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Mattel Retail Team Associate - Richmond, VA 23229

Mattel, Inc. · Richmond, VA · 1 mo ago
Business Development$18.5/hrFull-time
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for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content. We need to parse the job posting. Key sections: - About the role: The posting includes description: "The Opportunity As a Seasonal Team Associate, you’ll partner with a Mattel Retail Services Representative to grow Mattel’s presence at major retailers, working a minimum of 15 hours per week during our busiest holiday season. We are looking for enthusiastic temporary team members who are passionate about merchandising, enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, and want to drive results and make magic happen this holiday season! This job can open the door to future merchandising career opportunities with Mattel." Also earlier: "The Team: We’re the powerhouse behind incredible in-store execution, bringing Mattel’s world-class toys to life! Our team is made up of retail experts who provide premier in-store execution & conversion. We embrace growth, opportunity, innovation, and supportive teamwork. We are passionate about our portfolio of leading global brands and our success in the marketplace. We are the best full-service organization in the industry!" But we need to avoid duplication and boilerplate. The "About the role" could be a paragraph summarizing the role. - Responsibilities: List of duties under "What Your Impact Will Be". Items: Brand ambassador of Mattel/Fisher-Price brands and products; Collaborate with your lead Mattel Representative to secure prime product placements for Mattel’s iconic brands; Partner with lead Mattel Representative on monthly scheduling; Unpack cases of various Mattel toys; Merchandise and organize product on the sales floor; Construct & deconstruct store fixtures including shelving and racking; Implement point of purchase materials; Execute special projects as assigned including, but not limited to store events; Administrative tasks including but not limited to managing time entry, attending meetings, trainings, checking email etc. These are bullet points. - Requirements / Qualifications: There's "What We’re Looking For Basic Job Qualifications:" list: Must be at least 18 years old; High school diploma or GED; Preferred work hours are during the weekday during daytime hours; occasional weekends; Must be available to work a minimum of 15 hours per week; Preferred device requirement – Up to date smartphone and/or computer with Chrome Browser to access https //Mattel.okta.com for time worked entries, email and Workday. Other browsers (e.g. DuckDuckGo) are not supported. A mobile phone is required for multi-factor authentication to receive SMS(text) or voice call.; Must have access to reliable internet; Must have reliable transportation to travel to and between assigned store locations (gas mileage reimbursement per company policy); Reside within approximately 20 miles of the assigned territory/store cluster or otherwise able to reliably service the assigned territory; Physical Requirements: Stand, bend, twist, squat, kneel, reach; Walk for long periods of time; Climb ladders up to 12’ tall; Lift up to 25 pounds frequently, 50 pounds occasionally; Push/pull carts containing product - occasionally up to 100 lbs; Operate power tools (screwdriver & drill). Also "About You" includes: Merchandising, retail or customer service experience (preferred, but not required); Strong attention to detail and organizational skills; Ensure tasks are completed efficiently with a strong sense of urgency; Represent the brand with professionalism and a positive attitude; Bring a flexible, adaptable mindset and enjoy collaborating in a dynamic, fast-paced environment; Eagerness to learn new skills with a safety-first mentality; Tech-savvy (smartphone, apps); Ready to make an impact this holiday season? Apply today! (but that's call to action, we drop application instructions.) We need to separate "Requirements" and "Qualifications"? The instruction says use headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We can combine similar content. Likely we have Requirements (basic job qualifications) and Qualifications (About You). Or we could merge them into one "Requirements" section. But we need to follow instruction: include a section only when posting has real specific content. We have both basic qualifications and preferred experience/skills. Could treat "Requirements" as mandatory qualifications, and "Qualifications" as preferred/experience. Or "Skills" for the soft skills. Let's decide: - About the role: paragraph summarizing opportunity. - Responsibilities: bullet list of duties. - Requirements: mandatory qualifications (age, education, availability, device, internet, transportation, residence, physical requirements). Could be bullet list. - Qualifications: preferred experience (merchandising, retail or customer service experience preferred but not required) maybe also "About You" items like attention to detail, organizational skills, urgency, professionalism, flexible mindset, eagerness to learn, safety-first, tech-savvy. Could be bullet list. - Skills: maybe not needed separate if we put in Qualifications. But we could have Skills for tech-savvy, attention to detail, etc. However instruction says prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe combine Qualifications and Skills into one "Qualifications" section that includes both experience and skills. - Pay: The posting states: "The hourly rate for this position is $18.50." So we need a Pay section with that info. - Benefits: Not explicitly mentioned besides gas mileage reimbursement (mentioned under transportation). Also maybe no explicit benefits like health, etc. Gas mileage reimbursement is a benefit. Could include under Benefits. But we need to check if we should create Benefits section only if posting actually states them. It does mention gas mileage reimbursement per company policy. That's a benefit. So we can include Benefits: Gas mileage reimbursement for travel to/from assigned store locations per company policy. - Schedule: The posting mentions "Preferred work hours are during the weekday during daytime hours; occasional weekends; Must be available to work a minimum of 15 hours per week". That's schedule info. So we can include Schedule section with those details. We must not repeat job title as heading. Not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate like EEO, legal, etc. Also remove application instructions like "Apply today!" and "Ready to make an impact this holiday season? Apply today!". Also remove "How We Work", "Who We Are", etc. We need to preserve all substantive information. So we need to include all bullet points from responsibilities, requirements, qualifications, etc. Also include the physical requirements list. We need to format as HTML fragment: use

for headings,
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    for prose. We must not output markdown code fences. Let's craft. First, About the role: combine the introductory paragraphs about team and opportunity. Paragraph: "We’re the powerhouse behind incredible in-store execution, bringing Mattel’s world‑class toys to life! Our team is made up of retail experts who provide premier in‑store execution & conversion. We embrace growth, opportunity, innovation, and supportive teamwork. We are passionate about our portfolio of leading global brands and our success in the marketplace. We are the best full‑service organization in the industry!" Then opportunity: "As a Seasonal Team Associate, you’ll partner with a Mattel Retail Services Representative to grow Mattel’s presence at major retailers, working a minimum of 15 hours per week during the busiest holiday season. We are looking for enthusiastic temporary team members who are passionate about merchandising, enjoy working in a fast‑paced environment, and want to drive results and make magic happen this holiday season! This job can open the door to future merchandising career opportunities with Mattel." We can combine into one or two paragraphs. Use

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      with each duty. List items: - Brand ambassador of Mattel/Fisher-Price brands and products - Collaborate with your lead Mattel Representative to secure prime product placements for Mattel’s iconic brands - Partner with lead Mattel Representative on monthly scheduling - Unpack cases of various Mattel toys - Merchandise and organize product on the sales floor - Construct & deconstruct store fixtures including shelving and racking - Implement point of purchase materials - Execute special projects as assigned including, but not limited to store events - Administrative tasks including but not limited to managing time entry, attending meetings, trainings, checking email etc. Now Requirements: heading

      Requirements

      then list. Items: - Must be at least 18 years old - High school diploma or GED - Must be available to work a minimum of 15 hours per week - Preferred work hours are during the weekday during daytime hours; occasional weekends (maybe this is schedule but we can include here) - Preferred device requirement – Up‑to‑date smartphone and/or computer with Chrome Browser to access https//Mattel.okta.com for time worked entries, email and Workday. Other browsers (e.g. DuckDuckGo) are not supported. - A mobile phone is required for multi‑factor authentication to receive SMS/text or voice call. - Must have access to reliable internet - Must have reliable transportation to travel to and between assigned store locations (gas mileage reimbursement per company policy) - Reside within approximately 20 miles of the assigned territory/store cluster or otherwise able to reliably service the assigned territory - Physical requirements: - Stand, bend, twist, squat, kneel, reach - Walk for long periods of time - Climb ladders up to 12′ tall - Lift up to 25 pounds frequently, 50 pounds occasionally - Push/pull carts containing product – occasionally up to 100 lbs - Operate power tools (screwdriver & drill) We could nest physical requirements as sublist but spec says use
      • for any list. Could have nested
          . We'll keep simple: each bullet as separate
        • . For physical requirements we could combine into one bullet with semicolons, but better to separate. Now Qualifications: heading

          Qualifications

          list. Items: - Merchandising, retail or customer service experience (preferred, but not required) - Strong attention to detail and organizational skills - Ensure tasks are completed efficiently with a strong sense of urgency - Represent the brand with professionalism and a positive attitude - Bring a flexible, adaptable mindset and enjoy collaborating in a dynamic, fast‑paced environment - Eagerness to learn new skills with a safety‑first mentality - Tech‑savvy (smartphone, apps) Now Pay: heading

          Pay

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          The hourly rate for this position is $18.50.

          Benefits: heading

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          Gas mileage reimbursement for travel to and from assigned store locations per company policy.

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          Preferred work hours are during the weekday during daytime hours, with occasional weekends; must be available to work a minimum of 15 hours per week.

          We must avoid duplication: we already mentioned 15 hours per week in Requirements and Schedule; that's okay but could be duplicate. However we need to preserve all substantive information; duplication is okay if it's in original. But we might want to avoid repeating same info in multiple sections; but it's not prohibited. However we could keep schedule separate and mention 15 hours per week there, and in Requirements we could keep "Must be available to work a minimum of 15 hours per week" as requirement. It's okay. Now ensure we removed boilerplate: EEO, legal, etc. Also removed "How We Work", "Who We Are", "Videos to watch", etc. Check for any leftover like "Apply today!" removed. Now output HTML fragment. Make sure to use proper escaping for URLs? The posting had "https //Mattel.okta.com" missing colon

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