Sr. Manager, Brand Partnerships & Collaborations

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Universal Products & Experiences Overview:

Universal Products & Experiences (UP&E) globally drives the expansion and elevation of NBCUniversal’s iconic collection of brands, intellectual properties, characters, and stories based on the company’s extensive portfolio of properties created by Universal Pictures, Illumination, DreamWorks Animation and NBCUniversal Television and Streaming. The division executes this through innovative physical and digital products, engaging retail and product experiences across our expansive global theme park destinations (for both owned and 3rd party IP), location-based venues, e-commerce product platforms, and retailers around the world. Along with global brand strategy and creative, UP&E’s three lines of business include Consumer Products, Games and Digital Platforms, as well as Theme Parks Products & Retail. UP&E is a division of Universal Parks & Resorts, part of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. https://www.universalproductsexperiences.com/

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Job Description

Summary:

The Sr. Manager, Brand Partnerships & Collaborations will be leading our collaboration effort focusing on North America but coordinating our global collaboration initiative, working closely with our Creative and Franchise teams. He / She should have a minimum of 8 years’ experience with Brand partnerships, strategy, and experience co-creating in the fashion business. The candidate will have established relationships with fashion brands, relationship-building skills, a successful track record developing strategy and tactics, an entrepreneurial spirit, and the breadth of skills required to help execute key initiatives & overall growth of the Fashion & Living business.

Responsibilities include:

• Responsible for brand collaborations, which includes but is not limited to working with internal teams on prospecting and pitching fashion, home, beauty, and premium food collaboration partners
• Research collaboration partners based on trends in culture, fashion, retail, emerging trends to elevate our brands
• Develop North America Fashion & Living collaboration strategy for key priority brands and liaise regularly with internal and external partners to support collaboration goals
• Responsible for every aspect of the sales cycle from initial deal identification, ongoing client communication to final deal negotiations, contract execution (management) and upsell opportunities
• Responsible for coordinating our global collaboration initiative including leading the Monthly Lifestyle Collaboration Meeting cross-functionally with Regional leads, Creative, Franchise and PR including managing the collaboration calendar
• Collaborate and work cross-functionally with Creative/PD, Franchise, Marketing and Legal, including keeping stakeholders abreast of brand collaborations and plans
• Support contract negotiation and management for Franchise Marketing and Halo collaborations
• Contribute to Fashion & Living’s quarterly forecast cycle and annual budget planning
• Stay current on competitive collaborations in th