Jobs at Fender

Sands raw wood guitar parts to detailed specifications and uses hand or machine operations to buff and polish guitar bodies and necks. Inspects incoming and completed work, performs repairs, follows production, quality, safety, and material-handling procedures, and maintains an organized work area. Requires careful hand dexterity, ability to interpret work instructions, basic hand power tool knowledge, and consistent use of PPE.

Leads Fender’s EMEA social and content strategy, shaping creative direction, writing treatments, managing external production partners, and overseeing budgets, timelines, and quality. Develops localized campaigns, social-first content, artist and influencer activations, community engagement, cultural initiatives, and performance reporting across major platforms. Collaborates with global and regional marketing, PR, paid media, retail, and artist marketing teams to grow audiences, engagement, and brand affinity.

Own Fender’s always-on creator marketing programme across EMEA. Manage influencer relationships, product seeding, logistics, briefs, deliverables, usage permissions, content monitoring, performance reporting, budgets, affiliate administration, and creator onboarding. Coordinate with Social, Paid Media, Artist Marketing, and PR teams to deliver culturally relevant content across priority markets while maintaining brand safety and advertising compliance. Identify emerging creators and trends and support programme growth.

Lead APAC HR operations from Tokyo: administer payroll, timesheets, and commission data; upgrade HR database; streamline HR processes; design compensation and benefits; ensure local labor law compliance and provide HR services to APAC teams.

Provide back-office sales support for Japan domestic sales: compile daily/weekly/monthly reports, analyze sales and market data, visualize insights, support sales reps and campaigns, maintain procedures and shared drives, and assist with ad hoc projects and events.

Lead Fender Japan's social media strategy and execution across platforms, manage agencies and analytics, develop content calendars, run paid media and influencer programs, oversee CRM for flagship store, generate reports and insights, and coordinate cross-functional campaigns to drive brand awareness and sales.

Lead and supervise the Buff & Polish production team to meet daily goals. Manage metrics, performance evaluations, training, safety and PPE audits, scheduling, inventory levels, 5S and continuous improvement, problem resolution, timekeeping, and floor audits. Coordinate with HR and escalate issues to management.

Manage daily product quality operations including import inspection, repair, returns, and e-commerce inspection. Lead and develop quality team, analyze inspection and trend data, maintain KPIs, drive root cause analysis and corrective actions, support supplier quality communication, and improve QMS processes and tools.

The Sales Director will drive sales strategy in Greater China, manage distributor relations, oversee sales forecasting, and develop marketing alignment.

Design, analyze, prototype, and test amplifiers, pedals, pro audio and accessories from concept to manufacture. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, perform tolerance and FEA studies, build test fixtures, evaluate first articles, and support manufacturing and OEM engagements.

Inspect, tune, and test finished guitars for playability, intonation, and cosmetic defects. Perform minor adjustments (truss rod, nut, fret leveling), sanding/buffing, assemble control/pickguard hardware, verify routing packets, manage specialty hardware inventory, and polish instruments to meet product specifications.

Develop cross-platform desktop and mobile music applications, plugins, and virtual instruments. Write clean C++ code, integrate cloud/server APIs, use standard tooling (Visual Studio, Xcode, Git, CMake), collaborate in a team, and apply audio/music technology knowledge to deliver projects.

Lead a factory Process and Quality Engineering team to sustain, optimize, and implement manufacturing processes and equipment. Drive continuous improvement, advanced quality tools, TPS/Lean practices, and data-driven problem solving to improve yield and customer satisfaction. Oversee NPI/R&D manufacturing and robotics, coach engineers on quality methodologies, and coordinate cross-functional stakeholders to meet KPIs and quality targets.

Design and evolve Fender's web experiences across Shopify sites by translating business goals into user-centered UI/UX solutions, scaling responsive design systems, collaborating with product and engineering, presenting work to stakeholders, and balancing large initiatives with iterative optimizations.

Own Fender.com growth and optimization: analyze site and funnel performance, run A/B and multivariate tests, prioritize test roadmap, provide data-driven recommendations, build business cases, and report results to influence Product, UX, Merchandising, and Marketing.

The Business Application Analyst - Master Data will support SAP material master system, manage data governance, facilitate training and develop processes to optimize data handling in the organization.

Develop SKU/channel forecasts and convert unit forecasts to monthly revenue plans across a 12–24 month horizon. Use statistical models, analyze demand and inventory metrics (MAPE, fill rate, slow moving/excess), support SIOP, communicate risks and alternatives, coordinate with Sales/Marketing/Supply/Finance, manage SKU status in SAP, and create tools and reports to optimize forecast accuracy and inventory.

Make outbound and inbound sales calls to dealer accounts to achieve sales targets; maintain call plans, enter and manage orders in SAP; provide order, stock and product support via phone/email/chat; promote offers and new products; maintain product knowledge and relationships with dealers and Business Development Managers; support ad-hoc projects as directed.

The Marketing Manager will lead Fender's marketing initiatives in South Korea, managing brand communication, public relations, digital marketing, and event strategies across various media platforms and working with global teams.

Serve as a strategic HR advisor for Phoenix-based teams, partnering with leaders on talent strategy, performance, workforce planning, employee relations, investigations, and change management. Manage full employee lifecycle, ensure compliance with employment laws, leverage HCM systems for data and reporting, drive engagement and culture initiatives, and support special projects and events.