Position Overview & Specifications

About us

As winners of the Sustainability in Licensing Award 2021, and with two nominations at this years Licensing Awards, Cooneen by Design are the leading UK supplier of licensed nightwear and apparel for kids & adults, working with some of the greatest global entertainment brands including Disney, HASBRO, Warner Brothers, SEGA, LEGO, Mattel and many more.

We are a passionate and caring team laser-focused on creating best in class product and always striving to add the extra WOW factor - and we truly love what we do!

We are currently experiencing a period of growth and opportunity and are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Licensing Executive to join our successful growing team and support the running of a bustling, professional licensing department.

The role

The Cooneen Group are recruiting for a Licensing Executive to join the Marketing Team based in our Manchester Office.

The successful candidate will play a key role within the licensing team and support the wider business to deliver and grow the portfolio of brands, supporting all departments in the procurement and management of licenses.

This role will also include elements of marketing, including social media, licensor marketing support and liaising with our DTC team driving awareness and growth of Brand Threads.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Manage and build relationships with licensors
Responsible for managing the approval process for a group of key accounts
Maintaining relevant license documents and presentations
Attend UK based Licensing events, exhibitions and meetings
Support the sales team at key retail meetings
Design & develop labelling and packaging
Present new and existing licenses to the wider business
Forecasting, retail listings and day to day information requests
Creative ownership for internal and external communications
Retail marketing; working with retailer and licensor to plan and support the activation of marketing campaigns
Design and submit print and digital B2B adverts for licensing press and industry events
Brief marketing assets in to design team

The Candidate:

Essential Criteria

2 Years experience in a similar role
Have a Degree/Higher Diploma Qualification and/or can demonstrate equivalent business experience
Proficient in the use of Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator
Strong skills and experience in both MS Excel and PowerPoint
Experience of dealing with clients/customers
Excellent communication skills
Meticulous/pays attention to detail
Excellent planning/Organising skills
Can work on own initiative and works well as part of a team
Can build relationships easily
Maintains a pro-active can do attitude and has a willingness to learn new skills

Desirable Criteria