Associate Marketing Manager - US Marketing

5 Months ago • 4-5 Years • Marketing • $110,000 PA - $125,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Associate Marketing Manager will localize global brand strategy for the US market, creating pricing, P&L, and go-to-market strategies. Responsibilities include managing day-to-day marketing activities, leveraging data for insights, strengthening brand recognition, managing brand commercialization, and driving marketing execution across various teams (Sales, Global Brand Marketing, etc.). The role requires strong communication, analytical, and strategic thinking skills, along with the ability to work cross-functionally and present actionable insights to leadership. The ideal candidate possesses a passion for brand success, strong relationship-building skills, and exceptional storytelling abilities. Experience in consumer or brand marketing is essential.
Must have:
  • 4-5 years experience in consumer/brand marketing
  • Advanced understanding of marketing techniques
  • Strong analytical and strategic thinking
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Data analysis and insight generation
Good to have:
  • MBA
  • Experience with licensing

Job Details

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.

Job Description

The Opportunity: 

The US Commercial Marketing team localizes the global brand strategy to fit their market and creates pricing, P&L and go-to-market strategy for the U.S. The Associate Marketing Manager will provide marketing, business operations and customer management activities for the brand and product line in order to achieve financial growth and profit targets.

What Your Impact Will Be: 

  • Manage part of the portfolio day-to-day marketing activities, including local insights collection and synthesis of performance or brand/products
  • Leverage data to derive insights and provide recommendations to strengthen brand recognition and POS
  • Further Mattel’s reputation as a best-in-class licensee by driving proactive communication and alignment with external partners.
  • Manage commercialization of the brands including channel segmentation programs, first to market and retailer selection
  • Set and maintain clear tracking-to deliverables to ensure timely execution
  • Drive marketing execution by working with a cross-functional team inclusive of Sales, Global Brand Marketing, Customer Marketing, etc. 
  • Comfort level with ambiguity and willingness to react quickly to changing market conditions
  • Deliver item-level forecasting, tracking, and performance roll-ups in order to impact marketing strategy
  • Drive short-term promotional plan and execution by brand and across customers
  • Develop your brand by activating key marketing programs in the US market
  • Develop an expertise in the category to help drive decisions that lead to business growth

You have: 

  • PASSION for the success of your brands. What does that look like? A proven willingness to go the extra mile, to take on the things that need to be done and a positive attitude that rolls with changes.
  • RELATIONSHIP skills that work across teams, licenses and functions. What does that look like? Excellent communication and presentation skills, the ability to compromise and the desire to work with skill sets across the entire organization.
  • STORYTELLING skills that deliver and work across brands. What does that sound like? An exceptional ability to communicate the story of your brand and your passion, with a voice that's strong, clear and focused.
  • LEADERSHIP ability that ultimately betters the team. What does that look like? The ability to drive change and results through influence and focus and demonstrated expertise in the field.
  • DESIRE to move Mattel's legacy of success into our future of innovation
  • FOUNDATIONAL knowledge of the business objectives related to marketing/brand management, a demonstrated understanding of standard marketing techniques and a basic understanding of annual financial plans.

Qualifications

What We’re Looking For: 

Education required:

  • Bachelors degree in marketing, business or related field; MBA preferred

Experience, knowledge, skills required:

  • Minimum 4-5 years (3 years with MBA) experience in consumer or brand marketing
  • Advanced understanding of standard marketing techniques
  • Demonstrated leadership, strong analytical and strategic thinking skills
  • Excellent written/verbal, time management and quantitative/analytical skills required
  • Ability to take conclusions from data and communicate and present those actionable insights to leadership and business executives
  • Comfortable taking ownership to drive discussions with cross functional partners resulting in a consensus recommendation

The annual base salary range for this position is between $110,000 and $125,000.
**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.

Additional Information

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 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.

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, 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.

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About The Company

We empower generations to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential.


We treat play as if the future depends on it — because it does. Play is our language, and we speak to our consumers authentically by representing the world as they see and imagine it.


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 through our portfolio of iconic brands, including Barbie, Hot Wheels, Fisher-Price, American Girl, Thomas & Friends, UNO, Masters of the Universe, Monster High and MEGA, as well as other popular intellectual 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.


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

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