Marketing Coordinator - Temp

JAKKS Pacific, Inc.; Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 41,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

JAKKS Pacific, Inc. in Santa Monica, CA is seeking a Temporary Full-Time Marketing Coordinator to support Sr. Brand Manager and the SVP in positioning, strategy, and execution across multiple product lines.

You will write copy, prepare presentations, analyze sales data, and coordinate samples with cross-functional teams to keep timelines and costs on track. The role requires strong organization, communication skills, and the ability to manage several tasks from trend research to licensor

Qualifications

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and prioritize workload.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Highly organized with strong multitasking abilities.
• Experience in toy or consumer products a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assist Sr. Brand Manager and SVP with positioning, strategy and execution of product lines.
• Oversee day to day marketing responsibilities on several product lines.
• Write product copy for packaging, presentations, and website.
• Prepare PowerPoint presentations for internal sales purposes, retail meetings and licensor meetings.
• Compiling and analyzing sales data.
• Set up and organization of product details.
• Organizing and leading meetings.
• Helped prepare strategies on product lines.
• Competitive research and routine store checks.
• Collaborating across departments to complete tasks, including sample coordination for important meetings and photoshoots.
• Ensuring products are on time, on cost and on brand.
• Working with operations team to ensure product details are accurate and meet retailer requirements.
• Toy fair and meeting preparation.
• Take ownership of brands by managing line lists, giving direction to design and development teams, communicating product changes, helping licensor approvals runs smoothly and ensuring product is on track through production.
• Updating product sales tools including price list, brand decks and product presentations on a regular basis.
• Assistance with expenses and team supplies.
• Conduct trend research and store checks to maintain competitiveness with other toy brands.

Skills

Team collaboration

Fast-paced

Multitasking

Written communication

Oral communication

Analytical skills

Positive attitude

Job description

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Temporary Full-Time Santa Monica, CA, US 1 Attachments

Salary Range: $30.00 To $34.00 Hourly

JAKKS Pacific, Inc., a leading designer and marketer of toys and consumer products, with a wide range of products that feature some of the most popular brands and children's toy licenses in the world, currently seeks an experienced, energetic, self-starter for the role ofMarketing Coordinator - Temp for our headquarters in Santa Monica, CA. The ideal candidate is responsible for or portfolio management, product development, integrated marketing strategy, advertising/promotional recommendations, global line plan development, and profitability for both internal IP and external licensed brands.

Responsibilities include:

• Responsible forassistingtheSr.Brand Manager andSVP, with positioning,strategyand execution of product lines
• Oversee day to day marketing responsibilities on several product lines, including:
• writing product copy for packaging, presentations, and website
• preparing PowerPoint presentations for internal sales purposes, retailmeetingsand licensor meetings
• compiling and analyzing sales data
• set up and organization of product details
• organizing and leading meetings
• helping prepare strategies on product lines
• competitive research and routine store checks
• Collaborating across departments to complete tasks, including:
• sample coordination for important meetings and photoshoots
• ensuring products are on time, on cost and on brand
• working with operations team to ensure product details areaccurateand meet retailer requirements
• toy fair and meeting preparation
• Take ownership of brands by managing line lists, giving direction to design and development teams, communicating product changes, helping licensor approvals runsmoothlyand ensuring product is on track through production.
• Updating product sales tools including price list, branddecksand product presentations on a regular basis
• Assistancewith expensesandteam supplies
• Conduct trend research and store checks tomaintaincompetitiveness with other toy brands

Skills & Experience required:

• Work effectively within a team environment
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and prioritize workload
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Highly organized and able to multitask
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Have a positive, "can do" attitude
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience in the toy industry or working in an industry that markets to retailers, such as Target and Wal-Mart is a plus
• Strongorganizational skills,self-starter,andcorrespondence skills.
• Health and Wellness:Medical, dental, vision, disability, life & accidentinsuranceand employeeassistanceprogram
• Savings:401K matching, pre-tax spending accounts, and employee discount programs
• Compensation: JAKKS Pacific offers acompetitive .Compensation for this rolecommensuratewithexperience, qualifications, location, and education and typically ranges from$30.00/hrto$34.00/hr.

Company Overview

A leading designer and marketer of children's toys and consumer products, JAKKS Pacific® is always on the lookout for talented, bright and creative individuals to join our ever-growing team.

Best known for our toy and entertainment products, JAKKS produces impressive and innovative products across multiple categories spanning from action figures, collectibles, and dolls, to high performance activity toys and vehicles, and let’s not forget our deep portfolios of beloved licensed characters. In other words, we work hard to make play more fun, and we believe it has paid off.

Included in Fortune’s 100 Fastest Growing Companies for four years in a row, and Forbes’ 100 Best Small Companies for three years, JAKKS is an aggressive and passionate company, with a commitment to customers and a dedication to growing our business.

Our goal is to continuously cultivate a talented and diverse workforce while providing a safe and productive work environment and an excellent career growth opportunity while working with a dynamic team who loves what they do and for a Company that ultimately makes children smile, play and succeed!

Jakks Pacific, Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer.