Job description
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?
The Director of Brand Design role will be responsible for driving innovation in design across multiple brands and categories. This leadership role is responsible for managing internal teams and external vendors from initial design concepts to production. This position will reside in our LA office which is responsible for the following categories: Dolls, Interactive, Wheels and Action and Preschool
How will you create impact?
- Blue sky development of new opportunities and white spaces
- Based on strategic direction from Brand partners, work to develop mood boards, color pallets, iconography, type and logo development
- Mentor and coach Brand Design teams
- Evolve existing brands to market needs
- Develop and deploy Brand Briefs
- Work to manage Packaging Briefs on individual items
- Create tight cross functional internal partnerships
- Present ideas and concepts to executive team
- Create Brand style guides
- Develop marketing support materials, creative boards and layout presentations for new and existing business development presentations and trade shows.
- Develop digital marketing assets where required.
- Collaborate with Structural Engineering, Marketing, Quality Control and Product Development teams as well as overseas agents, as necessary, in the package development and approval process.
- Maintain knowledge of new technologies within your area of expertise
How will you fit into the team?
- Heightened creative and technical abilities including conceptual drawing, and manual illustration a plus.
- A strong sense of design and mastery of typography, color theory and trends
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Team Leader and Player
- Take inputs from cross-functional teams and execute creative against Brand briefs
- Good time management skills.
- Ability to adhere to project budgets and deadlines.
- Proven ability to work in a high volume, innovative, and entrepreneurial environment
What are your skills and experience?
- Minimum 5 to 7 years in the toy industry.
- Advanced knowledge of Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, ESKO and Acrobat.
- Undergraduate degree in Graphic Design, (BFA) or equivalent; or 4 or more years related experience and / or training.
#LI-Hybrid
The anticipated pay range for candidates who will work in California is $125,000 to $165,000 annually. The offered pay to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to years of experience within the job, years of experience within the required industry, education, etc. Spin Master Inc. is a multi-state employer, and this salary range may not reflect positions that work only in other states.
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.
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