Brand Manager (Licensing)

marqueebrands; Redondo Beach (CA); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits (dental & vision)

FSA/HSA options

Parental Leave

Life insurance

Pet Insurance

Paid vacation

11 paid holidays

Job summary

Marquee Brands seeks a Brand Manager in Redondo Beach (Hybrid) to support VP Global Brand Management with body care and active lifestyle brands. You will analyze sales, forecasts, and partner performance across retailers and marketplaces, assist with GTM strategies, and coordinate cross-functional efforts with marketing, legal, and business development.

Ideal candidates have a Bachelor's degree and 3+ years in retail merchandising or licensing, with advanced Excel and strong communication

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 3+ years of experience in retail merchandising and/or licensing.

Responsibilities

• Assist in business management of brand licenses and partnerships.
• Coordinate GTM strategies and market research to inform growth.
• Maintain distributor and retailer footprint, track performance and ad spend.
• Prepare presentations and reports for executives and licensees.
• Support license payments tracking and contract compliance.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Microsoft Office

Adobe Suite

Canva

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

3+ years experience in retail merchandising and/or licensing

Job description

Brand Manager - Redondo Beach (Hybrid) Marquee Brands is seeking a knowledgeable, strategic, product-loving Brand Manager to join its Redondo Beach team. The Brand Manager will support the VP Global Brand Management in the management and growth of the iconic Body Glove and Dakine brands.

Marquee Brands Marquee owns and manages a portfolio of established global brands across consumer products and channels from luxury goods to sports and active apparel. Marquee’s team of professionals is focused on a commitment to drive organic growth through natural brand extensions, impactful marketing and direct consumer engagement. Our promise is to ensure our brands continue their storied success through relevant product, expanded retail distribution, and international growth all while continuing to be true to their founding message and origin.

Duties/ Responsibilities: Business Management:

• Request & analyze sales, and forecastsreporting by channel and account and circulate business updates internally, for all retailers and marketplaces
• In partnership with Director, share successes and opportunities across partner portfolio, with Brand Director/ VP to identifyopportunities to further drive business and drive results.
• Assistwith execution of global go to market strategies.
• Maintain & update store distribution lists, active categoriesand retailer footprint
• Track partner performance on Amazon: ad spend, overarching PDP execution. With BrandDirector/ VP and Marketplace team, identifybusiness opportunities and drive results.
• Procure and enter monthly, quarterly actuals and projections in relevant corporate files
• Support Director in chasing licensee payments as needed
• Lead the overall business management of a subset of brand licensees with guidance from Director/ VP. Own agendas, monthly/quarterly touch bases. Driveresults to see strategies through.
• Execute market research online and in store to identifyopportunities and positioningwithin the market. Prepare presentations accordingly..
• Along with Brand Director/ VP, research prospective retail opportunities and prepare pitch decks. Conduct market research and pitch decks to support Business development

Cross Functional Collaboration:

• Collaborate and liaise with internal teams such as marketing and PR teams on needs to support brand strategy and growth (ie. line sheets, order management, samples, pricing, launch dates, sample ordering)
• Maintain merch inputs for the marketing team’s launch calendars
• Contributeto weekly/monthlymeetings held with marketing, creative, legaland business development.

Product Development & Merchandising:

• Build and maintainthe time and action calendar; alerting appropriate stakeholderswhen timelines slip
• Collaborate with licensees to manage:
• Product approvals- own meetings, approval processand filing
• Go-To-Market assets such as line lists and line sheets
• Showroom and sample management and organization.
  

Trademark and Contract Management

• Provide trademark proof of usage
• Assistwith various tasks by liaising with the legal team, and own legal team updates
• Own and maintaindetailed trackers surrounding partner contracts and terms
• Compliance
• Support Royalty Zone Process, from validating partner inputs to generating ad hoc reporting, while tracking all system updates needed (example: informing new retailers for a partner) and keeping records of new approvals

Administrative Responsibilities:

• Schedule and own the agendas for internal bi-monthly and weekly touch bases internally- Marketing, Creative, Legal, Business Development
• Schedule and own the agendas for monthly/quarterly business reviews with licensees
• Schedule and own the agendas for partner Design meetings

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Must be in advanced in Microsoft excel and the entire Microsoft Suite, Adobe Suiteand Canva
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 3+ years of experience in retail merchandising and/or licensing

Marquee Brands Benefits and Perks

• You'll enjoy coming to work because we have a refreshing company culture that is open, entrepreneurial and fun.
• Competitive salary and bonus structure
• Healthcare Benefits including dental and vision
• Flexible spending account (FSA) or health savings account (HSA)
• Short-term and Long-term disability
• Parental Leave
• Life insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Paid Vacation
• Action Days - two (2) fully paid “Marquee In Action" days each calendar year to dedicate your time to a charity or cause of your choice.
• 11 Paid Holidays: In addition to Paid vacation.

Salary 80,000-100,000 + target bonus This job description may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the job described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of the Employer.