The Opportunity: 
The Product Design Manager will lead and inspire a group of designers on the WWE brand, creating innovative products that are rooted in trends, industry and fan insights and play.  The Product Design Manager will execute and help create product design visions, strengthen the voice of our designers and will be ready for any hands-on managing that is required to keep the business moving.  You will guide, nurture and grow your design team to empower the future leaders within the organization.What Your Impact Will Be:  The BusinessYou have a thorough understanding of the toy product design-development processesFrom ideation sketches, illustrations, rough models, to final modeling and productionHave your finger on the pulse for the latest in toy trends, materials, content and innovationHave a clear understanding of the Toy industry, with familiarity of toys both past and present in the preschool and action figure categories.You are a strategic design thinker:Able to contribute and execute on product design visionBrings fresh POV with innovative design conceptsUnderstands systems of play, stories, and brand aesthetic for the WWE licensed brand portfolioBuild strategy around a toy line across a variety of price points and play stylesSolid understanding of how to design for the target consumer, influenced by usability and expectationsCan take in feedback and commentary on projects and revise where necessaryYou are a visual designerAble to create visual design language in a product that is suitable for kid, collector, and adult audienceSet the visual stage in color, shape and story every season by presenting and applying trendUnderstanding of how play and design work together in product to tell a storyAn excellent communicator:Able to present to an audience of varying sizes both clearly and confidentlyCan take concepts and distill them into a clear, understandable narrative to garner buy-in throughout the organization through a variety of mediumCollaborator:Work with the outside licensor to build the best product.  To be able to be a problem solver, partner and toy advocate.  To share communication in both directions to ensure alignment across all parties.Working with Mattel’s Consumer Insights team to identify opportunities, consumer needs, parent, and kid purchase behaviorsPartner with Mattel’s cross-function team of experts in Marketing, Packaging, Engineering and Product Development.  You are nimble:Able to pivot and revise on projects and strategy where business necessitatesOccasionally participate in design efforts outside of your area of expertise, and as your own skillset dictatesMulti-tasker:On projects with varying complexity through maximization of your design team and internal / external resources of Mattel (Internal cross function team, International Mattel partners, outside vendors)Can jump in on any given situation as a hands-on manager to assist your design teamThe TeamYou are a design leaderYou manage a team of designers and empower them to grow and foster forward thinkingAble to form a strong business relationship with your team gaining trust through collaboration, guidance, teamwork and empathyYou will maximize each designers’ skill within the team and nurture their areas of opportunityYou will guide your team to best fulfill strategic product needsYou can lead but also be ledYou are a role-modelLead by example and maintain professionalism, representing the core values of MattelYou are passionate and inspire your design team to make toys that matter and make an impact
