Brand Manager, Brand Experiences & Partnerships (Contract)

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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?

As Brand Manager, Brand Experiences Partnerships, you will be responsible for bringing the Melissa Doug brand to life in new ways through innovative brand partnerships, retail activations and experiential marketing, while strengthening its connection with Consumers. You will lead the experience partnership strategy, helping to lay the roadmap for future growth opportunities.

This is a 6 month contract position with opportunity to extend or be converted.

How will you create impact?

• Identify relevant brand partnerships for Melissa Doug across both new product and marketing opportunities
• Lead the strategy execution of branded consumer experiences, identifying partners and the roadmap on how we can bring to market
• Develop Brand activation toolkits programming for Specialty Retailers to bring Melissa Doug to life in their stores in a fun engaging way
• Support Outbound Licensing Marketing Initiatives
• Support marketing content development activation at our Retail Store in The Westchester Mall
• Collaborate w/ internal Marketing, Creative and Sales teams to ensure a seamless extension of the brand in new experience and partnership ventures
• Manage external vendors and agency partners to ensure delivery of initiatives
• Monitor competitive landscapes audits insights to identify emerging partnerships and experiential opportunities

What are your skills and experience?

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, or other related field required
• Experience in consumer product brand management experience in a new product-oriented industry, preferably working with toy, entertainment, fashion, or other fast paced industries
• Experience working on consumer or retail branded activations preferred
• Experience bringing new ideas or opportunities to life and securing internal approvals

The anticipated pay range for candidates who will work in Connecticut is $52/hr to $57.50/hr [Per Hour]. 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.

This job posting is tied to an open vacancy.

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.