Sr Associate, Digital Marketing/ CRM - American Girl

El Segundo, CA (On-site)

$92K/yr – $115K/yrSenior Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Lead end-to-end CRM campaign planning and lifecycle marketing across email and SMS, coordinating across teams to align with merchandising and on-site experiences.

  • Own end-to-end CRM campaigns, calendar management, and cross-team production.
  • Must-have: 3+ years in CRM/lifecycle marketing with Klaviyo and end-to-end execution.
  • Standout: Strong data-driven optimization and lifecycle Journey development across channels.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Campaign Planning, Production & Execution: Support the planning and execution of CRM campaigns across email and SMS, including promotional campaigns, product launches, and loyalty and seasonal initiatives. Maintain and manage the CRM calendar to ensure alignment with broader marketing strategies, business priorities, and retail moments. Develop clear and actionable creative briefs and partner with internal creative teams (design and copy) to deliver engaging, on-brand messaging. Provide input on messaging, subject lines, and creative to optimize performance and maintain brand voice. Coordinate campaign production across internal teams and external partners, ensuring timelines and deliverables are met while managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
  • Customer Lifecycle & Audience Management: Execute audience segmentation strategies to support customer acquisition, onboarding, retention, and re-engagement. Build, launch, and optimize automated lifecycle journeys (e.g., welcome series, browse/cart abandonment, post-purchase, loyalty, winback). Leverage customer data to support personalization efforts and deliver relevant, timely messaging. Partner with merchandising and site teams to ensure strong alignment between CRM campaigns and on-site experience, contributing to a seamless omnichannel customer journey.
  • Optimization & Testing: Support ongoing optimization of CRM campaigns through A/B and multivariate testing across subject lines, creative, messaging, timing, and audience segments. Monitor key campaign performance metrics and apply learnings to improve future campaign effectiveness and support overall CRM performance against business and revenue objectives. Conduct thorough QA across all campaigns, ensuring accuracy of content, links, tracking, and overall customer experience.
  • Performance Reporting & Insights: Support CRM performance tracking by contributing to regular reporting for campaigns and key business moments. Monitor campaign performance and identify trends, insights, and opportunities to improve engagement and conversion. Partners with teams incorporating CRM efforts into broader marketing plans and sharing performance learnings to inform future campaign planning and optimization efforts. Assist in the development of performance summaries and marketing decks as needed.
  • Data Stewardship & Best Practices: Maintain strong customer data hygiene and support ongoing audience quality initiatives. Ensure all CRM communications adhere to email and SMS compliance standards (e.g., CAN-SPAM, TCPA) and deliverability best practices. Utilize CRM and project management tools (e.g., Klaviyo, Monday.com) to execute campaigns efficiently and accurately. Familiarity with customer data platforms (CDPs) or marketing data systems is a plus.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in CRM, lifecycle marketing, or email/SMS marketing, preferably within retail or consumer products
  • Hands-on experience with an ESP (Klaviyo preferred) and end-to-end campaign execution
  • Integrated marketing experience required across paid and owned channels, including ecommerce, retail stores, social, print/direct mail
  • Experience building CRM calendars, segmentation strategies, and lifecycle campaigns
  • Experience working cross-functionally with creative, marketing, and merchandising teams
  • Excellent written/verbal, time management and quantitative/analytical skills required
  • Familiarity with campaign performance metrics and using data to inform optimization decisions
  • Strong PowerPoint and Excel skills preferred

Preferred

  • Familiarity with customer data platforms (CDPs) or marketing data systems is a plus.
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Mattel, Inc.

3.7 Glassdoor

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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