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Are you a kid at heart looking to build a career with a leading global children's toy, entertainment and digital gaming company?
At Spin Master, our unwavering commitment to open mindedness, integrity and innovation is a great part of what has made us an industry leader. How do we stay ahead of the pack? By hiring the best and brightest minds—and that’s why we want you!
Job Description:
What will you work on?
Aide in the Product Development/packaging of Licensing Out goods for all categories including Publishing, for all regions. Liaise with internal and external partners on the approval process ensuring accuracy of concept and samples submission/resubmissions. Act as Brand Ambassador, providing guidance on Licensing style guide/branding assets and trade marketing
How will you create impact?
- Aide in Product Approvals Process:
- Review branding/packaging portion of submissions.
- Ensure packaging/POP are consistent with brand integrity.
- Provide timely feedback --within 10 business days on receipt of submission phase.
- Work with licensees to ensure licensor feedback and revisions are addressed; and that comments are received accordingly with licensing contracts and are within milestones outlined in the Product Development calendar
- Manage select category(s)yep s
- For newly posed 3D sculpted items, manage overlay feedback.
- Take over submissions from the PPS phase and onwards, in MyMediabox until managing own categories.
- Sort and check PPS and PS samples, to match approved concepts and PPS respectively
- Affirm test reports are submitted and approved by Product Integrity Protocol (QA) before Approving for Distribution.
- Manage Sample Room and maintain catalogue of samples.
- Create product displays in Licensing Room.
- Weekly meetings with Design Director, reviewing new concepts, PPS PS samples, packaging and any issues.
- Participate in bi-weekly meetings with Licensing team and brand teams.
- Liaise with Licensees on creative assets, DAM site, and signage/trade marketing needs.
- Assist in development of Licensing Style guides
- Research relevant trends; create mood boards.
- Coordinate with lead designers to obtain most up-to-date reference materials.
- Create simplified character art - reduced colour/printing limitations based on original vector art.
- Participate in creative brainstorms, design reviews; including editorial
- Aide Design Director in development of CP Style Guides/Trend Design Kits/Supplements and product concepts.
- Aide in execution of Licensing setups and Amazon POD site ie. Toyfair CP vignettes, POD designs
- Develop digital and social media elements for promotional partnerships.
- Ad-hoc projects as needed.
What are your skills and experience?
- Bachelor’s Degree/diploma in Graphic Design or related fields
- Experience with Product Development; Hardlines and/or Softlines categories
- Experience with Licensing and entertainment properties
- Experience working with Style guides, Branding/Packaging/POP
- Experience with MyMediaBox is a bonus
- Thirst to stay on top of industry trends
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What you can expect from us:
Our mission is to Make Life More Fun with a vision to push the boundaries of innovation, creativity, and fun.
- Growth and Career Opportunities
- Flexible Work Hours
- Innovation, Collaboration and Fun
- Comprehensive Benefits
- Other fun Perks!
What’s it like to work here?
Spin Master is a fast-paced, hands-on organization that provides many great opportunities for impactful decision-making; though our challenging start-up atmosphere isn’t for everyone, we have a proven record of opportunities for future advancement and internal transfers for our passionate and results driven team.
Everyone is welcome in our sandbox and we are committed to an accessible and inclusive hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants.
Spin Master strives to create an accessible and inclusive application and selection process and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to job applicants who may require provisions to participate in the recruitment, selection and/or assessment processes. Should you require an accommodation, please contact our Talent Acquisition team, by email at TAinquiries@spinmaster.com or by phone at 416 364-6002 and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.
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We do appreciate all interest; however only those selected for interview will be contacted.
