Lead Building Experience Designer
Mattel Canada
- Montreal, Québec, Canada
- Montreal, Québec, Canada
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The Team
Located in Montreal, the Mattel Building Sets campus is a creative hub focused on developing Mattel Brick Shop and Mega Bloks products for a global audience. The campus brings together cross-functional teams who collaborate to support innovation, creativity, and the evolution of iconic building brands. As part of Mattel's global organization, the Montreal campus offers an inspiring environment where ideas grow and teams work together to bring imaginative building experiences to life.
The Opportunity:
As a Lead Building Experience Designer, you are responsible for maintaining and shaping the vision, the quality and consistency of Mattel Building Sets during the building and play phases. This role ensures that the journey from opening a box to completing a model is smooth, intuitive, delightful, and enriching.
You will be part of the Product Design team that create, develop and execute innovative construction toys.
As a strategist, designer and leader, you will work in close collaboration with cross-functional teams (design, engineering, marketing, quality, etc) to ensure the play experience is align with the intention of the different product element while captivating kids and families around the globe.
What Your Impact Will Be
Lead and mentor the Building Experience Design team to ensure clear, consistent, engaging and intuitive step-by-step building instructions, across the portfolio.
Collaborate with product designers, engineers, and graphic designers to define the most optimal construction sequence.
Partnering with the team manager and working closely with project managers, help prioritize the team workloads while ensuring a uniform experience aligned with brand identity.
Coordinate and oversee playtests and usability studies to observe how users build and interact with Mattel Building Sets products, iterate on design when needed.
Create and present building journeys that emphasize fluidity, surprise, and a sense of accomplishment.
Produce digital renderings using tools such as Solidworks and Adobe Creative Suites.
Conduct competitive analysis.
Define and ensure the building experience adheres to Mattel's quality standards.
Contribute to the evolution of design guidelines, process improvements and best practices.
What We're Looking For
DEC or Bachelor in Industrial Design or equivalent experience;
Minimum 5 to 8 years of relevant experience; including significant leadership experience;
Passion for design and strong interest in the construction toy industry;
Strong project presentation skills, positive influence and decision-making ability;
Broad vision with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, varying in complexity.
Solid sense of initiative, responsibility, quality and attention to detail;
Interest in user-centric product design approach;
Sensitivity to storytelling;
Creativity and resourcefulness in problem-solving;
Natural, supportive, and inspiring leadership style;
Willingness to continuously learn, improve and evolve;
Good proficiency with 3D-2D softwares, (SolidWorks, Adobe Suite, etc);
Knowledge of plastic materials is an asset;
Interest & knowledge of pop culture, video games, figurine collection, cinema;
Comfortable in French; English is an asset.
Demonstrated a growth mindset by staying curious and continuously learning, embracing challenges, and improving themselves.
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How We Work
We are a purpose driven company aiming to empower generations to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential. We live up to our purpose employing the following behaviors
We collaborate Being a part of Mattel means being part of one team with shared values and common goals. Every person counts and working closely together always brings better results. Partnership is our process and our collective capabilities is our superpower.
We innovate At Mattel we always aim to find new and better ways to create innovative products and experiences. No matter where you work in the organization, you can always make a difference and have real impact. We welcome new ideas and value new initiatives that challenge conventional thinking.
We execute We are a performance-driven company. We strive for excellence and are focused on pursuing best-in-class outcomes. We believe in accountability and ownership and know that our people are at their best when they are empowered to create and deliver results.
Who We Are
Mattel is a leading global toy and family entertainment company and owner of one of the most iconic brand portfolios in the world. We engage consumers and fans through our franchise brands, including Barbie, Hot Wheels, Fisher-Price, American Girl, Thomas & Friends, UNO, Masters of the Universe, Matchbox, Monster High, MEGA and Polly Pocket, as well as other popular properties that we own or license in partnership with global entertainment companies. Our offerings include toys, content, consumer products, digital and live experiences. Our products are sold in collaboration with the world's leading retail and ecommerce companies. Since its founding in 1945, Mattel is proud to be a trusted partner in empowering generations to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential.
Mattel's award-winning workplace culture has been recognized by Forbes, Fast Company, Newsweek, Great Place to Work, TIME, and more.
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