Licensing Manager

What You’ll Do

The Brand Manager, Japan will collaborate with a world-class team and network of industry partners to develop and implement a strategy to grow our lifestyle and entertainment revenues, as well as generate awareness, relevancy and growth for Authentic in Japan. If you are a creative, strategic, seasoned Business Manager with licensing business development and marketing experience, we’d like to meet you!

What you’ll be working on

• Manages developing and implementing business processes that align with the business strategies, planning, and vision.
• Develop and implement new tracking and reporting systems to streamline processes.
• Assist in tracking new licensing agreements and financials related to Japan licenses.
• Serves as the lead for special projects as assigned. Establishes and maintains internal policies and procedures for administrative activities. Implements work plans and initiatives.
• Supports the creation and management of budget projections, analyzing revenue, and coordination of all fiscal reporting activities.
• Collaborates with internal and external partners to identify business operational opportunities and develop and implement solutions.
• Work closely with Finance, Legal, Marketing, PR, and other teams on cross-functional initiatives to drive Japan strategy and operations.
• Gather and analyze information from cross-functional teams to identify Japan specific opportunities
• Participate in business strategy discussions with cross-functional leadership in setting Japan specific plans.
• Research and analyze business data for accuracy, trends, and variances to maximize business potential.
• Engage, inspire and galvanize the organization through operational and strategic projects that help drive business for the Japan based team.
• Assist in overseeing the direction, implementation, execution and continuous improvement of the licensing processes.
• Localize materials – using local market knowledge and experience, translate corporate communications, brand PR and other materials either from Japanese to English, or from English to Japanese as the use case may require
• Collect new sources for, and create and release Authentic Brands Group Japan Newsletter to partners and subscribers
• Plan and manage internal (Authentic internal visitor) itineraries; external B2B events such as Key Partner Meetings and conventions.

Must Haves: 

• A proactive storyteller with a global mindset
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work with brand and business teams to develop and execute against measurable goals
• Strong lifestyle and entertainment / media relationships across the industries Authentic works with
• Thorough knowledge of the Japan business and licensing landscape
• Experience managing external partners, including licensees and agencies
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in licensing business development & marketing
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• Must be flexible to the needs of a global business and be available outside of regular working hours