Senior Game & Toy Product Designer (Hybrid)

Mattel, Inc.and Subsidiaries; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 119,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

In-office Mon-Thu; WFH Fri

Job summary

Mattel, Inc. and Subsidiaries is seeking a Senior Product Designer to create next-generation play experiences for iconic games such as UNO, Pictionary, Scrabble, Phase 10, and more.

You will design products that bring people together through play with hands-on ideation, rapid prototyping, and rigorous playtesting. Collaborating across Design, Marketing, Engineering, Consumer Insights, Packaging, Licensing, and Operations, you’ll drive concepts from early ideas through commercialization while

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in game design, toy design, industrial design, consumer product design, or a closely related field.
• Experience designing tabletop, card, party, family, or adjacent play experiences.
• Demonstrated experience with ideation, prototyping, playtesting, iteration, and product development from concept through production.
• Strong industrial design fundamentals, including sketching, form development, prototyping, visualization, and 3D design tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop new gameplay experiences across Mattel's portfolio of family, party, strategy, and card games.
• Take projects from early concept exploration through prototyping, playtesting, refinement, and final product execution.
• Translate gameplay into intuitive, beautifully crafted physical products, components, and interactions.
• Partner closely with Engineering and Packaging to balance creativity with manufacturing feasibility, quality, cost, and sustainability.
• Review prototypes and production samples to preserve design intent and gameplay integrity through manufacturing.

Skills

Game design

Toy design

Industrial design

Card games

Tools

CAD

Job description

Mattel, Inc. and Subsidiaries is seeking a Senior Product Designer to create next-generation play experiences for iconic games such as UNO, Pictionary, Scrabble, Phase 10, and more.

You will design products that bring people together through play with hands-on ideation, rapid prototyping, and rigorous playtesting. Collaborating across Design, Marketing, Engineering, Consumer Insights, Packaging, Licensing, and Operations, you’ll drive concepts from early ideas through commercialization while