Business Support Coordinator - Intern

Company Description

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

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WildBrain CPLG is a world-leading entertainment, sport and brand licensing agency with 20 offices worldwide. Since 1972 we have been providing our partners with dedicated licensing and marketing professionals and fully integrated retail, creative & product development, legal and accounting services.

We are looking to add to our talented team of innovators that can help us manage some of the most profitable and enduring brands in the world! We believe that our partnerships are about clarity, openness, and trust, and we are widely known for our no-nonsense, straightforward approach. Come join us!

About the Role

WildBrain is offering an amazing opportunity for an internship for student to gain exposure to all areas of the licensing business within WildBrain CPLG.

You will play a key role in supporting the commercial team in retail deployment & business development. Critical areas of support would be retailer / licensee communication, cross-functional team management to drive one-voice activation & deal tracking for existing licensees.

Job Description

60% - Coordination & deployment of:

• Brand plans in partnership with commercial leads and execution of retail activations – both offline & online
• Retailer and Licensee communications – brand updates, bulletins, creative updates, and follow up with administration of deal preparation, tracking & business analytics
• Pitch decks and research materials to support new business development initiatives (new licensees, new distributors & new agencies)
• Market research and insights

40% - Help in the coordination and organisation of

• Licensee / trade presentations (physical and digital)
• Licensee presentation decks
• Monitoring of campaigns, promotions and product releases (WB CPLG and competitors, both on and offline)
• Team meetings – agenda, minutes and follow-up
• Retailer / licensee / agencies meetings - agenda, minutes and follow-up

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 months availability
• Good verbal and written skills in English and additional languages preferred
• Qualified to degree level as a minimum
• An understanding of the Consumer Products industry/business and events planning
• Excellent organisational skills
• Strong communication skills – comfortable connecting and communicating with at all levels of business both internally and externally.
• Meticulous and excellent attention to detail
• Competent and comfortable managing multiple projects simultaneously
• A passionate, collaborate team-player with a strong work-ethic
• Plenty of initiative and inquisitive mindset
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint

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 other great territory-specific benefits too.

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

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 WildBrain CPLG

WildBrain CPLG is a trusted licensing partner for leading brands worldwide, offering 50 years of expertise building consumer products and location-based entertainment programmes across the entertainment, sport, corporate and lifestyle sectors. With over 20 offices serving the UK, Europe, India, the Middle East, China, Asia Pacific and the US, WildBrain CPLG combines the strength of global reach with expertise in local markets to achieve the best results for partners. Our passionate teams consistently challenge themselves to explore new and innovative ideas and opportunities in partnerships, activations, creative and business processes to celebrate and build brands. At WildBrain CPLG, we believe that collaboration is about clarity, openness and trust, and we are widely known for our no-nonsense, straightforward approach. WildBrain CPLG is part of WildBrain Ltd., a global leader in kids’ and family entertainment. Please contact us or visit the WildBrain CPLG website for more information: www.cplg.com.