Director Design, Games

Spin Master International•New York City, NY

18d•$160,000 - $180,000•Hybrid

About The Position

In this role, the Director of Design is responsible for overseeing all aspects of design and development for our Games business. Managing a team of highly creative designers and partnering with cross-functional leads to support table top games, trading cards, puzzles, and more!

Requirements

Brand Design experience
Advanced knowledge of Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, ESKO and Acrobat.
Heightened creative and technical abilities including conceptual drawing, and manual illustration a plus.

Responsibilities

Leading the team of multi-disciplined designers in the creation and execution of Spin Master games business
Be key contributor in the creation 3-year new product strategy and review and refine as needed
Use key consumer insights to in the development of new products
Work with SM inventor relations team to evaluate toy submissions for inclusion in the GBU’s various product lines.
Partner with Brand Director to sell product concepts both internally at executive internal line reviews and external customer previews
Communicate vision for each product assigned in visual, verbal and prototype forms
Monitor all new product developments to ensure key Product Development launch dates are achieved and that the team is delivering on all aspects of the development process
Partner with internal departments (Engineering, Quality Assurance, Marketing, Graphic Design, Sales, Planning, Copy Writing) to insure seamless development of each toy project.
Partner and collaborate with both internal and external design consultants and manage the development costs with all design team members to bring each product in within agreed project budgets
Managing the licensor product approval process
Ability to understand the essence of properties/brands to develop unique and dedicated consumer goods