Designer, Dolls

Spin Master; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading global children's toy and entertainment company as a Designer. You will focus on creating exceptional toys, primarily in dolls, engaging in all stages from brainstorming to product launch. This dynamic role offers growth opportunities in a collaborative environment, making your creativity come to life.

Benefits

Growth and Career Opportunities

Flexible Work Hours

Comprehensive Benefits

Other fun Perks!

Qualifications

• Ability to participate in group brainstorming.
• Understanding of good play patterns.
• Ability to create rough sketches.
• Ability to create specifications for product releases.
• Familiarity with model development processes.

Responsibilities

• Participate in product brainstorming at all stages of development.
• Create 2-D renderings and oversee 3-D model making.
• Liaise closely with various teams during the product’s life cycle.

Skills

Ideation Conceptualization

Play Pattern Development

Sketching

Specification Documenting

Model Development

Visual Communication

Job description

Please Note: If you are a current Spin Master employee with access to Workday, apply to this job via the Workday application.

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!

Job Description:

What will you work on?

The Designer role requires creativity to design exceptional toys and entertainment products. This role primarily focuses on Dolls; a foundational understanding of product design is a must.

How will you create impact?

• Participate in product brainstorming at all stages of development
• Participate in concept development for existing brands and new areas of expansion
• Creation of 2-D renderings and specifications, and oversee 3-D model making for developing product through to production
• Participate in assessment of design concept feasibility (e.g. cost, schedule, manufacturability safety)
• Liaise closely with Marketing, Quality Assurance, Visual Branding and Product Development teams during the product’s life cycle
• Create compelling presentations and pitch to the executive level of the organization
• Participate in product strategy development and the creation of innovative slots and rationale for existing brands

What are your skills and experience?

• Ideation Conceptualization - can participate in group brainstorming and starts to generate ideas on their own and become familiar with the toy industry and category.
• Play Pattern Development - understands a good play pattern within a category, consumer isle or pillar.
• Sketching - can create rough sketches for communicating ideas
• Specification Documenting - can create specifications and document product for DDS and PRP release.
• Model Development - starting to learn the many different model development processes; Can either create CAD, sketches or specifications to kick off 3D prints.
• Visual Communication - can create visual presentations using appropriate software.

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What you can expect from us:

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!

What’s it like to work here?

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 [e-mail] or by phone at 416 364-6002 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.