Location: Manchester

Type: Permanent

Industry: Childrenswear

Job Ref: TGN4330

The Company:
An established clothing retailer are seeking a Licensing & Marketing Executive to join a Childrenswear supplier. The company supply clothing to the high street including Matalan, River Island, Next, Tesco, & ASDA. You will be supporting all departments in the procurement and management of licenses & marketing. The working hours are Monday to Thursday 7.30am-4.15pm with a 1pm finish on a Friday. The ideal candidate will have 2 years’ experience in a similar administration or marketing role.

Benefits:

• 35 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)
• 1pm finish on a Friday
• Good Progression opportunities
• Annual reviews
• Stakeholder Pension
• Onsite parking & close to a tram stop

The Role:

• Build and maintain relationships with all the key licensors
• Attend Licensing events and licensor meetings, share updates from these to sales and design
• Check and submit licensor concepts and update the concept spreadsheet
• Maintain licence /royalty rate spreadsheet
• Maintain license portfolio sheets
• Design & develop labelling and packaging
• Manage the packaging updates and folders
• Download licensing brand updates and share with relevant colleagues
• Support in licensing presentations to the wider business
• File and update contracts and amendments
• Complete retail listings for licensors when requested
• Complete forecasting requests for licensors with support of Licensing Manager
• Order/monitor stationary in the office
• Social Media management of the website
• Plan and manage marketing budgets with the wider team
• Working hand in hand with licensors to plan and execute marketing campaigns
• Retail marketing, working with retailer & licensor to plan and support the marketing campaigns
• Design and submit print and digital B2B adverts for licensing press and industry events
• Brief marketing assets in to design team for completion via workload
• Other duties as required.

Skills Required:

• Have 2 years’ experience in a similar administration or marketing role.
• Have a relevant degree – ideally Textiles, Fashion, Design, Merchandising or similar.
• Experience of Adobe Illustrator.
• Excellent IT skills, particularly Microsoft Word, Excel & PowerPoint.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent planning/Organising skills.
• Can work on own initiative.
• Can build relationships easily.
• Meticulous/pays attention to detail.