Associate Project Manager [Contract]

Spin Master; Wilton (CT); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Growth opportunities

Flexible hours

Collaboration and fun culture

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Spin Master in Connecticut is seeking an Associate Project Manager to provide operational and administrative support to packaging design, coordinating workflows across design, engineering, QA, and product development teams.

This 7-month contract involves liaising with licensors and overseas vendors, managing timelines, assets, barcodes, SKUs, and release dates, and ensuring global packaging meets standards.

The role offers growth opportunities, flexible hours, and a collaborative, fun culture.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in business, communications, project management, or a related field.
• Professional project management experience, preferably supporting creative, packaging, or consumer product development teams.
• Experience coordinating complex asset submissions and tracking approvals through licensor portals or external databases.
• Prior experience managing project timelines, tracking documents, and routing tasks across cross-functional departments.
• Familiarity with production quoting processes and coordinating with manufacturing partners in China.
• Basic understanding of Adobe Creative Suite and digital asset management workflow tools.
• Experience with project management software, such as Smartsheet, as well as database tracking spreadsheets.

Responsibilities

• Submit packaging artwork, text, and graphic assets to external licensors and regulatory agencies for review and approval.
• Coordinate translation and proofreading requests, track progress, and manage monthly vendor PO invoices.
• Input product setup specifications, including barcodes, SKUs, distribution territories, and release dates, into external portals.
• Upload, download, and archive digital design assets with organized shared file structures for global teams.
• Track and document development samples, manage licensor sample shipments, and log pre-production samples for packaging photography.
• Liaise with manufacturing teams in China to distribute preliminary packaging structures for quoting and monitor margin implications.
• Maintain and update shared development timelines to track milestones across packaging, design, engineering, and QA.
• Implement routine package design updates to meet global compliance requirements and coordinate running change releases to global markets.

Skills

Project management experience

Asset submission coordination

Cross-functional coordination

Production quoting familiarity

Adobe Creative Suite

Smartsheet

Education

Undergraduate degree in business, communications, project management, or related field

Tools

Smartsheet

Adobe Creative Suite

Digital asset management tools

Job description

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?

As an Associate Project Manager, you will provide critical operational and administrative project management support to the packaging design team throughout the development process.

You will coordinate workflows across internal design, engineering, QA, and product development teams, as well as external licensors and overseas vendors, ensuring new packaging is delivered on time and meets global standards.

This role is a 7 month contract position.

How will you create impact?

• Submit packaging artwork, text, and graphic assets to external companies, licensors, and regulatory agencies for review and approval
• Coordinate translation and proofreading requests, track progress, and manage associated monthly vendor purchase orders and invoices
• Input product setup specifications, including barcodes, SKUs, distribution territories, and release dates, into external approval portals
• Upload, download, and archive digital design assets, maintaining organized shared file structures for global teams
• Track and document product development samples, manage licensor sample shipments, and log pre-production samples for packaging photography
• Liaise with manufacturing teams in China to distribute preliminary packaging structures for quoting and monitor margin implications
• Maintain and update shared development timelines to track and report milestones across packaging, design, engineering, and QA
• Implement routine package design updates to meet global compliance requirements and coordinate running change releases to global markets

What are your skills and experience?

• Undergraduate degree in business, communications, project management, or a related field
• Professional project management experience, preferably supporting creative, packaging, or consumer product development teams
• Experience coordinating complex asset submissions and tracking approvals through licensor portals or external databases
• Prior experience managing project timelines, tracking documents, and routing tasks across cross-functional departments
• Familiarity with production quoting processes and coordinating with manufacturing partners in China
• Basic understanding of Adobe Creative Suite and digital asset management workflow tools
• Experience with project management software, such as Smartsheet, as well as database tracking spreadsheets

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The anticipated pay range for candidates who will work in Connecticut is $70,400 to $93,800 Per Annum.

The offered pay to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to years of experience within the job, years of experience within the required industry, education, etc.

Spin Master Inc. is a multi-state employer, and this salary range may not reflect positions that work only in other states.

This job posting is tied to an open vacancy.

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.

Our Mission and our Vision is to make life more fun by pushing the boundaries of innovation, creativity, and fun!

A part of our company from the very start, our values are embodied in everyone from top leadership through to new and veteran team members alike, who -like you- were attracted to Spin Master due to our shared mind set, moral code, and way of being.

Basically speaking, we enjoy a casual culture here, having fun while we are creating fun!