Licensing & Partnerships Account Manager

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Date: Jan 13, 2025

Location: Kettering, OH, US, 45429

Company: accobrands

 

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Job Summary

The U.S. seasonal business (School, Planning & Org, Adult Notetaking) has added a newly created Licensing & Partnership Account Manager position to lead strategic licensing and partnerships in service of the brand and business strategies. These responsibilities include managing licensor and brand partner relationships, identification and management of new business opportunities and licensing controls to help bring products to market.

 

Responsibilities

  • Manage legacy Seasonal licensing partners: 8 Active representing >$15M in annual revenue
  • Account management for Third Party Licensors (inbound and outbound) and brand partnerships including managing day to day relationships, leading and facilitating contract management including executions, renewals, amendments, and NDA's as well as onboarding, active life cycle and end of life contract requirements. Align licensor initiatives with US Seasonal business and brand priorities. Oversee forecasting exercises and review royalty reports
  • Assist with First party Licensor management as needed including IP collaborations
  • Bring strategic new business opportunities to US Seasonal business leadership and manage the overall IP portfolio
  • Conduct business reviews with Third party licensors
  • Partners with Sr Brand Manager to support and influence VP of Marketing and Directors of Product in creation and delivery of annual brand and business strategy
  • Responsible and accountable for delivery of relevant KPIs in support of business objectives and strategy

Qualifications

  • College degree in business, marketing, communications, or related field 
  • 5+ years of experience in required Brand Licensing or licensing-adjacent roles 
  • Partner Management experience required  
  • Understanding of regional and global product licensing a must 
  • Experience with consumer products and marketing/retail strategies a plus
  • Strategically agile
  • Critical thinker
  • Organizationally savvy, strong communicator (informal and formal, written and spoken), collaborator and networker
  • A bias for action and proven track record for making things happen
  • Managerial courage
  • Poised, confident and a calming influence
  • Brand acumen required; preference for strong business acumen as well
  • Analytical
  • Project management
  • A passion for staying socially and culturally connected
  • Local Candidates only:  Must have the ability to work on a Hybrid basis (T/W) in Kettering, Ohio office 

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About Us:

You know our brands. You love our brands. You just may not know they are ours.

If you have touched a PowerA® gaming controller, a Five Star® notebook, a Swingline® stapler, a Quartet® dry erase board, or a Kensington® computer mouse, you have touched part of ACCO Brands Corporation. With annual revenues of over $2 Billion, ACCO Brands (NYSE: ACCO) designs, markets, manufactures and sells branded academic, consumer and business products globally. The power of our brands, our unmatched global customer reach, and our strategic market strengths put us in a position to achieve global leadership and growth. We're proud of our long history of industry leadership and innovation and are focused on delivering exceptional value to our customers by providing unique, cutting-edge, branded products.

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More information about ACCO Brands, the Home of Great Brands Built by Great People, can be found at www.accobrands.com.

 

Equal Opportunity Employer

At ACCO Brands, we are committed to providing an environment of fairness and mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and team members without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, physical and mental disability, veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. ACCO Brands believes that a diverse and inclusive work environment is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.

 

AODA

Accommodation for applicants with disabilities will be provided in all parts of the recruiting process as required under the ACCO Brands Canada AODA policy.  Applicants are asked to make their needs known in advance.


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