Product Development Manager, Licensing

Job Description

Who We Are:

The Role and What You'll Do:

Reporting to the VP of Licensing, the Product Development Manager will act as our key creative lead for a major client account (IMG's gaming clients) liaising with global and USA based licensees. You will be responsible for supporting smooth and efficient product development of the consumer products program and creative activities together with our clients' internal teams. You should be passionate about gaming, culturally relevant brands that resonate with the gaming community and bringing innovation and creativity to the merchandising programs to support these globally known brands.

Creative Support
• Manage and execute licensed consumer products designs in line with client brand guidelines.
• Identify style guide gaps and Licensee needs together with the client business team.
• Maintain a calendar of annual events and creative deliverables needed
• Conduct market analysis and trend spotting to deliver back to business and client teams for review and implementation.

Client/Licensee management
• Manage and support key relationships with Licensee creative and product development personnel.
• Provide robust and smooth onboarding for new Licensees reassessing and updating materials where necessary.
• Drive product brainstorming and ideation to drive innovation and point of difference in the marketplace
• Ensure timely review and approvals of product development to ensure we are hitting key launch dates of product at retail.

Product Development
• Responsible for managing the end-to-end approvals process and delivering innovative brand-appropriate products to market.
• Support the wider PD team on key partner submissions when necessary.
• Collaborate with the Creative Services Director and Head of PD in developing creative strategies to facilitate future growth.
• Develop additional sales materials such as collaborations booklets, inspiration & benchmark presentations & look books.
• Keep up to speed with gaming IP updates, brand guidelines and key design needs to deliver exceptional products for the fans.

You Have These
• Strong Design and Creative background
• Strong passion about the gaming industry (whether in your personal or work life)
• Experience working within product development ideally within the consumer products industry.
• Understanding of product development timelines across wide product categories.
• Keen interest in spotting market trends, new creative styles and keeping up to speed with players interests.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize multiple design projects, running simultaneously with varying levels.
• Self-starter and problem solver. Able to escalate issues to management as well as provide solutions.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Able to build trusting and respectful relationships with clients and internal stakeholders.
• Be Growth minded, solution orientated and have a positive drive to deliver exceptional results.

Endeavor unites and brings people together in our love of sport, culture, and entertainment. We understand this can only be accomplished when we lead with a lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion in everything we do. As a global company that drives culture, we strive to reflect the world's diverse voices.  

Endeavor is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religion or belief.

Per local requirements and in the interest of transparency, the range shown below reflects the prevalent current hiring range for this position. Hiring pay rates are based on a number of factors, including location and may vary depending on job-related qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience. Endeavor strives to provide locally competitive rewards packages, which include base rate along with, as applicable, short- and long-term incentives, growth and developmental opportunities, and robust benefits, such as health care, retirement, vacation and other paid time off, and additional offerings.

Hiring Range Minimum:
$60,000 annually

Hiring Range Maximum:
$80,000 annually

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r0863j-35-215-180-183-42 in your application.