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Lead Product Designer - Games

Mattel, Inc. 🇺🇸 El Segundo, CA 90245, United States of America

$115,000 - $144,000 Full-time Lead

Lead game and physical product design from early concepts through prototyping, playtesting, refinement, and commercialization across Mattel’s games portfolio. Set creative direction, mentor designers, and collaborate with cross-functional partners to deliver intuitive, manufacturable play experiences.

Responsibilities

  • Lead game and physical product design from early concepts through prototyping, playtesting, refinement, and commercialization across Mattel’s games portfolio. Set creative direction, mentor designers, and collaborate with cross-functional partners to deliver intuitive, manufacturable play experiences.

Requirements

  • Requires 7 or more years of experience designing games, toys, or related physical consumer products, along with demonstrated strength in game and product design. Candidates should have experience leading full game development, strong knowledge of player experience and consumer product manufacturing, and the ability to guide projects and designers through influence.

Key Skills

Game design leadership Physical product design Concept development Prototyping Playtesting Manufacturing processes Mentoring designers Creative direction setting Cross‑functional collaboration Project leadership Stakeholder management CAD modeling Material engineering User experience design Iterative development Design for manufacturability Communication Strategic planning Design system management Quality assurance

About Mattel, Inc.

We empower generations to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential. We treat play as if the future depends on it — because it does. Play is our language, and we speak to our consumers authentically by representing the world as they see and imagine it. Mattel is a leading global play 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, 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 t

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