Tomy and Funko are among the latest companies looking to fill vacancies through Toy World’s popular recruitment section.

Tomy currently has an opportunity for a Sales and Marketing Assistant to join its Marketing team, based in Weybridge, Surrey. Reporting to the Senior Brand Manager, they will provide support to the German Sales Manager and German General Manager to achieve the sales and profit targets in line with the German and Tomy business strategy.

The successful applicant must be fluent in German and should be educated to degree level or equivalent. The position is full-time (37.5 hours per week) and the starting salary is £23,000pa. Click here for more information.

Funko is seeking to fill two positions, based at its offices in Hammersmith, London.

The first is Product Manager, Special Editions, with the role to manage the end-to-end process of the strategy, offerings and tracking of special edition Funko Vinyl products. These are items with a limited production run that are only available from a particular retail partner or through a specific Funko event.

The post-holder will be expected to develop the core retail positioning for the special edition product, co-ordinate the messaging and presentation of newness to the Senior Management and Sales Team, and provide insight and analysis to drive the commercial approach for the EMEA markets, while maintaining an accurate and organised order book. To find out more about this role click here.

The company is also looking to hire a Key Account Manager for the UK, who will be responsible for management of sales to existing UK based retail and independents within an assigned customer portfolio. The KAM will coordinate marketing efforts, product launches and sales promotions with assigned UK retail partners to achieve sales and profit objectives. Click here for further information.

Funko offers competitive salaries and benefits which include 25 days’ annual leave per year (pro rata), pension, discretionary company bonus and a wide variety of discounts (shopping, food & drink, entertainment and health & fitness) through Perkbox.

Other vacancies currently being advertised include:

• Engino is looking for an experienced International Sales Executive to lead the company’s exports department.
• Craft Buddy is seeking a talented and driven Account Manager – Maternity Cover  to join the Arts, Crafts & Toy company in a key department – B2B sales – on a maternity cover, fixed-term basis.
• DKB Toys & Distribution is seeking a Field Sales Account Manager – North of England & Midlands who will help aid the exponential growth of the business. This role will be home based with office visits as well as travel to meet suppliers.

Do you have a vacancy you’d like to fill? Toy World is where the trade goes for the latest recruitment opportunities. For more information or to place an advert and feature in a future Recruitment Round Up, contact Mark Austin, sales director  mark@toyworldmag.co.uk

We also have a dedicated selection of Licensing vacancies on our sister website www.licensing.biz. To discuss placing a recruitment ad here, contact Mark, as above.