Face Designer at MattelInc

The Opportunity:  Our designers bring expert-level artistry and technical proficiency, including digital design, traditional painting, airbrushing, flocking, and precise spec writing. The face designer works closely with international partners to translate design vision into manufacturable solutions and to address production questions throughout the development lifecycle. With a deep understanding of cost impacts and feasibility, the team plays a key role in delivering innovative, high-quality products to market.  What Your Impact Will Be:  The El Segundo Face Design Team excels in managing multiple complex projects with shifting timelines, leveraging expertise in costing and communication. The team provides essential operational support, ensuring continuity and excellence across all phases of product development relating to head and hair. Together, this team combines artistry, precision, and strategic execution to bring characters to life and deliver exceptional consumer experiences across our portfolio. The Face Designer creates face designs ranging from simple to complex, ensuring alignment with brand standards, aesthetic direction, and production requirements. This role balances creativity with cost, manufacturability, and playability, delivering high-quality, production-ready designs that meet Mattel’s aesthetic expectations. Key Responsibilities • Create and develop face designs from concept through production readiness • Collaborate with Designers to ideate and execute simple to complex face designs • Translate creative direction into designs that meet aesthetic, cost, and manufacturing constraints • Hand paint faces at a consistent, high-quality level (aligned eye shapes, consistent sizing, accurate color application) • Create digital face design modified for production readiness • Execute specialty and novelty paint applications (e.g., color change, glitter) • Ensure all designs are developed with production feasibility in mind • Support urgent business needs and reprioritize workload as required • Contribute to cost improvement goals • Final Appearance process: Review head with Designer, tag and sign by self and Designer. • Create spec with photos and upload to Face Design Shared Site using accurate labeling standards. • Paint Master Release: Create paint master head, review with design for approval, photograph and create Final release Spec.  Create Final Release packet for Lead to Release and Ship. • Know how/where to locate project information within Windchill and Agile (Project Manager, Designer, Plant Source)