Junior Brand Manager

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
**What will you work on?**

The Junior Brand Manager will report to the Marketing Manager and will assist on all the activities for the brand who is accountable and he will be directly responsible of specific brands

**How will you create impact?**

**Brand/Product Analysis**
- NPD Analysis
- Sell-in analysis
- Collect and distribute information on product availability

**Brand Strategy/Implementation**
- Prepare agencies’ briefs
- Assist the Marketing Manager in defining line architectures
- Pricing simulation
- Support in maintaining the TLP (toy line projection) together with quota management
- Optimize the online web opportunities in an effective and creative way.
- Strong alignment with the European brand teams, the support teams in Bratislava, Global Business Teams in US and Canada and COEs
- Align with licensing partner on plans, assets, co-marketing activities.
- Participate in the Global Brand Calls to update global teams on brand performances and collect information on future plans.
- Be accountable of brand consumers’ messages on e-commerce platforms.

**Budget Management**
- Keep budget files updated following marketing manager indications

**Marketing services / PR / Processes**
- Prepare product lines presentations and other brand decks.
- Work with other functions to collect information (Supply chain, finance, etc..)
- Align with the PR agency what the most appropriate PR activities are in order to support your brands.
- Coordinate with the respective marketing services agency the development/execution of the required material they will develop/produce (POS material, adaptations etc.)
- Have a detailed understanding of the Kids media landscape and know how to interpret/ validate the recommendations from the agencies.
- Showroom set up: make sure the showroom is finalized with the current product line
- Samples orders.

**Market/consumer knowledge**
- Gain a thorough understanding of the Spin Master brands and be able to benchmark this with the market situation in Italy.
- Ensure to keep the organization up to date with trends and changes in the competitive landscape.

**How will you fit into the team?**
- Creative mind set in combination with a hands-on attitude
- Strong written, verbal and presentation skills
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize work without missing critical deadlines
- Ability to both adapt to and manage changing priorities independently in a fast paced environment
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively within a team environment
- Proven ability to do whatever it takes to get the job done while taking initiative and pushing projects forward under tight deadlines
- A strong level of passion and willingness to be awesome
- Passionate about creative excellence and willing to drive self and others to achieve “magic”
- Domestic and International travel required at times

**What are your skills and experience?**
- Intermediate to advanced knowledge of MS Office, coupled with excellent organizational communication skills, and customer service skills
- Fluent in English written and verbal
- Uni or Bachelor Degree

**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.
- We do appreciate all interest; however only those selected for interview will be contacted._