Sr. Designer, LT & Tech
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MGA Entertainment is one of the largest and fastest growing privately held toy and entertainment companies in the world. Headquartered in Los Angeles, and with offices globally, the company creates innovative, proprietary, and licensed consumer products and entertainment properties, including toys, games, dolls, apparel, consumer electronics, home décor, stationery, sporting goods, movies, and television series. The MGA family includes award-winning brands such as L.O.L. Surprise!™, Little Tikes®, Rainbow High™, Shadow High™, Bratz®, MGA’s Miniverse™, Fluffie Stuffiez™ , Na! Na! Na! Surprise™, Micro Games of America™, Baby born® Surprise and Zapf Creation®. For more information, please visit us at www.mgae.com or check us out at LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
Mission: The Sr. Designer of product development is responsible for new concept generation, development, and follow through to production.
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Key Result Areas |
Time Utilization
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Design & develop products and manage projects |
100% |
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TOTAL TIME UTILIZATION |
100% |
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Position Requirements
Education/Experience:
- At least 5 years in Product Design within soft and hard goods or toy industry working with preschool, infant, and boys categories. Plastics, electronics and/or mechanical experience are a plus.
- Bachelor’s Degree B.S.I.D or B.A.I.D
Skills/Knowledge/Ability:
- Experience with product development, and metoring designers.
- Strong creative, artistic and aesthetic skills in a toy category and the ability to integrate these skills with functional utility to product needs.
- Experience with Adobe 2D software Photoshop & Illustrator
- Experience with CAD and a computer based design. Specific software experience required includes SolidWorks, Zbrush (Mudbox, Blender, or/ and Meshmixer), Illustrator and Photoshop. Strong 3-D and structural design competencies.
- Strong analytic and communication skills.
Authority:
Reports to VP, Product development
Key Result Areas and Activities:
- Participate in business and product strategy development, including creating innovative slots and rationale for existing brand.
- Assist in new product brainstorming.
- Aid in concept development for existing brands and new areas of expansion.
- Research and review new product categories.
- Prepare sketch drawings of potential product ideas and concepts.
- Develop detailed drawings and or models of potential products.
- Assist in presentations for review of product design concepts. Prepare final drawings of new products.
- Create 3-D models or illustration drawings of new products.
- Prepare various product description/documentation forms required by other departments for turnover of final product designs for manufacturing.
Salary:
$75,000 – $95,000 /yr