What are the responsibilities and job description for the Seasonal Pre-Production Assistant position at Jakks Pacific Inc.?
Join the world’s leading fashion-driven Halloween company at Disguise, a division of JAKKS Pacific! Nestled in the stunning city of San Diego, we bring fun and creativity to life every day by designing costumes that thrill, enchant, and transform people of all ages. Collaborate with top-tier entertainment giants like Disney, Hasbro, Sesame Workshop, and Nintendo, and see your creations on shelves around the globe.
Disguise is on the lookout for an experienced, energetic, and self-motivated Temporary Pre-Production Assistant to join our dynamic team.
Main challenges which position faces
- Maintaining all pertinent development history on product management system for all styles included on the assigned projects.
- Work with other departments to coordinate all necessary steps in order to achieve and complete the development process in a timely manner.
Responsibilities include:
- Dispatch Technical packages to China factories and Hong Kong office.
- Procure factory prototypes for new product as well as revised samples of the Product Changes on existing production requested.
- Organize goods upon receipt and prepare them for evaluation.
- Coordinate product fittings.
- Daily data input in product management system.
- Daily coordination with Samples department on status for factory samples needed for retailer or sales events.
- Daily coordination with Design department on factory prototypes availability for Licensor submissions.
- Daily coordination with Hong Kong sourcing team for factory sample delivery schedules.
- Generate product approval forms for factories and Hong Kong office to proceed with production.
- Filing hard and soft copies of product specifications and Cost of Goods forms.
- Record and organize Design comments on each Product Folder.
- Create resourcing records in Data base and follow up on status with Hong Kong office.
- Fill out samples request forms for multiple purposes.
- Notify suppliers and Disguise Hong Kong of product changes needed on existing production and follow up on implementation.
- Miscellaneous data entry projects.
Company Overview
A leading designer and marketer of children’s toys and consumer products, JAKKS Pacific® is always on the lookout for talented, bright and creative individuals to join our ever-growing team.
Best known for our toy and entertainment products, JAKKS produces impressive and innovative products across multiple categories spanning from action figures, collectibles, and dolls, to high performance activity toys and vehicles, and let’s not forget our deep portfolios of beloved licensed characters. In other words, we work hard to make play more fun, and we believe it has paid off.
Included in Fortune’s 100 Fastest Growing Companies for four years in a row, and Forbes’ 100 Best Small Companies for three years, JAKKS is an aggressive and passionate company, with a commitment to customers and a dedication to growing our business.
Our goal is to continuously cultivate a talented and diverse workforce while providing a safe and productive work environment and an excellent career growth opportunity while working with a dynamic team who loves what they do and for a Company that ultimately makes children smile, play and succeed!
Jakks Pacific, Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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