Sr. Development Designer

About the Company

Job Title: Sr. Development Designer Location: Chatsworth, CA , with potential travel to Hong Kong and ChinaHelp shape the next generation of Bratz®.MGA Entertainment is home to some of the most iconic toy brands in the world, and few are as legendary as Bratz®, the fashion doll brand that redefined the category with bold style and attitude.

About the Role

We’re looking for a Sr. Development Designer to drive Bratz products from preliminary design through to production start, making sure every doll hits the mark on quality, cost, and schedule.You’ll be the bridge between our LA Preliminary Design, Packaging, and Engineering teams, our Hong Kong office, and our factory partners in China. If you know your way around plastics, molding, hair rooting, and face paint, and you love solving problems hands-on, this is your role.

What you'll do

• Own products from preliminary design transfer through production start
• Partner with Development, Marketing, and Asia teams to ensure manufacturability and hit cost and margin goals
• Review factory sample submissions and manage approvals, including overlays, with the Hong Kong office and manufacturing plants
• Provide complete, production-ready product specs to factories
• Bring upfront quality input to every product, ensuring function, appearance, packaging, quality, and safety
• Drive down cost on existing products while protecting quality and durability
• Manage development budgets and hit every key milestone date
• Stay ahead of new materials, technologies, and manufacturing advances
• Help build a design and development review and approval system

What you bring

• 6+ years of toy design experience
• Deep knowledge of product design, materials, plastics, molding, hair rooting, and face paint
• Strong understanding of manufacturing and operations
• Experience working with creative and engineering professionals, internally and with external partners
• Proficiency in Photoshop and/or Illustrator
• Strong organization and time management, with the ability to juggle competing priorities and meet deadlines
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, and a hands-on, can-do approach

Bonus points for

• Fashion doll development experience
• 3D modeling skills (Rhino, SolidWorks, Freeform)
• Knowledge of softgoods materials, fabrics, and swatch packets

Why MGA

You’ll work on Bratz, one of the most recognizable fashion doll brands ever created, collaborate with teams across LA, Hong Kong, and China, and see your work go from sample to store shelves around the world in a fast-paced, creative environment.