Licensing Coordinator

PRIMARY DUTIES:

• Work directly with the Sales team supporting and maintain all outsourced decorating processes for domestic and international licensing initiatives.


• Identify, prioritize, and get approval for all artwork ensuring it meets ZMC’s branding standards.


• Monitor, process, and document licenses and license renewals.


• Complete business license applications and gather required supporting documents and signatures.


• Research and document required operational license for company.


• Assist in resolving licensing issues as needed.


• Track and analyze all royalty reports efficiently.


• Perform required market research.


• Work with IMC, Digital Marketing, Brand and Sales to ensure projects are executed on time by coordinating efforts between the appropriate departments. Keep workback schedules to communicate timelines.


• Trend research for licensing that fits the brand based on requests from various departments on an as needed basis. Assist with developing prospecting for new Licenses globally.


• Monitor activity, implement appropriate design changes and deletions for the Asset Resource Center.


• Assist Licensing, IMC, Creative Services, Sales, and other departments with development of programs for the mobile design centers.  Ensure clear communication and charting to manage timing expectations.


• Lead in the communication of international websites to ensure customers clearly understand all changes necessary to ensure timely launch. Work with IMC and related departments to launch successfully.


• Coordinate Licensing information to share in internal news broadcasts for the departments, which may include drafting a copy for the newsletters.


• Prepare power point presentations for licensing meetings, as necessary.


• Attend and participate in departmental meetings.


• Perform random duties and functions to help the licensing team as directed, including preparing sales reports, brainstorming Marketing trends and ideas, tracking programs, and gathering sales forecasts to name a few.


• Coordinate customer visits for the department, which can include providing PowerPoints, sales reports and scheduling calendars and conference rooms. Evaluate Customer visitation sheet and communicate with department.


• Coordinate trade shows and set up.


• Reach out to Licensors for updates on Marketing and Brand campaigns and share with related departments.


• Set up Licensing calendars and project sheets that need to be monitored and tracked regularly. Communicate with the departments on status regularly.

EDUCATION AND ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY QUALIFICATIONS:

• Associates Degree in relevant field


• Two years of relevant experience in a project coordinator, account management, marketing, or brand licensing support role preferred, or equivalent experience and training


• Demonstrated Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite 


• Knowledge of AX operating system preferred

***Smoking is permitted in most areas of Zippo workplace facilities, other than certain designated non-smoking areas***