Senior Associate, Brand Project Management - Creative

Mattel, Inc.and Subsidiaries; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

Mattel HQ, Inc. in El Segundo, California, is seeking a Sr. Associate, Project Management - Creative to help bring the Mattel Masterbrand to life.

You will connect Creative, Marketing, Global Brand Teams, agencies, production partners, and vendors from brief through final delivery. The role requires organizing and coordinating across multiple streams, managing timelines, budgets, approvals, and day-to-day communications to keep work moving in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in project management, creative operations, or related fields.
• Experience within an in-house creative team or fast-paced brand environment.
• Knowledge of creative development and production workflows across channels.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day project workflows from kickoff through final delivery across Masterbrand initiatives.
• Coordinate across Global Brand Teams, agencies, freelancers, and vendors.
• Translate briefs into timelines, milestones, deliverables, and approvals.
• Identify risks, gaps, and next steps to keep work moving on schedule.
• Maintain status reporting and communicate priorities and timing to the team.
• Support budgets, estimates, PO processes, and external partners.

Skills

Project management

Creative operations

Cross-functional coordination

Stakeholder management

Multitasking

Tools

Adobe Workfront

Asana

Monday

Smartsheet

Wrike

Trello

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

Mattel HQ, Inc. in El Segundo, California, is seeking a Sr. Associate, Project Management - Creative to help bring the Mattel Masterbrand to life.

You will connect Creative, Marketing, Global Brand Teams, agencies, production partners, and vendors from brief through final delivery. The role requires organizing and coordinating across multiple streams, managing timelines, budgets, approvals, and day-to-day communications to keep work moving in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.