Consumer Products (Licensing) Undergraduate Industrial Placement

Join to apply for the Consumer Products (Licensing) Undergraduate Industrial Placement role at Mattel EMEA. CREATIVITY IS OUR SUPERPOWER. It’s our heritage and it’s also our future. Because we don’t just make toys. We create innovative products and experiences that inspire, entertain and develop children through play. Mattel is at its best when every member of our team feels respected, included, and heard—when everyone can show up as themselves and do their best work every day.

The Consumer Products EMEA team sits within the world of brand licensing, allowing companies to ‘rent’ our well-known brands and use them on their products, connecting our powerful brands to in-demand products such as clothing, home furnishings, sporting goods and much more.

The Opportunity

• Products Approval: assist the CP creative team to ensure products are keeping within the brand guidelines set by Mattel and supporting the creative process;
• Market Insight: supporting the team when it comes to monitoring market trends and gathering insights into competition, marketing activity etc.;
• Project Support: project admin across the EMEA region (tracking, chasing deadlines, updates, reminders to managers and team);
• Support Creative team: set up new licensees in creative in assets platform, updating creative folders;
• Support on Amazon Consumer products campaigns;
• Event Organisation Support and Attendance (Trade Fairs, Consumer Shows, Partner Days, Summits): coordination of all aspects including organising venue, inviting licensees, dressing venues, organising samples, transport, product displays and sales materials;
• Process Support: support Category Managers in uploading and amending licensee deals onto our internal system, Rights Logic;
• General Department Support: support category managers with commercial activity, sample coordination for PR and Marketing initiatives, liaison with licensees to gather specific category information for presentations and databases, general office admin including filing, holiday planning, stationery, reporting, update and maintain product decks with current product imagery and licensee information, updating brand and franchise decks, managing promotional and advertising activity with our partners, coordination and updating of UK Showrooms, support across quarterly forecasting cycles.

Social and Philanthropic Opportunities

Mattel Interns receive a unique opportunity to play an active role in the generation of event initiatives, with the other Mattel interns alongside the ‘Heart of Play’ social committee, to drive employee engagement and live the Mattel Brands.

What We’re Looking For

• Technical Competencies

• Microsoft Office: Advanced Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Excellent telephone manner and typing skills.
• Time management skills Must be able to prioritise.
• Exceptional organisational and communication skills.

• Currently studying an undergraduate degree with a placement year (Masters students will not be accepted).
• Must be a team player.
• Proactive, flexible and adaptable.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to build strong relationships with key stakeholders both internally and externally.
• Able to prioritise work with good organisational skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills with an excellent telephone manner.
• Self-sufficient and able to work under pressure.
• Live/willing to relocate within a commutable distance of the Slough office.

Mattel is an Equal Opportunity Employer where we want you to bring your authentic self to work every day. We welcome all job seekers including minorities, females, individuals with disabilities, and those of all sexual orientations and gender identities.