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Posting Title Lead Project Manager, Fisher Price Requisition Number R231081 Company Mattel Sales Corp. Location East Aurora, New York Address 636 Girard Avenue Zip Code 14052-1884 Job Category Design 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 fans, entertain audiences 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. We value and share an infinite range of ideas and voices that evolve and broaden our perspectives with a reach that extends into all our brands, partners, and suppliers. The Team: The newly formed Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) team functions like a best-in-class internal agency. IMC is dedicated to a simple but ambitious vision - crafting the best marketing and advertising in the world. It's mission - create audience-first, idea-led, omnichannel, globally aligned campaigns. The Opportunity: The Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) is looking for a Lead Project Manager for Fisher Price with a passion for and focus on operational structure, procedures and team collaboration. This position will support the creative development and execution of integrated marketing campaigns and design projects, interfacing with cross-functional teams to ensure on-time/on-budget delivery on all projects. Ideal candidate should have a project management or producer-type experience at an in-house creative team or creative agency model. This is an in-office position - reporting to Fisher Price headquarters in East Aurora, NY four (4) days a week (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) with the ability to work remotely on Fridays. What Your Impact Will Be: Core Competencies: Timeline & resource management Campaign creative development process and asset tracking Operational KPI tracking and reporting (project duration, throughput, burn-rate, asset utilization) via Adobe Workfront or similar management tool (Monday, Jira, smartsheet) Scheduling / workflow organization Core Responsibilities: Independently lead day-to-day project management from inception to completion for medium-to-high-level projects such as, but not limited to: guides, brand identity, high-profile integrated marketing campaigns, retail/eComm assets, live events, trade shows, demand creation videos (DCVs), sizzle videos and pitch materials. Manage intake and project setup of all briefs in Adobe Workfront. Maintain project status dashboards and reports with real-time communication to the team as well as leading to status meetings or daily stand-ups for assigned projects. Coordinate with cross-functional team to ensure deliverables are all met from brief. Interface and maintain relationships with key cross-functional partners as well as outside design/production resources to complete all project deliverables. Develop and maintain timelines for all projects, in support of Account Management to deliver on-time. Communicate with entire project team to develop project plan and schedule in order to ensure on time delivery within a fluctuating workload and ever-changing business environment Identify and anticipate barriers in timely manner with a solutions-oriented mindset Tracks resource allocation for all projects and inform resourcing plans & scope. Partner with Account Management, Production and Operations Center of Excellence (COE) to open and track budget line-items and tasks at project initiation. Maintain budgets based on available funds, obtain estimates with internal and external sources using various finance/accounting software to track project expenditures, open purchase orders, identify if scope or budget changes are needed, assist with mont