Licensing Coordinator
About Ruggable:
Ruggable is a Los Angeles-based, venture-backed, rapidly growing e-commerce startup that is disrupting the $7B rug industry and revolutionizing the market for residential rugs. Our patented 2-Piece Rug System allows you to remove the top layer of your rug and wash it in your home washing machine, offering an affordable, stylish and convenient solution for young families, pet owners, and busy individuals. We're a small, entrepreneurial team with big ambitions. We have a strong brand, established traction, and amazing advisors fueling our steady growth. This is an opportunity to get in at the ground floor and solve for complex challenges, while charting your own career.
The Licensing Design Team:
The Ruggable Licensing Design Team focuses on delivering beautiful rug designs that elevate the home interior in conjunction with our licensing partner brands (including Disney and Lucasfilm). Through research, understanding consumer trends, and the online and retail landscape, we learn fast to adapt to the latest trends and keep our licensed designs unique, relevant and aspirational. We are a team that believes in the power of collaborative design and we work closely with our licensing partner companies.
Job Summary:
Ruggable is seeking a self-motivated individual to join its Licensing Team this year. This role needs a highly detail-oriented individual who is excellent at time management, a team player, and has a passion for organization. The ideal candidate will be skilled at Google Docs, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop.
What You'll Do:
- Management of licensing product approvals and approval logs between licensors
- Calendar development and adherence for licensing projects
- Sample gatekeeper including inventory, packing/unpacking, and organization of all sample submissions for potential licensing products
- Coordinate licensing hoto and influencer samples
- Ensure clear and consistent communication between the licensing team and other internal teams such as design, marketing, and product development
- Assistance preparing presentations and special events as needed for licensing team
- Provides timely follow up on licensing assets, materials, and presentations as needed
What You'll Need to Have:
Required:
- Excellent organizational skills
- Experience or clear interest in industry merchandising and licensing
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Strong computer skills (Google Docs, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Keynote)
- Ability to quickly pick up new software applications (i.e., those related to day-to-day licensing management for product approvals, contract management, etc.)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including presentations
- Strong capability of time management and prioritization
- Thoughtful and self-reflective, willing to learn
- Team-player, collaborative, hard-working, organized, and goal-oriented
Preferred:
- Familiarity with online licensing approval process systems is a plus
At Ruggable, we offer competitive compensation and benefits packages. Ruggable is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We proudly recruit and hire a diverse workforce and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
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