Sago Mini is an award-winning company devoted to play. With three subscription services and over 10 million monthly active users, Sago Mini creates apps that seed imagination, grow wonder, and bring thoughtful design to life for preschoolers and parents worldwide. Proudly Canadian, Sago Mini is a subsidiary of Spin Master, a leading global children’s entertainment company. Along with sister studios Toca Boca and Originator, Sago Mini is part of the Piknik bundle – a collection of the world’s best apps for kids in one subscription.
About the Role
Sago Mini is seeking an Associate Marketing Project Manager to act as a crucial support system for our global marketing campaigns. This role will help ensure that our creative vision reaches millions of families by managing the lifecycle of assets for the Piknik product portfolio.
Sago Mini develops ground-breaking playful learning products that put kids at the centre of the experience. As the Associate Marketing Project Manager, you will support the lifecycle of creative assets from brief submission to final distribution, managing our tracking tools, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to keep everything on schedule. This is an ideal role for a professional with 2–4 years of experience who is eager to lead high-impact workflows, master complex production pipelines, and grow within a world-class creative studio.
It’s important to note that this role is hybrid, requiring you to work from our downtown Toronto studio three days a week.
The anticipated salary range for this role is $65,000 to $80,000 per annum. The salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to years of experience within the job, years of experience within the required industry, education, etc.
This job posting is tied to an open vacancy.
You’ll thrive in this role if you…
- Take Ownership: You flourish in fast-paced, agile environments and take pride in driving projects to completion.
- Are a Persistent Communicator: You aren't afraid to ask for updates, or hold cross-functional partners accountable to ensure deadlines are met.
- Solve Problems with Precision: You have a deep appreciation for the details that elevate an experience from "good" to "great".
- Love Process: You find deep satisfaction in creating order out of chaos through meticulous filing systems and documentation.
- Navigate Ambiguity: You are adaptable and can stay focused even when priorities shift.
- Production Management: Triage production tasks and manage stakeholder expectations through the review process using Asana.
- Global Localization: Own the end-to-end localization workflow, coordinating with partners to ensure our marketing assets are culturally accurate and ready for global markets.
- Asset Ownership: Drive the organization of our digital asset management systems, ensuring all final deliverables are audited, up-to-date, and accessible.
- Campaign Support: Work with growth and engagement teams to ensure all project briefs include proper specs for Paid UA, CRM, social media, and app stores.
- Website & Content Coordination: Manage website content updates and coordinate site management tasks.
- Quality Assurance: Proofread and edit marketing content across all mediums to ensure the highest quality from draft to final version.
- 2–4 years of experience coordinating projects in a fast-paced environment.
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Project Management, or a related field.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the ability to filter information from many stakeholders into actionable solutions.
- Highly detail-oriented with the ability to juggle multiple competing priorities simultaneously.
About the Process
- You’ll get an email response confirming we’ve received your application, and we’ll let you know within a few weeks if we’d like to schedule a follow-up.
- If you are moving ahead, your first interview will be a 30-minute chat where we'll learn more about you and answer any questions you have about the role.
- Next, join a cross-functional panel for 90 minutes to explore your career journey and tackle a collaborative case study on a real-world Piknik challenge.
- After that, we will ask you to complete a short take-home assignment.
- Your next interview will be a 90-minute technical session. We will explore your technical expertise through architectural discussions and system design exercises.
- You’ll meet with a few members of our team for a brief chat prior to a decision being made.
We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
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Based in Toronto, Sago Sago Toys is a subsidiary of Spin Master Limited a leading global children’s entertainment company that creates, designs and manufactures a diversified portfolio of innovative toys, games, products and entertainment properties. We hire humble and collaborative people who care about doing great work. Sago Mini is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity at our company.
Skills Required
- 2-4 years of experience coordinating projects in a fast-paced environment
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Project Management, or a related field
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
- Highly detail-oriented with the ability to juggle multiple priorities
What We Do
Sago Mini is an award-winning company devoted to learning through play. Thoughtfully designed to spark imagination and curiosity, Sago Mini makes apps, toys and play experiences for preschoolers worldwide. For kids. For parents. For giggles.
