Supervising Producer

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 Opportunity: Mattel, Inc. is seeking a Supervising Producer to join our Mattel TV Production team, based at our global headquarters in El Segundo, CA. Supervising Producer, is responsible for overseeing all aspects of TV production and as needed managing the production pipeline, ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget, and to the highest creative standards. The Supervising Producer also plays the key role in team management, and cross-departmental collaboration to ensure the smooth execution of TV projects from concept to delivery.

What Your Impact Will Be: 

• • Recruit and lead production staff, including line producers, associate producers, and coordinators required based on TV projects.
  • Act as the primary point of contact for production teams.
  • Identify and source potential overseas animation studios for outsourcing specific production elements, ensuring alignment with quality, budget, and timeline expectations.
  • Send out project bids to external studios, evaluate proposals, and negotiate terms to secure the best production quality and cost-efficiency.
  • Develop, monitor, and maintain production budgets for multiple projects, ensuring financial efficiency and staying within allocated costs while aligning with the studio’s goals and vision.
  • Establish and oversee production schedules, ensuring deadlines are met and adjusting workflows as necessary.
  • Develop and implement the overall production strategy for multiple projects.
  • Allocate resources across projects based on project needs and timelines, adjusting as needed.
  • Day to day liaison with external studios to resolve any technical issues, ensuring smooth operations.
  • Provide regular progress updates to business, managing expectations and addressing any changes or issues that arise.
  • Identify and resolve production bottlenecks, conflicts, or issues that could impact timelines or quality, and develop contingency plans to mitigate risks and ensure project continuity.

What We’re Looking For: 

Partner with Mattel Teams:

• • Support Creative team in upholding the overarching creative vision, ensuring alignment with production objectives at development stage to pass to appointed line producer once greenlit for production and delivery.
  • Work with legal on talent, writers, designers, voice talent, music talent, composers, lyricists, recording studios, mixers, editors and post facilities; negotiate principal deal points in line with legal obligations.
  • Collaborate with legal on master service agreements, production studio agreements.
  • Consult with legal as necessary to navigate guild and union issues.
  • Partner with the post-production team to ensure the timely delivery of high-quality final content, adhering to project milestones.
  • Keep Procurement informed when issuing bids over $250,000, ensuring compliance with internal processes.
  • Oversee the establishment of entities for payment processing and approve payments accordingly.
  • Partner with the Finance team to develop and manage production budgets, ensuring alignment with financial targets.
  • Approve payroll for talent relating to the TV productions.
  • Oversee the management of licenses and IT purchases for the production team, ensuring proper allocation of resources.

The annual base salary range for this position is between $120,000 and $172,000.
**This range is indicative of projected hiring range, however annual base salary will be determined based on a candidate’s work location, skills and experience. Mattel offers competitive total pay programs, comprehensive benefits, and resources to help empower a culture where every employee can reach their full potential.

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Mattel, we are dedicated to an inclusive workplace and a culture of belonging. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

How We Work:

We are a purpose driven company aiming to empower generations to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential. We live up to our purpose employing the following behaviors:

• We collaborate: Being a part of Mattel means being part of one team with shared values and common goals. Every person counts and working closely together always brings better results. Partnership is our process and our collective capabilities is our superpower.
• We innovate: At Mattel we always aim to find new and better ways to create innovative products and experiences. No matter where you work in the organization, you can always make a difference and have real impact. We welcome new ideas and value new initiatives that challenge conventional thinking.
• We execute: We are a performance-driven company. We strive for excellence and are focused on pursuing best-in-class outcomes. We believe in accountability and ownership and know that our people are at their best when they are empowered to create and deliver results.

Our Approach to Flexible Work:

We embrace a flexible work model designed to empower a culture of growth, optimism, and wellbeing, where every employee can reach their full potential. Combining purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility, our focus is to optimize performance and drive connection for moments that matter.

Who We Are:

Mattel is a leading global toy 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, MEGA and 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 to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential.

Mattel’s award-winning workplace culture has been recognized by Forbes, Fast Company, Newsweek, Great Place to Work, TIME, and more.

Visit us at https://jobs.mattel.com/ and www.instagram.com/MattelCareers.

Mattel is an Equal Opportunity Employer where we want you to bring your authentic self to work every day. We welcome all job seekers, and all applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, veteran and protected veteran status, disability status, and or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act, qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment.

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