Licensing Manager Job Description
Licensing manager
provides agent Guidelines - Guide and motivate the agent on the potential licensing and revenue opportunities including identifying categories, licensees and retailers.
Licensing Manager Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Term Sheets for VPs review, submit to Legal and monitor status to ensure timely execution of contracts/amendments
Responsible for sales, negotiating and securing targeted deals and manage deals through the contract, product development and execution process
Developing and maintaining retail buyer relationships to assist licensees with buyer-level retail sell-in
Collaborate on retail initiatives and marketing for current film releases and library properties for targeted categories
Develop and manage relationships with new key licensees, distributors and retailer buyers while nurturing existing business relationships to assist with licensee sell- in, retail- sell in and sell through
Development of sales tools for licensees to ensure they are equipped with most recent property and key account information
Analytics – work with Licensing Director and Senior Manager, Hardlines to develop / improve tools that will ensure gap analysis in develop in a timely manner and communicate internally and externally
Finance lead for all licensing commercial support, generating insights with the aim of maximizing royalty income and sales team performance
Finance lead for supporting the operations and sourcing group’s cost-out initiatives, through the sharing of insights and managing tools to track performance
Full budgeting and tracking responsibility
Licensing Manager Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Licensing Manager
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: PMP, CISA, PMI, PAHM, CIA, CISSP, CRISC, CISM, CGEIT, HQ
Education for Licensing Manager
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the licensing manager job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and University Degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering, Education, MBA, Law, Science, Finance, Computer Science, Communication
Skills for Licensing Manager
Desired skills for licensing manager include:
Business opportunities
Competitors
Industry trends
Threats and dynamics for category and key licensees
Key seasonalities and buying cycles of retailers
Licensees' production and creative capabilities/limitations
Journal and multi-site licensing
Intellectual property
Computer databases and electronic communications software
Contracts
Desired experience for licensing manager includes:
The role oversees the manufacturing, distribution and obsolescence budgets and results, working closely with the senior operations and finance leader both at head-office and with multiple strategic partnerships across the globe
Finance ownership of Licensee sales reporting via LMS royalty system
Key finance contact to auditors for worldwide licensee audits
3 to 5 years licensing experience in consumer products sales and marketing, preferably in home video, publishing or branded merchandise
BA/BS preferably in Marketing, Business, Communications or International Affairs
Media background with an international focus and brand management experience
Licensing Manager Examples
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Licensing Manager Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a licensing manager. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for licensing manager
- Build processes to meet audit, reporting and management of the order process
- Through accurate CI Management, develop reporting and recharging model to allocate IT costs across NBCUI as appropriate
- Manage day to day procurement budget challenges for the NBCUI IT Service department, ensuring appropriate approval for purchases is granted and captured for audit purposes
- Supplier/Vendor Relationship
- Engaging with NBCUI Procurement Team when initiating new contract negotiations and/or going out to tender for services
- Focal point for the IT Service department for all supplier/vendor activities
- Manage supplier/vendor relationships and performance throughout contract lifecycle
- Negotiate and agree Service Level Metrics
- Develop and maintain a supplier/vendor Contract database, capturing all pertinent information regarding the supplier/vendor and the service(s) they provide or perform
- Overall responsibilities for all aspects of the Procurement & Licensing SMO function
Qualifications for licensing manager
- Influencing and guiding others within the department
- Drive standards through the NBCUI IT Service Department
- LEAN Principles (advantage)
- FAST (desirable)
- Analytical and happy to work with data
- The ability to take the initiative and work proactively
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Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a licensing manager. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for licensing manager
- Monitor adherence to and timely submissions of contractual obligations
- Code & route department invoices for manager approval and accounts payable processing
- Liaise with our Delaware AP department to ensure smooth and timely payment processing
- Follow-up with CNL team, accounting department and vendors to ensure payments, missing payments, overpayments are expedited
- Manage payment activity to ensure all invoices have been properly applied for month end close
- Photo copy and file all department invoices
- Manage W9 process for CNL lines of business ensuring that clients have necessary information for payment to CN
- Liaise with our accounting department on AR issues
- Work with accounting on the aging for Permissions billing, Logo licensing, Image licensing and The New Yorker ancillary business
- Manage invoicing and commissions for The New Yorker Product Licensing royalties
Qualifications for licensing manager
- Experience of media/entertainment is essential
- Knowledge of Business Warehouse / SAP a significant advantage
- Proven track record of improvement and embedding activities within Service Management functions and responsibilities
- Ability to sell ideas and communicate vision – verbal and written
- Team player with the ability to work on independent initiatives
- Passionate about the business and the job at hand
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Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking to fill the role of licensing manager. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for licensing manager
- Program exception handling and escalations
- Communicate all programmatic changes both internally and externally
- Support merchandising team and licensing partners in effectively managing all product launches and marketing support for both the A&F Brand and Hollister Brand
- Manages all daily communication internally and externally
- Maintains and updates all details of all projects, including samples, spreadsheets, submissions and records
- Provides regular status updates to the Merchandising and Cross-Functional teams (ie
- Directs unresolved issues to the appropriate team members internally and follows up until the matter is resolved
- Request, negotiate and administer co-publishing clearances in capacity of licensee on behalf of SME affiliated labels
- Assist royalties with royalty account research
- Liaise, proof and provide release planning with proper sample credit information to be included in label copy in connection with front line releases
Qualifications for licensing manager
- A minimum of 5 years experience in brand licensing industry
- Team player, accountable, proactive and great attitude
- 5+ years’ experience in Production & Supply Chain management
- Flexible team player with ability to interface with many varied departments
- Highly proficient computer skills in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
- Experience working with licensing and royalties a plus
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Our innovative and growing company is looking for a licensing manager. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for licensing manager
- Flexibility and adaptability around systems in place to support efforts
- Manage the Product Development calendar with licensee and coordinate all internal meetings
- Have an understanding for international market needs and trends to grow the business globally
- Liaise with respective BU team members, sales and marketing teams controlling to ensure goals set
- Brief and ensure ongoing compliance with product input in relevant systems to ensure input of data is efficient and effective in order to analyze and report business outputs as required contractually to steer business performance
- Review and present respective applications, new institution requests, new product requests, new distribution requests, new distributor requests, new label requests, and special requests to the Apparel Review Committee on a weekly basis
- Interface with the PCM Department and coordinate the processing of any requests that fall under the exclusive agreements
- Build, run and analyze all weekly, monthly, and seasonal reports
- Partner with GMP and Design to develop comprehensive seasonal line plans that meet/exceed financial goals and customer expectations
- Partner with external Licensee Design and PD teams through the entire conceptual and commercialization process
Qualifications for licensing manager
- Partner with finance to ensure the quarterly selling reports and royalty are invoiced and received
- Computer skills Illustrator, Photo Shop, Microsoft Office and Excel
- 1-2 years of project manager experience, preferably in fragrance and/or CPG
- Must have a strong foundation in understanding successful project management, including building and executing against multiple timelines, managing deadlines, planning and organizing project details
- Must have excellent communication skills including the ability to clearly and effectively communicate with a variety of cross-functional partners
- Should have a genuine interest and understanding of Fragrance and/or Fashion Retail
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Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of licensing manager. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for licensing manager
- Reviewing scripts and working with producers, music supervisors (if applicable) and other production personnel to identify music and/or lyrics that may require clearance and monitor the music budget
- Coordinating with creative and Business & Legal Affairs execs and production partners, outside parties including publishers, record companies, other copyright owners, composers, their managers and/or attorneys regarding music clearance, ownership, and financial procedures and license fees
- Provide support information and relevant materials to licensees including property overview presentations, category success stories, ratings, press stories, in order to keep Nickelodeon properties top of mind with licensees and their sales teams to drive success at retail
- Oversee all operational aspects of payments
- Monitor all account activity in his/her territory, including new accounts renewal base for all electronic products
- Develop, evaluate and determine an effective IP business plan for a specific technology
- Qualify, cultivate and iterate on qualified leads around targeted technologies
- Model a range of potential financial outcomes for a particular transaction in preparation of investment request
- Consider and present a range of monetization options for patents and know-how, including technology transfer, sale, patent assertion, or connection to outside brokers
- Develop, deliver and defend comprehensive Technology Commercialization Business plans
Qualifications for licensing manager
- 5-8 years of experience in program strategy and implementation
- 3-5 years in relevant industry including
- Bachelor’s degree in business, merchandising or related discipline – or experience equivalent to degree
- 2-4 years experience working with apparel or hard goods in a licensing, product line management, sales, customer service or retail position
- Possess strong computer skills (MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint), skilled in computer data entry, report generation and file maintenance techniques
- Possess a strong interest in product design and development as related to merchandising role