Product Development Manager (Licensing / Brand / Consumer Products)

1 Month ago • All levels • Product Management

Job Summary

Job Description

The Product Development Manager will be responsible for managing the end-to-end approval process and delivering innovative brand-appropriate products to the market. This includes ensuring adherence to client approval processes, managing creative output from partners, onboarding new licensees, and driving licensee brand engagement. The role requires strong experience, creativity, and attention to detail. The candidate will also need to identify style guide gaps and licensee needs. They will also deliver weekly updates to the local commercial team, including reports noting licensee developments, status, and asset updates. In addition, they will establish, develop, and nurture external relationships.
Must have:
  • Knowledge of product development and approval processes.
  • A proactive and solution-driven mindset.
  • Understanding of consumer product categories.
  • Proficiency with online approval software.
  • Experience with Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft packages.
  • Ability to communicate design changes effectively.
  • Knowledge of licensing and design trends.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects.
  • An eye for detail.
Perks:
  • Competitive family-focused benefits.
  • Generous RRSP matching.
  • Bonus time-off.

Job Details

Company Description

Hybrid work: Employees work in a hybrid model balancing collaboration in our office and remote work.  

Find a job that let’s your imagination run wild!  

Join our WildBrain CPLG team, part of the global WildBrain organization, to make us part of your story! WildBrain CPLG is a world-leading entertainment, sport and brand licensing agency, with offices in the UK, Europe, India, the Middle East, the US and Asia. With over 45 years of experience in the licensing industry, WildBrain CPLG provides its clients with dedicated licensing and marketing professionals and fully integrated product development, legal and accounting services. WildBrain CPLG believes that collaboration is about clarity, openness and trust, and is widely known for its no-nonsense, straightforward approach. The agency’s ASPIRE division is a leader in Corporate & Lifestyle brand representation and management.

About the Role 
WildBrain CPLG is looking for a Product Development Manager to join our Swedish Product Development team! You will be responsible for ensuring the clients’ approval processes are strictly adhered to and creative execution on all product ranges are best in class.  Liaising with the sales team and international Product Development Managers and Designers on cross-territory brands, the role requires strong experience, creativity, attention to detail and drive.

Job Description

  • Responsible for managing the end-to-end, approvals process, and delivering innovative brand-appropriate products to market.  
  • Ensure all product submissions are managed in accordance with the submission process for the relevant brand.  
  • Manage the creative output of partners including the appropriate sign off, across WB Brands. 
  • Onboard and run sessions with new/existing Licensees providing updates on processes. 
  • Spearhead innovation and encourage Licensees by utilising all tools delivered by the Creative Services team, i.e. trend reports. 
  • Drive Licensee brand engagement by conducting style guide refreshers and offering your brand expertise.  
  • Deliver weekly updates to the local commercial team including reports noting Licensee developments, status and asset updates. 
  • Manage and review quarterly Licensee reports highlighting designs in selection and those that have been selected / raised purchase orders.  
  • Establish, develop and nurture external relationships across our Licensor and Licensee Portfolio. 
  • Proactively manage Licensees range development ensuring to identify gaps in article development and/or standard of execution.  
  • Provide training and guidance on systems, such as Mediabox where required to do so.  
  • Identify style guide gaps and Licensee needs in line with the wider Creative Services team. 
  • Participate and engage in global team activities, such as comp shops, providing visibility to the group.

Qualifications

  • Sound knowledge of the product development and approval processes and experience in creatively driving range development
  • A proactive, solution driven mind set to deliver against deadlines.
  • A good understanding of consumer product categories and their production limitations
  • Proficient with using on-line approval software including running reports
  • Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft packages
  • The ability to communicate a clear change in design/direction whilst managing all stakeholders.
  • Wider knowledge of licensing and product/design trends and a natural interest in consumer product.
  • The ability to juggle multiple projects and keep a calm head
  • An eye for detail!

Additional Information

What We Offer  

Working at WildBrain is more than a job — it’s the opportunity to join forces with extraordinary, insightful and imaginative people who will recognize your talents and encourage your professional growth and development in a work environment that promotes creativity and individuality. We offer competitive family-focused benefits, we invest in our people and their future with generous RRSP matching, plus bonus time-off, because you deserve it!  

Our Commitment  

Diversity and Inclusion are in our DNA. As a global leader in kids and family entertainment, we strive to reflect and honour the diversity of our audiences around the world. We believe that creating diverse and inclusive content & brands begins with fostering a culture of belonging at WildBrain. To us, a culture of belonging is one where we celebrate and welcome the diversity of all employees, stakeholders, and external partners and strive to create an environment where every individual feels valued, respected, and brings their authentic self to work.   

We demonstrate our commitment to this by striving to provide a supportive work environment and a corporate culture that welcomes and encourages equal opportunities for all employees. We recognize that people bring experience and talent that goes beyond the technical skills and requirements of a job. If you possess similar experience that is close to what we’ve listed here, we encourage you to please still consider applying. We strongly believe that diverse experience, transferable skills, and passion are key! WildBrain accommodates people with disabilities throughout the recruitment and selection process. Applicants are encouraged to make their needs known in advance if accommodation is required.  

About WildBrain:  a parent company of Wildbrain CPLG

At WildBrain we inspire imaginations through the wonder of storytelling. As a leader in 360° IP management, we are experts in content creation, audience engagement and global licensing, cultivating and growing love for our own and partner brands with kids and families around the world. With approximately 13,000 half-hours of filmed entertainment in our library—one of the world’s most extensive—we are home to such treasured franchises as Peanuts, Teletubbies, Strawberry Shortcake, Yo Gabba Gabba!, Caillou, Inspector Gadget and Degrassi. WildBrain’s mission is to create exceptional entertainment experiences that captivate and delight fans both young and young at heart.  

Our studios produce such award-winning series as The Snoopy Show; Snoopy in Space; Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City; Sonic Prime; Chip and Potato; Teletubbies Let's Go! and many more. Enjoyed in more than 150 countries on over 500 platforms, our content is everywhere kids and families view entertainment, including YouTube, where our network has garnered over 1 trillion minutes of watch time. Our television group owns and operates some of Canada’s most-viewed family entertainment channels. WildBrain CPLG, our leading consumer-products and location-based entertainment agency, represents our owned and partner properties in every major territory worldwide.   

WildBrain is headquartered in Canada with offices worldwide and trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: WILD). Visit us at wildbrain.com.  

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WildBrain’s portfolio spans all areas of the entertainment industry: Studios, where we produce hit animated and live-actions series; WildBrain Television, which owns and operates some of the most-viewed family entertainment channels in Canada (Family Channel, WildBrainTV, Family Jr. and Télémagino); celebrated global licensing and distribution teams as part of WildBrain CPLG, and a leading children’s YouTube network which has garnered over 1 trillion minutes of watch time. At WildBrain, we do it all, with pride and passion every step of the way. Working at WildBrain is an opportunity to join forces with extraordinary, insightful and imaginative teams who will recognize your talents and encourage your professional growth and development in a culture that encourages creativity and individuality.

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