Sr Brand Strategy & Marketing Associate

East Aurora, NY (On-site)

$79K/yr – $90K/yrMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 6 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own social execution and brand storytelling across platforms, turning trends into opportunities and coordinating content, influencers, and cross functional activations to move engagement and social metrics.

  • Social ownership: run campaigns from briefing to post campaign reporting, keep calendars and tracking tools up to date, ensure guidelines across activations.
  • Insights and partnerships: monitor trends, perform competitive analyses, coordinate with creators and influencer programs, and work with Toy/Franchise/Studio/Marketing teams.
  • Measurement and optimization: report on engagement, reach, video views, sentiment, and creator performance; adapt global initiatives with regional teams.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Support the execution of social-first brand strategies across key social and digital platforms
  • Monitor social trends, cultural conversations, creator activity, and emerging platform behaviors to identify opportunities for the brand
  • Contribute ideas and recommendations that support the brand's voice, storytelling, and audience engagement objectives
  • Help maintain social content calendars, campaign trackers, and planning tools
  • Support the implementation of social and content guidelines across activations
  • Collaborate with Toy, Franchise, Studio, and Marketing teams to ensure social considerations are incorporated into key initiatives
  • Assist with gathering insights and competitive analyses to inform planning and content development
  • Execute social campaigns and activations from briefing through launch and post-campaign reporting
  • Capture, develop, and produce social-first content for organic and paid campaigns
  • Support product seeding programs through sample coordination, shipment tracking, creator communications, and user-generated content (UGC) collection and curation

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in marketing, social media, digital marketing, influencer marketing, or a related field
  • Experience supporting and executing social media campaigns across multiple platforms
  • Strong knowledge of social platforms including TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, and emerging channels
  • Familiarity with creator and influencer marketing programs
  • Understanding of social media metrics, analytics, and performance reporting
  • Ability to identify trends and translate insights into actionable recommendations
  • Strong project management, organizational, and prioritization skills
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across teams and agency partners
  • Detail-oriented with strong follow-through and execution capabilities
  • Curious, proactive, and adaptable in a fast-paced environment

Preferred

  • Passion for culture, entertainment, storytelling, and emerging digital trends
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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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