Associate Brand Manager

Overview

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!

The Associate Brand Manager, New Brand Innovation Group is responsible for product development and marketing. You will work cross-functionally with brand leads and Product Development, Design and Packaging to deliver best-in-class products. This is a contract position.

We are the team that’s dreaming up what could become the next big toy franchise! This group is responsible for growing revenue through the creation of new Toy IP. Leveraging our internal development expertise and extensive inventor relationships to create a pipeline of new and innovative opportunities that are incremental to our core businesses.

• Oversee and manage internal systems to drive key brand operations including product set-up, financial/PL set-up, wave management, and product number creation.
• Support all marketing activities (partnering with US marketing) including (but not limited to) digital media, TV and video production, social media, eCommerce, packaging, branding, public relations, and trade shows.
• Present new brand and product lines, strategies, plans, and results to internal sales team and external partners.
• Oversee both industry and public facing trade shows from planning to execution.
• Manage licensor communications including gaining approvals on marketing assets.

• Become fluent in company processes and internal systems.
• Passion for plush products, kids products/entertainment, trends, and current events.
• Adhere to deadlines and show proven ability to handle multiple tasks.
• Successfully lead product development and marketing initiatives.
• Proven ability to do whatever it takes to get the job done while continuously taking initiative and pushing projects forward under tight deadlines.
• Passionate about creative excellence and willing to drive self and others to achieve “magic.”

• Creative thinker with strong analytical and technical skills.
• Excellent project management, organizational, and problem-solving skills, strong attention to detail.
• Strong knowledge of PCs and software including: MS Windows, Word, Excel, Power Point.

This posting is for an existing vacancy. This position requires an onsite presence four days per week.

The anticipated salary range for candidates who will work in Ontario is $35 to $40 CAD per hour. The salary offered 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 ltd. is a multi-provincial employer, and this salary range may not reflect positions that work only in other provinces.

This job posting is tied to an open vacancy.

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!

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  or by phone at  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.