Licensing Executive

William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, LLC; Greater London; Presencial; GBP 40.000 - 70.000; Tempo integral

Resumo da vaga

IMG Licensing is seeking a Licensing Executive, Location-Based Entertainment, to join a team delivering branded immersive experiences worldwide. You will collaborate with global brands, identify revenue opportunities, support business development, and contribute to strategic growth of licensed experiences for the company.

Candidates with licensing or related sector experience are encouraged to apply; the role supports cross-functional teams across creative, legal, and operations to ensure

Qualificações

• Experience in licensing, attractions, immersive experiences, or related sectors.
• Track record of managing client accounts across multiple partners and territories.
• Proactive, solution-oriented attitude with ability to engage at all levels.
• Strong organisational and administrative skills; ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines.

Responsabilidades

• Support business development by identifying opportunities and initiating relationships with leading entertainment operators.
• Provide management support across projects, overseeing timelines and deliverables with internal/external stakeholders.
• Assist in managing licensees, coordinating with creative, financial, legal, PR, and operations teams.
• Collaborate with clients to streamline approval processes and ensure launches align with brand guidelines.
• Prepare pitch decks and updates for the portfolio of clients.
• Conduct market research on trends and operators to keep IMG Licensing at the forefront of licensed experiences.

Conhecimentos

Licensing experience

Location-based entertainment

Client account management

Project coordination

PowerPoint

Ferramentas

MS Office

Descrição da vaga

IMG Licensing is the global leader in brand licensing, managing licensing programs for the world's best-known brands and trademarks. With over 25 offices worldwide, IMG Licensing provides a unique one-stop-solution for innovative brand growth across a diverse portfolio of clients from business, entertainment, fashion, food, gaming and sports. IMG Licensing is part of WME Group, a global network of businesses that represent the world's leading talent, intellectual property, and brands. From strategy to business development to ongoing program management, professional back-office administration and industry-leading systems, IMG Licensing provides a full-service solution across all parts of the brand licensing journey.

The Role And What You'll Be Doing

The Location Based Entertainment department specialises in managing a wide variety of IP-branded immersive experiences across various formats such as theme parks, family entertainment centres, restaurants, exhibitions, live shows, events, and other ventures. On behalf of our clients, we identify, secure, and deliver licensed immersive experiences across the world.

As Licensing Executive, Location-Based Entertainment, you will play an integral role in an expanding team, responsible for securing and delivering new branded experiences that support sustained future growth within IMG's Location Based Entertainment division. You will collaborate with renowned global brands, identify revenue-generating opportunities, support with business development initiatives, and contribute to the strategic growth of licensed experiences for the company.

Candidates with experience in licensing, attractions, immersive experiences, or related sectors, who are enthusiastic about working within the growing immersive experiences sector, are encouraged to apply.

Your Responsibilities

• - Support business development efforts by identifying new opportunities within our portfolio and initiating relationships with leading entertainment operators.
• - Provide management support across various projects, overseeing timelines and key deliverables in collaboration with both internal and external project stakeholders.
• - Assist in managing existing licensees, working closely with creative, financial, legal, PR, and operational teams to ensure the consistent delivery of high-quality licensed projects.
• - Collaborate with our clients to streamline approval processes with licensees, ensuring all projects are launched in accordance with brand guidelines and client expectations.
• - Prepare creative materials, such as pitch decks, to facilitate new business opportunities and provide business critical updates to our portfolio of clients.
• - Conduct proactive research on key market trends and leading entertainment operators, ensuring IMG Licensing remains at the forefront of the licensed experiences sector.

You'll Have These

• - Proven experience within location-based entertainment, attractions, immersive experiences, licensing, consumer products, or a related commercial field.
• - A demonstrated track record of managing client accounts across multiple partners and territories.
• - A proactive, solution-oriented attitude with the willingness to engage at all levels within the organisation.
• - Strong organisational and administrative skills, capable of managing multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously.
• - Meticulous attention to detail when reviewing creative and technical documentation.
• - A creative mindset with the ability to identify opportunities and make strategic recommendations to enhance projects.
• - Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint and/or other creative software to support content development.

How we work

WME Group is at the center of sports, media, entertainment, and fashion and is a largely relationship-based business. To foster an environment of collaboration, develop our future talent, and build on relationships across leadership, peers, and teams, we work from the office 4 days per week. We see immeasurable value internally and throughout the core of the businesses we support.

Don't meet every single requirement? We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

WME Group is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that encourages applications from qualified, eligible candidates from all backgrounds and life experiences regardless of race, gender identity, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, or belief.

IMG Licensing is an equal opportunity employer that encourages applications from qualified, eligible candidates from all backgrounds and life experiences regardless of race, gender identity, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, or belief.