Melissa & Doug Product Design Intern

What will you work on?

The Melissa & Doug Product Design team is seeking a talented, playful and energetic design student to assist with the development of our diverse product lines. As an Intern, you will be expected to perform a variety of tasks that support our design and development process. The candidate should demonstrate emerging skills in design, have a drive to innovate play, and a strong desire to learn about the business of making toys. You will be asked to collaborate with a broad cross section of individuals from various departments, while you contribute your creativity and problem-solving skills across multiple projects.  If this sounds exciting and you’d like to help our team develop the next big toy, we’d love to hear from you!

Please note Internships run from May 26th through August 21st.
How will you create impact?

• Brainstorm new products and categories for expansion
• Research and identify trends in play, toy categories, fashion and children’s entertainment to create mood boards that inspire new thinking and validate design rationale
• Visually communicate new product concepts through sketching, digital design, CAD, physical model building and/or video editing
• Support Concept Development of existing items or brands
• Collaborate with cross-functional teammates in Engineering, Brand Marketing, Packaging, and Entertainment to refine product concepts for development
• Create compelling product presentation slides
• Prepare and help set up deliverables for product review presentations
• Create detailed turn-around drawings of product designs
• Create design specification sheets to define product specifics for development & manufacturing.
• Participate in design and development meetings with overseas partners
• Assist in the evaluation of models and production samples to ensure quality of design and play experiences meet brand expectations
• Attend cross functional team meetings and company milestone meetings
• Participate, contribute to, and present a group project at the completion of the internship

 
What are your skills and experience?

• Must be a current undergraduate student with at least one year of study completed in a design program: Product, Toy, Fashion, or Illustration
• Excellent sketching, rendering and/or graphic design skills
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative suite, specifically Photoshop and Illustrator
• CAD model building, physical fabrication and video editing skills are all a plus, but not required
• Knowledge of plastics, fashion, animation, electronics, or mechanical design is a plus 
• Must be able to work full-time as an intern
• Has a can-do attitude and has a great love of toys!

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The anticipated pay range for candidates who will work in Connecticut is $25 Per Hour. The offered pay 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. Spin Master Inc. is a multi-state employer, and this salary range may not reflect positions that work only in other states.

This job posting is tied to an open vacancy.

What you can expect from us:

Our mission is to Make Life More Fun with a vision to push the boundaries of innovation, creativity, and fun.

• Growth and Career Opportunities

• Flexible Work Hours

• Innovation, Collaboration and Fun

• Comprehensive Benefits

• Other fun Perks!

What’s it like to work here?

Spin Master is a fast-paced, hands-on organization that provides many great opportunities for impactful decision-making; though our challenging start-up atmosphere isn’t for everyone, we have a proven record of opportunities for future advancement and internal transfers for our passionate and results driven team.

Everyone is welcome in our sandbox and we are committed to an accessible and inclusive hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants.

Spin Master strives to create an accessible and inclusive application and selection process and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to job applicants who may require provisions to participate in the recruitment, selection and/or assessment processes. Should you require an accommodation, please contact our Talent Acquisition team, by email at [email protected] or by phone at 416 364-6002 and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.

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We do appreciate all interest; however only those selected for interview will be contacted.