Sr Associate, Project Management - Creative

El Segundo, CA (On-site)

$95K/yr – $117K/yrSenior Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 23 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own end-to-end Masterbrand project management from kickoff to delivery, coordinating cross-functional teams, approvals, and budgets across global initiatives and assets.

  • Lead cross-team project workflows and milestone planning for Brand Creative and Marketing initiatives
  • Ensure on-time, on-budget delivery with clear status reporting and risk management
  • Coordinate asset delivery, approvals, and distribution across global teams

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Manage day-to-day project workflows from kickoff through final delivery across Mattel Masterbrand initiatives.
  • Support projects spanning brand identity and design systems, global campaigns, social and digital content, partnerships, experiential activations, events, internal brand initiatives, presentations, toolkits, and brand guidelines.
  • Translate briefs and project needs into clear timelines, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and approval paths.
  • Keep projects moving across multiple stakeholders and workstreams, proactively identifying risks, gaps, and next steps.
  • Help ensure Masterbrand work is delivered at a consistently high level, on time and on budget.
  • Partner closely with Brand Creative and Marketing to understand project objectives, priorities, and deliverables.
  • Coordinate across Global Brand Teams and key Mattel functions to support initiatives that bring together the Mattel Masterbrand and its portfolio of iconic brands.
  • Serve as a day-to-day project contact for internal teams, external agencies, freelancers, production partners, and vendors.
  • Help create clarity and accountability across complex projects with multiple stakeholders and decision-makers.
  • Maintain clear project status reporting and communicate priorities, timing, risks, and next steps to the broader team.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of relevant experience in project management, creative operations, marketing, communications, production, or a related field.
  • Experience within an in-house creative team, creative agency, brand team, or similarly fast-paced environment preferred.
  • Strong understanding of creative development and production workflows across multiple channels.
  • Experience managing multiple projects, timelines, stakeholders, and deliverables simultaneously.
  • Familiarity with Adobe Workfront or similar platforms such as Asana, Monday, Smartsheet, Wrike, or Trello.
  • Strong working knowledge of PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and Adobe Acrobat; familiarity with Adobe Creative Cloud is a plus.
  • Familiarity with Digital Asset Management systems, file taxonomy, and asset organization is a plus.
  • Experience supporting project budgets, estimates, purchase orders, and external vendors is a plus
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Mattel

La Mauritano-Tunisienne des Télécommunications est le premier opérateur mobile en Mauritanie.

Founded in 1999
Nouakchott, Nouakchott-Nord Region, MRT
318 employees (51 in marketing)

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$95K/yr – $117K/yr

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Sr Associate, Project Management - Creative

Mattel · El Segundo, CA · On-site