Associate Manager, Toy Marketing American Girl (Product)

The Opportunity: 
The Associate Manager Toy Marketing is responsible for supporting the Marketing team with integrated marketing strategy and planning insights and business analysis cross-functional team management and omnichannel marketing execution. The Associate Manager will lead campaign planning and marketing initiatives to support American Girls sales growth across all channels with a strong focus on DTC and retail execution. The ideal candidate for this role will have skills in strategic thinking impeccable project management and organizational skills demonstrated excellence in communication and the proven ability to deliver measurable results in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities.

What Your Impact Will Be: 

• Marketing Strategy: With the Marketing Manager develop overarching omnichannel strategy and marketing briefs across key sub-brands within American Girl. Articulate target audience positioning messaging and creative guardrails KPIs to ensure sales objectives are hit. Leverage consumer insights and learnings from past campaigns to ensure we are set up for success. Build overarching marketing plans with timelines responsibilities and channel KPIs.
• Project Management: Lead meetings with project teams (and external partners where relevant). Take and send out notes with action items and send out in a timely manner to relevant team members. Own and track progress against timelines. Escalate any internal or partnership issues that may impede execution
• Performance Reporting: Lead performance reporting across new launches seasonal campaigns and total brand POS reports.
• Channel Execution: Lead day-to-day execution across assigned AG segments Closely monitor sales performance across all channels and leverage data to recommend changes to plans as needed to meet business results for revenue and profit targets.
• Special Projects: Could be asked to lead or contribute to special marketing initiatives/projects including: catalog strategy planning and execution commercial reporting wholesale planning/distribution promotions strategy and execution and more.

Qualifications :

What Were Looking For:

• 5 (with Bachelors; 3 with Masters) years of marketing experience in multi-channel Retail or Consumer Products industry.
• Integrated marketing experience required across paid media (digital influencers out of home) and owned channels including e-commerce retail stores e-mail social print/direct mail.
• Excellent written/verbal time management and quantitative/analytical skills required.
• Ability to independently build compelling visual marketing presentations. Strong PowerPoint and Excel skills.

KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• Strategic Thinking: Exhibits creative and analytical thinking abilities with strong storytelling capabilities and an ability to connect the dots. An exceptional ability to communicate the overarching strategy with a consumer-first lens in a voice thats strong clear and focused. Strong business acumen. Ability to take conclusions from data and communicate and present those actionable insights to leadership and business executives.
• Delivers Impact: Above all wants to deliver impact both as an individual and as a team. Comfortable taking ownership to drive discussions with cross-functional partners resulting in a consensus recommendation. A proven willingness to go the extra mile and take initiative on the things that need to be done.
• Highly Adaptable: Comfortable with ambiguity and changing priorities. A continuous learner that is ready to push the Marketing organization into new areas and challenge the status quo. Maintain a positive attitude that rolls with changes.
• Collaboration and Influence: Excellent communication skills the ability to compromise and the desire to work with skill sets across the entire organization. Will be expected to lead teams that include team members with more senior titles.
• Executive Presence: Must also be able to clearly communicate with all levels within the organization and to influence persuade and sell direction for marketing.

*The pay range is indicative of projected hiring range however base pay will be determined based on a candidates 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 :

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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 worlds 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.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time