Penguin Ventures, the licensing and consumer products division of Penguin Random House Children’s UK, is looking for a Licensing Executive, within the Hardlines category, to join their growing team. The Hardlines categories include toys and games, gifting and collectables, stationary and paper goods and food and beverage.
About Penguin Ventures
We’re off the page and on an adventure!
We take our iconic literary brands and characters off the page, and bring them to life via our licensing and consumer products programme, with brands including Peter Rabbit, The World of Eric Carle, The Snowman, Spot and Flower Fairies. We connect with our audience and fans at every touch point – whether that’s on physical products, through partnerships at retail, within promotions, across digital, or through live experiences such as stage shows or garden trails – managed in-house through our expert team.
The Role
Reporting to the Senior Manager, Hardlines and joining a growing team, this role is responsible for an array of licensing sales support, including:
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To provide overall sales support to the Senior Manager, Hardlines in order to deliver towards the overall annual hardline budget.
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To manage certain secondary hardline licensees.
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To provide support and drive new business ideation, lead generation and approaches in order to close new hardline deals.
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Administrative and organisational support for the Senior Manager, Hardlines
What You’ll Bring
You will bring some licensing experience and an overall understanding of the licensing business industry, although you’ll be keen to learn more! You don’t need to have worked in publishing before, or with children’s brands. You’ll also have:
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Excellent administrative and organisational skills with the ability to prioritise your workload.
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Strong written and verbal communication skills.
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Proactive and solutions focused with high attention to detail and an understanding of business and licensing processes.
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Excellent PowerPoint skills to ensure presentations are clear, well designed and communicate the key information for licensees and partners.
What you’ll get in return is a collaborative and creative team that will champion your ideas and give you the opportunity to work with some of the best-known brands in the world. This is an excellent opportunity to further develop your career in licensing.
Application Instructions:
Please apply with your CV and cover letter by midnight on Tuesday 12th March.
As part of your cover letter, please answer the following: Peter Rabbit is our hero brand. Which product/range do you think we should be doing and why? Please answer in no more than 300 words.
About Penguin:
We’re the UK’s largest publisher; made up of some 2,000 people and publishing over 1,500 books each year. Our doors are open to all kinds of talent. In a constantly evolving industry, we work hard to stretch the definition of the word publisher. Here, you’ll work with a breadth of talent who all play their part to make each of our books a success. Together, we make books for everyone because a book can change anyone.
Salary: Circa £30,000 dependent on how your skills and experience align with the role, plus bonus and benefits.
Competitive benefits package: Our people are the heart of our business, and we work hard to support a culture of responsibility and recognition.
Our benefits include:
Financial – discounted shopping, season ticket loan, rental deposit loan
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Wellbeing - healthcare cash plan, employee assistance, gym loan
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Lifestyle – taste card, tech scheme, free and discounted books
For our full benefits list please visit: https://www.penguinrandomhousecareers.co.uk/what-we-offer/
Hybrid working: We’re experimenting with a hybrid way of working that suits the needs of each team. While our offices across the UK are places to connect, collaborate and celebrate with colleagues, we recognise that flexibility around where you work is just as important. For this role we expect that you are in our office - based in Pimlico - around 2-3 days a week.
The recruitment process: You can read about our recruitment process at https://www.penguinrandomhousecareers.co.uk/how-we-hire/
As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we're part of the offer an interview scheme. This is where disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role can opt in to get to the next recruitment stage. There may be some situations where volume of applicants means we can't take all eligible candidates to interview. We encourage you to tell us about any reasonable adjustments you may need by emailing PRHCareersUK@penguinrandomhouse.co.uk. Remember, you only need to share what you are comfortable to for us to support your request.
Please note, we are not able to accept agency CVs for this role. Any CVs sent speculatively will not be eligible for a fee.
Company: Penguin Books Limited
Country: United Kingdom
State/Region: London
City: London
Postal Code: SW11 7BW
Job ID: 267941
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