Licensing Coordinator - Designworks

About Brand Collective
Brand Collective is Australia's leading house of brands.
We boast a portfolio of iconic owned and licensed brands and manage all stages of the product life cycle.
This includes managing product design, supply chain, as well as a network of wholesale, retail and eCommerce stores.
Our purpose is to bring brands to life.
We're here to challenge the status quo, to inspire & innovate.
Everything we do is done with our customers and team in mind.

The Opportunity
The Licensing Coordinator plays a key role in ensuring the Designworks business is conducted within the guidelines of our licensed contracts and ensures all licensed products are approved by licensors at each contractual stage, submitted through the appropriate approval portal, and feedback delivered to design teams in a timely manner.

Working with the licensing manager and accounts team to ensure all royalty reports, forecasts, and other financial requirements are processed correctly.
Through day-to-day relationships with brand owners and licensors, the licensing coordinator sources and builds presentation materials and polices brand assurance across each of the licensed brands with internal teams.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage the approval process for each licence, ensuring relevant areas of the business adhere to relevant processes and stages required within the contract.
  
• Follow up with designers, production, and QA, ensuring Licensor comments are actioned.
  
• Educate relevant internal stakeholders on the Licence approval process for each license.
  
• Brief team on sending of final licensor samples - number of samples, portal log ins, etc.
  
• Maintain library of style guides and log in for licensor portals - communicating to relevant stakeholders when updates, new guides/restrictions, etc.
  are in place.
  
• Liaise with licensor on approvals.
  
• Maintain and update files to licensor requirements.
  
• Work closely with Licensing Manager on any approval issues at Licensor level.
  
• Work with planners, account managers, finance, and licensing manager to submit financial and business reports.
  

Skills and Experience you offer us:

• Experience in working with licensed brands, contracts, and style guides.
  
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
  
• Experience in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop) desirable but not essential.
  
• Exceptional organisational skills and strong communication skills.
  
• Team player, problem solver.
  

Just some of the perks we offer you:

• Generous discounts for you and your family across Brand Collective's stable of brands! That's 50% off brands such as Reebok, Superdry, Clarks, Review, Hush Puppies, Elka Collective, Black Pepper, and many more.
  
• RECENTLY LAUNCHED - additional discounts across our parent company, LK Group, including Daniel's Donuts, Hommey, LK Group Hospitality, Snooze, and many more!
• Pet friendly workspace - yes, you can bring your dog to work!
• Invitations to exclusive sample sales.
  
• Paid parental leave, volunteer leave, purchased leave program.
  
• Novated Leasing.
  
• Generous service awards.
  
• Employee Assistance Program with free access to Mental Health Professionals.
  
• and more!

Apply today to bring brands to life

At Brand Collective, our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we! We value diversity and inclusion in all forms, thus hire based on capability and performance.
If you feel like your skills align with the role and company culture, apply today with your current resume and optional Cover Letter.

Please note:
at this time, Brand Collective is not seeking recruitment agency support for this role and will not be liable for any unsolicited candidate profiles or associated fees.
We encourage applicants to apply directly to this posting if they would like to be considered for this opportunity.
The advertising of this role may close earlier than the listed date, and we encourage applicants to apply early.