Manager, Brand Strategy & Activation - Matchbox

El Segundo, CA (On-site)

$126K/yr – $150K/yrManager6+ years expFull time

Posted 3 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the brand vision and execution across franchises, translating strategy into campaigns and activations while leading cross-functional teams and tracking brand health and campaign performance.

  • Brand ownership: define multi-year vision, drive launches, and plan moments across digital, retail, social, and PR.
  • Activation & storytelling: craft brand narratives, activations, and IAT partnerships to accelerate awareness and demand.
  • Measurement & governance: monitor awareness, engagement, conversion, and brand health with cross-functional reporting.

Job Description

Own the brand vision and execution across franchises, translating strategy into campaigns and activations while leading cross-functional teams and tracking brand health and campaign performance.

  • Responsibilities: Define the long-term brand vision, positioning, and cross-category strategy.
  • Responsibilities: Develop and execute strategies that accelerate brand awareness, drive launches and grow the full franchise business.
  • Responsibilities: Be the primary face of the brand, internally and externally, leading cross-franchise teams to execute the brand vision and brand strategy.
  • Responsibilities: Lead weekly 360 meetings with key and senior level stakeholders across digital gaming, content, toy, CPX, LBE and Partnerships.
  • Responsibilities: Lead the creation of brand narratives and marketing activations, and be the key point of contact for Mattel’s new Inter Agency Team (IAT).
  • Responsibilities: Plan brand moments (anniversaries, entertainment launches, retail programs) that support all lines of business.
  • Responsibilities: Translate brand strategy into campaigns, content, and activations.
  • Responsibilities: Plan and execute integrated marketing plans (digital, retail, social, influencer, events, PR).
  • Responsibilities: Manage media strategy in partnership with regional marketing leads and creative production in partnership with creative team (ads, visuals, storytelling assets).
  • Responsibilities: Ensure creative execution stays consistent with brand positioning (via brand guardrails) and product highlights.
  • Requirements: 6+ years of experience in marketing, with a minimum 3 years in brand marketing.
  • Requirements: Experience with franchise management/marketing, content marketing, retail/commercial marketing, social media marketing, PR & influencer marketing valued
  • Requirements: Strategic thinking: Ability to define brand vision and multi-year roadmaps.
  • Requirements: Consumer insights & research: Strong understanding of consumer psychology, brand equity drivers, and cultural trends. Ability to synthesize data and pull insights to create recommendations
  • Requirements: Thorough understanding of marketing mix and KPIs
  • Requirements: Cross-functional leadership: Skilled at influencing Entertainment, Product, Marketing, and Franchise teams without direct authority.
  • Requirements: Financial acumen: Experience with P&L at the brand or category level.
  • Requirements: Communication skills: Excellent at storytelling, presentations, and influencing senior leadership.
  • Requirements: Strong PowerPoint creation and presentation skills, proficiency in Outlook, Word and Excel
  • Preferred: Experience with franchise management/marketing, content marketing, retail/commercial marketing, social media marketing, PR & influencer marketing valued
  • Benefits: comprehensive benefits
  • Benefits: Mattel’s award-winning workplace culture has been recognized by Forbes, Fast Company, Newsweek, Great Place to Work, TIME, and more.
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Mattel, Inc.

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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 and fans through our franchise brands, including Barbie, Hot Wheels, Fisher-Price, American Girl, Thomas & Friends, UNO, Masters of the Universe, Matchbox, Monster High, Polly Pocket, and Barney, 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. Mattel is recognized as a Great Place to WorkTM and as one of Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators.

Founded in 1945
El Segundo, California, USA
12K employees (2,443 in marketing)
62% recommend to a friend
74% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
9M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
41.1%
Direct
50.8%
Referral
3.4%
Social
4%
Paid
0.6%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~12.2K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
1,522 (12% of company)
Median Career Experience
15 years
Median Tenure
8.4 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
13

Funding

Total Funding
$600M
Last Raise
$600M
Post IPO Debt, 4 months ago

Funding History

  • Nov 2025
    Post IPO Debt • $600M

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