x2 Licensing Coordinators – Global Hardlines & Softlines (Peanuts Worldwide LLC)

Company Description

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Location: NYC, US

Number of Open Positions: 2

Salary: $47,000 - $62,000

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

Find a job that lets your imagination run wild!

Join our Peanuts Worldwide team, part of the global WildBrain organization, to make us part of your story! From Peanuts shows and specials on Apple TV+ to interactive experiences worldwide, fans of all ages celebrate the Peanuts brand through thousands of consumer products, as well as amusement park attractions, cultural events, social media, and comic strips available in all formats from traditional to digital. Peanuts Worldwide is a subsidiary of WildBrain Ltd., a global kids’ media and content company headquartered in Canada with offices worldwide.

About the Role

Reporting either to the VP of Global Hardlines or VP of Softlines, the Licensing Coordinators will assist the Peanuts licensing team in overseeing and the smooth running of all aspects of day-to-day licensing and marketing globally.

Job Description

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What You’ll Do:

Operations

• Responsible for tracking and managing deal flow process, inclusive of data entry, rights hierarchy, finance approval, and international approvals.
• Responsible for maintaining and updating centralized files for all licensing-related documents and materials (i.e. hardlines / softlines tracker, retail placement chart, licensee list, MID notes, etc.)
• Assist in researching potential licensing and promotional partners.
• Manage all NDA, press release, and customs requests.
• Organize and maintain all contractual samples.

Account Coordination

• Manage sub-category under the guidance and supervision of VP, Licensing, including account. management, product development, forecasting and retail placement updates.
• Attend calls / meetings with existing and potential partners as well as key stakeholders.
• Responsible for onboarding of new licensees on Peanuts Worldwide processes and guidelines.
• Communicate brand updates to licensees, including new style guides, social media reports, marketing materials, etc.

Qualifications

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What You’ll Bring:

• Experience in Licensing, or business related role preferred
• Ability to build strong relationships and communicate effectively at all levels internally and externally
• Expert proficiency in MS Word, Outlook and PowerPoint
• Intermediate Excel experience (basic formula and charts)
• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Collaborative team player
• Ability to be resilient and adaptable as this role will manage multiple tasks and projects in a fast-paced environment
• Strong follow-up, organizational and time management skills

Additional Information

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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 benefits, and we invest in our people and their future.

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.

WildBrain is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion and does not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected status or characteristic.

About WildBrain

At WildBrain we inspire imaginations through the wonder of storytelling. As a leader in 360° franchise management, we are experts in content creation, audience engagement and global licensing, cultivating and growing love for our own and partner brands around the world. With approximately 14,000 half-hours of kids’ and family content 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!, 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; Camp Snoopy; Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City; Sonic Prime; Teletubbies Let’s Go! and many more. Enjoyed on platforms worldwide, our content is everywhere kids and families view entertainment, including YouTube, where our network has garnered approximately 1.5 trillion minutes of watch time. Our television group owns and operates some of Canada’s most loved 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.

About Peanuts

The characters of Peanuts and related intellectual property are owned by Peanuts Worldwide, which is 41% owned by WildBrain Ltd., 39% owned by Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., and 20% owned by the family of Charles M. Schulz, who first introduced the world to Peanuts in 1950, when the comic strip debuted in seven newspapers. Since then, Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts gang have made an indelible mark on popular culture. In addition to enjoying beloved Peanuts shows and specials on Apple TV+, fans of all ages celebrate the Peanuts brand worldwide through thousands of consumer products, as well as amusement park attractions, cultural events, social media, and comic strips available in all formats, from traditional to digital. In 2018, Peanuts partnered with NASA on a multi-year Space Act Agreement designed to inspire a passion for space exploration and STEM among the next generation of students.