People & Culture Intern Italy

CREATIVITY IS OUR SUPERPOWER.   It’s our heritage and it’s also our future. Because we don’t just make toys. We create innovative products and experiences that inspire fans, entertain audiences and develop children through play. Mattel is at its best when every member of our team feels respected, included, and heard—when everyone can show up as themselves and do their best work every day. We value and share an infinite range of ideas and voices that evolve and broaden our perspectives with a reach that extends into all our brands, partners, and suppliers.

The Team:

The Global People & Culture team are partners to all employees, delivering a meaningful, end to end employee experience. Our role is to attract, develop and engage employees in a purpose-centered work environment. Together, we challenge the status quo, encourage progressive thought and influence meaningful change across the business. Our global PC team serves more than 30,000 employees in more than 40 countries. In all that we do, we strive to be a talent-led organization that cultivates equality, inclusion and empowerment for our employees and the communities we serve. We value meaningful work and creating personalized career opportunities as we build a world class PC team.

PC Business Partners work closely with business leaders to translate talent and culture priorities into locally relevant plans that attract, develop and retain best-in-class talent. We are trusted advisors and we empower our teams to reach their goals.

Every day, our Global People & Culture team role models the following competencies:


• Influential Advisor - Champions an idea and provides solutions that impact the business


• Builder of Organizational Capabilities - Creates processes and opportunities to support organizational priorities


• Driver of Transformation - Leads with a growth mindset, continuously pursuing ways to remove barriers to execution


• Strategic Mindset - Utilizes available resources such as data, insights, analysis and team perspectives to inform decision making


• Business Acumen - Applies knowledge of the industry, market trends and competitive landscape to guide business outcomes


The Opportunity: 

Mattel is seeking to hire a People & Culture Intern to support our Italian Office. The Intern will be collaborating on the delivery of the people strategy, with the support of EMEA region centers of expertise in Talent and Comp & Ben. The PC organization globally is undergoing an exciting phase of transformation in becoming a true strategic partner and this opportunity requires a progressive, innovative and commercially-focused individual to help drive capability and build performance.

The role is located in our office in Milan, Italy.  

What Your Impact Will Be: 


• Support on policies and procedures at all stages of the employee experience cycle.


• Embed new processes, and ensure high quality service delivery in payroll, operations and administration.


• Support the PC Business Partner to drive culture change initiatives to energize, excite and engage employees.


• Collaborate and engage with the wider PC and business community.


• Support in the full recruitment process from sourcing, to interview and onboarding.


• Support in the development and implementation of engagement local activities.


• Preparing legal documents such as hiring letters, and changes of contracts.


• Tracking of probation, temporary staff dates, and managing sickness, maternity and paternity leave, holidays, time & attendance, among others.


• Collecting and processing all input regarding the payroll cycle.


• Ensure the relevant PC database is up to date, accurate and complies with legislation.


• Promote and embed Mattel values in all aspects of the People agenda.


What We’re Looking For: 


• University degree in Business Administration or relevant field ( Human Resources / Labor Law / Psychology. . . ).


• Experience working on Human Resources related field position will be valuable.


• Excellent communication, engaging and people-centric.


• Strong operational focus and a high level of drive to get things done.


• Open, honest, collaborative.


• Learning agility.


• Solutions focused and positive mindset.


• Native Italian and fluent English.


• Good knowledge of Italian employment law will be valuable.


Don’t meet every single requirement?  At Mattel, we are dedicated to an inclusive workplace and a culture of belonging. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

How We Work:

We are a purpose driven company aiming to empower generations to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential. We live up to our purpose employing the following behaviors:


• We collaborate:  Being a part of Mattel means being part of one team with shared values and common goals. Every person counts and working closely together always brings better results. Partnership is our process and our collective capabilities is our superpower.


• We innovate:  At Mattel we always aim to find new and better ways to create innovative products and experiences. No matter where you work in the organization, you can always make a difference and have real impact. We welcome new ideas and value new initiatives that challenge conventional thinking.


• We execute:  We are a performance-driven company. We strive for excellence and are focused on pursuing best-in-class outcomes. We believe in accountability and ownership and know that our people are at their best when they are empowered to create and deliver results.

Our Approach to Flexible Work:

We embrace a flexible work model designed to empower a culture of growth, optimism, and wellbeing, where every employee can reach their full potential. Combining purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility, our focus is to optimize performance and drive connection for moments that matter.