Licensing Coordinator at Playboy

THE JOB / Licensing Coordinator

Playboy is seeking an experienced Product Development Coordinator to join our team in a full time, temporary role . We seek a Licensing Coordinator who is passionate about brands and popular culture, with interest in working across a variety of consumer product categories including apparel, accessories, home decor, and packaged goods. This role will report to and assist the Director of Product Development in the product development process from concept to final submissions across softlines/hardlines for Playboy’s licensed and collaboration merchandise program.

WHAT YOU’LL DO / Key Responsibilities

The essential job duties below are specific to this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

The responsibilities and essential functions for this role will include, but are not limited to:

• Work with new and existing licensees to track and influence all stages of PD.
• Oversee packaging (tags, labels, boxes) elements and with IP/ trademark and legal notices, working closely with in-house legal and trademark protection team.
• Work on development of brand and category creative materials.
• Assist on special projects and collaborations, as required.
• Provide marketing approval support for key marketing and creative campaigns for global licensees and collaboration partners.
• Track and facilitate CAD, samples, prototypes and other design / development processes to ensure delivery dates and merchandising goals, using department submission systems to ensure seamless process.
• Must be available to work M-F during the core business hours of 9AM-6PM PT.
• Must be able to work out current “in office” schedule, which is subject to change with business needs: in office Tuesdays-Thursdays, with an option to work from home on Mondays and Fridays.
  
  

WHAT YOU’LL BRING / Skills, Abilities & Competencies

• Understanding of market and consumer trends, categories, technologies and new product introductions.
• Strong working knowledge of materials, fabrics, construction, color, printing, embroidery techniques and other processes driving seasonal development.
• Experience utilizing brand guidelines, assets (digital, photographic), packaging guidelines and layered/3D files, among other PD tools and assets.
• Ability to provide clear and consistent direction and feedback from concept to final approval to create impactful recommendations to licensees to ensure accurate usage of IP and assets .
• Ability to work with all cross functional teams including brand, merchandising, e-commerce, licensing and legal.
• Solid understanding of brand and property positioning in the retail environment.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Excellent organization and project management skills.
• Ability to listen, read, organize thoughts, analyze, and communicate (both in verbal and written form, in English, in a concise and professional manner).
• Ability to type on a keyboard and utilize the computer work tools constantly and with proficiency (specifically the MS Office Suite and Google Suite).
• Timely communication and responsiveness to peers and management
  
  

Qualifications & Experience

• 2-3 years of relevant experience with a fashion or lifestyle brand or in a similar role.
• Strong attention to detail and follow–up skills.
• Experience using brand guidelines, digital/ photographic assets.
• Proficiency in Adobe Suite, Microsoft Suite, & Keynote
• Unrestricted access to work in the U.S.
  
  

What We Offer

• Competitive Medical/Dental/Vision insurance plans with FSA/HSA and Dependent Care FSA options
• Generous Family and Parental Leave Policy
• Pet Insurance for those who need it too!
• Dedicated Health and Wellness resources including Employee Assistance Program, Wellness Program, and Equinox membership subsidy
• Pretax Transportation/Commuter Benefits options
• Employee Resource Groups
• 401K program with Company match
• Flexible Time Away Plan
  
  

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be $68,640 - $75,000 annually; however, base pay offered and bonus may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

This position is located in Los Angeles.

THE COMPANY / What You’ll Be Part Of

Playboy is one of the most recognizable, iconic brands in the world that started as a culture-driving, boundary-pushing magazine over 70 years ago. Today, Playboy is a consumer lifestyle business with print, digital and physical products available in 180 countries across entertainment, events, fashion, lifestyle, sexual wellness, consumer products & and more. Our mission—to create a culture where all people can pursue pleasure—is built upon decades of curating groundbreaking media and hospitality experiences and fighting for cultural progress rooted in the core values of equality, freedom of expression, and the idea that pleasure is a fundamental human right. Playboy’s sister company, Honey Birdette, is a rapidly growing luxury lingerie and sexual wellness brand with retail outlets across the US, Australia, and the UK.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Please note this job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the job and the general nature, level, and expectation of the work to be performed. It is not designed to cover a complete list of qualifications, skills, efforts, duties and responsibilities or activities associated with this position, as they may change at any time, with or without notice.

Playboy is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to providing a workplace free from harassment and discrimination. We are committed to recruiting, hiring, training and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds, and make all employment decisions without regard to any protected status. The right talent for us innately embodies our values. Come as you are.

Job Conditions

Individuals applying for this position should understand that Playboy’s brands are focused on creative freedom, artistic expression, and sex positivity. As a result, the business concept is based partly on sex appeal, nudity, and/or sexual wellness products, which means that employees may be exposed to: individuals in sexy and/or sexually provocative clothing, either in person or in photographs or videos; lewd and/or obscene language; depictions of lewd, risqué, intimate or explicit acts or behaviors; conversations and discussions about sex, sexuality and the human anatomy; conversations and discussions where vulgar language may be used, and where sexual jokes and innuendo may be expressed in their presence. While individuals should not apply for this position if they find a work environment as described above to be offensive, intimidating, hostile or unwelcome, nothing herein shall prevent them from notifying the Company immediately if they are exposed to conduct of any type–and at any time–with which they feel uncomfortable.