Senior Executive, Licensing Who We Are: Endeavor is a global sports and entertainment company, home to many of the world's most dynamic and engaging storytellers, brands, live events, and experiences.
The Endeavor network specializes in talent representation through entertainment agency WME; sports operations and advisory, event management, media production and distribution, and brand licensing through IMG; live event experiences and hospitality through On Location; full-service marketing through global cultural marketing agency 160over90; and sports data and technology through IMG ARENA and OpenBet.
Endeavor is also the majority owner of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO), a premium sports and entertainment company comprising UFC and WWE.
Contract Type: 5 month Fixed term contract to cover maternity
Responsibilities: New Business Development: Identify new category opportunities for key clients across IMG's brand portfolio and conduct research to populate potential new licensee prospecting lists.
Conduct outreach to potential licensees and engage in sales conversations with support from team members.
Manage sales materials to ensure they are kept up to date and ready for pitch meetings.
Attend trade shows in relevant categories for new business opportunities.Licensee Management: Responsible for ensuring that licensees are activating their license rights, actively designing, producing, distributing and marketing Licensed Products.
Work closely with licensees daily for product development, keeping to their critical paths and managing the product approval process with the clients.
Provide licensees with design ideas and style guide support for the respective brands to help give direction on how the brands can be applied on products in a wide variety of categories: apparel & fashion accessories, automotive accessories & DIY, outdoor & sport.Royalty Report Analysis: Ensure that licensees are actively selling into territories and to retailers within their license agreement.Client Management: Act as the client's first point of call for general requests and/or updates.
Prepare materials for monthly client updates to support overall program development/growth.Financial Reporting & Analysis: Ensure that licensees report their royalties on a timely basis.
Work closely with the finance team to keep on top of slow reporting/paying licensees.
Prepare quarterly finance reports and maintain client/licensee records to monitor performance success/failures.Legal Administration: Manage contract generation with the legal team for new license agreements.
Work with the legal team to input deal terms through CRM platforms for the negotiated commercial terms that need to be drafted into the contract.
Review contracts drafted by the legal team to ensure that all commercial terms have been accurately written before distributing contracts for signature.
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