Assistant Manager Americas Brand Commercialization

Disney Entertainment; Glendale (CA); On-site; USD 97,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and savings benefits

Educational opportunities

Disney perks

Job summary

Disney Entertainment, based in Glendale, CA, seeks a dynamic Assistant Manager for Regional Brand Commercialization to support strategic priorities across the Americas. You will collaborate with Disney and Pixar partners, content teams, and retailers to align brand strategies, review collateral, and present plans to licensees and partners.

You will manage onboarding, asset delivery, and calendar-driven milestones while building regional brand expertise and optimizing processes with

Qualifications

• 3+ years of brand/franchise or retail sales experience
• Ability to create and deliver engaging presentations, including to large groups
• Excellent communication skills
• Strategic thinker with attention to detail
• Ability to collaborate, influence, and persuade at all levels across an organization
• Flexible and adaptable to changing priorities with the skills to work in a fast-paced environment
• Comfortable working through a matrix structure to deliver the end solution
• Agile and responsive – can thrive in ambiguous business situations
• Understanding of Disney brands and the broader organization

Responsibilities

• Support strategic brand priorities across the Americas for assigned consumer products portfolios.
• Assist in developing regional brand plans, track KPIs for assigned properties, and build deep Americas brand expertise for the assigned portfolio.
• Apply acquired brand knowledge to review marketing collateral submitted by licensees and retail partners, ensuring alignment with brand guidelines.
• Craft compelling content and marketing presentations and confidently present them to internal and external partners, including key licensees and retailers.
• Manage projects to meet key milestones based on business needs.
• Track licensee and retailer support for licensed merchandise tied to key evergreen properties and new content releases.
• Identify gaps in retail support for assigned portfolio and work with cross-functional partners to develop solutions to address.
• Escalate when deliverables are off calendar in a timely manner.
• Think strategically and with a solution-oriented approach.
• Liaise with licensees and retailers as needed to support brand priorities, approvals, and key commercialization milestones.
• Manage sensitive early asset delivery process.
• Continually evaluate processes to improve ways of working, maximize efficiencies, and leverage technology where appropriate.
• Build relationships with global and regional partners, ensuring timely, transparent communication and alignment across key touchpoints.
• Act as a key day-to-day contact for internal cross-functional partners, helping manage communication, follow-ups, and alignment.

Skills

Brand experience

Presentation skills

Communication skills

Strategic thinking

Collaboration & influence

Adaptability

Matrix organization

Agile

Disney brand knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or related field

Job description

About the Role & Team

As a member of Disney Consumer Products, the Assistant Manager, Regional Brand Commercialization will support strategic commercialization priorities for consumer products and retail channels across the Americas region, with a focus on Disney and Pixar brands.

Job Requirements

About the Role & Team

As a member of Disney Consumer Products, the Assistant Manager, Regional Brand Commercialization will support strategic commercialization priorities for consumer products and retail channels across the Americas region, with a focus on Disney and Pixar brands.

This role will support brand and category strategies through collaborative partnerships with Disney and Pixar content partners, global brand teams, category and retail teams, marketing strategy, PR, and other key stakeholders across DCP.

This role reports to the Senior Manager, Americas Brand Commercialization.

This is a full-time role.

What You Will Do

• Support strategic brand priorities across the Americas for assigned consumer products portfolios.
• Assist in developing regional brand plans, track KPIs for assigned properties, and build deep Americas brand expertise for the assigned portfolio.
• Apply acquired brand knowledge to review marketing collateral submitted by licensees and retail partners, ensuring alignment with brand guidelines.
• Craft compelling content and marketing presentations and confidently present them to internal and external partners, including key licensees and retailers.
• Manage projects to meet key milestones based on business needs.
• Track licensee and retailer support for licensed merchandise tied to key evergreen properties and new content releases.
• Identify gaps in retail support for assigned portfolio and work with cross-functional partners to develop solutions to address.
• Escalate when deliverables are off calendar in a timely manner.
• Think strategically and with a solution-oriented approach.
• Liaise with licensees and retailers as needed to support brand priorities, approvals, and key commercialization milestones.
• Manage sensitive early asset delivery process.
• Continually evaluate processes to improve ways of working, maximize efficiencies, and leverage technology where appropriate.
• Build relationships with global and regional partners, ensuring timely, transparent communication and alignment across key touchpoints.
• Act as a key day-to-day contact for internal cross-functional partners, helping manage communication, follow-ups, and alignment.

Required Qualifications And Skills

• 3+ years of brand/franchise or retail sales experience
• Ability to create and deliver engaging presentations, including to large groups
• Excellent communication skills
• Strategic thinker with attention to detail
• Ability to collaborate, influence, and persuade at all levels across an organization
• Flexible and adaptable to changing priorities with the skills to work in a fast-paced environment
• Comfortable working through a matrix structure to deliver the end solution
• Agile and responsive – can thrive in ambiguous business situations
• Understanding of Disney brands and the broader organization

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in business or related field or equivalent experience

Benefits

Additional Information:

Disney offers a rewards package to help you live your best life. This includes health and savings benefits, educational opportunities, and special extras that only Disney can provide. Learn more about our benefits and perks at https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits.

Disclaimer

PAY TRANSPARENCY

The hiring range for this position in Glendale, CA is $97,000 to $130,000 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

This position is with Disney Consumer Products, Inc., which is part of a business we call Disney Consumer Products.

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