plus.
• Familiarity with Digital Asset Management systems, file taxonomy, and asset organization is a plus.
• Experience supporting project budgets, estimates, purchase orders, and external vendors is a plus

*The pay range is indicative of projected hiring range, however base pay will be determined based on a candidate’s work location, skills and experience. Mattel offers competitive total pay programs, comprehensive benefits, and resources to help empower a culture where every employee can reach their full potential. 

Additional Information

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Mattel, we are dedicated to an inclusive workplace and a culture of belonging. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. Join Mattel's Talent Community and start receiving exciting updates about our company, our employees, and our culture. Also, interested in signing up for job alerts? Do so here!

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.

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 collaboration with the world’s leading retail and ecommerce companies. Since its founding in 1945, Mattel is proud to be a trusted partner in empowering generations to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential.

Mattel’s award-winning workplace culture has been recognized by Forbes, Fast Company, Newsweek, Great Place to Work, TIME, and more.

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Mattel is an Equal Opportunity Employer where we want you to bring your authentic self to work every day. We welcome all job seekers, and all applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, veteran and protected veteran status, disability status, and or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act, qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment.

The pay range for this position is between $95,000 and $117,000 annual. The pay range is indicative of projected hiring range, however base pay will be determined based on a candidate’s work location, skills and experience. Mattel offers competitive total pay programs, comprehensive benefits, and resources to help empower a culture where every employee can reach their full potential. 

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