Licensing Manager

Responsibilities

• Overall: Drive the Total War franchise brand licensing strategy to deliver the annual and long-term revenues business plan
• Business Development: Identify, pitch, and secure new licensing opportunities across multiple
• categories. Including apparel, collectibles, home goods, publishing, toys, and other relevant consumer product categories
• Account Management: Oversee the day-to-day relationships with all licensees, ensuring high product quality, brand consistency, and performance standards are met
• Negotiations: Lead business terms negotiations for new and renewed licensing deals, working closely with Legal, Accounting and Finance stakeholders
• Reporting & Forecasting: Manage timeliness and accuracy of licensee forecasts. Provide quarterly status updates for internal stakeholders as requested
• Retail: plan and execute the physical and e-commerce retail strategies
• Brand Marketing collaboration: Support brand marketing & partnerships initiatives of the wider
• Creative Assembly portfolio as needed, including projects led by the Survival Team. Collaborate with IP partners such as Games Workshop on Total War: Warhammer brand & marketing initiatives
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams including Games
• Publishing, Creative, Product Development to optimize go-to-market plans, as well as maintaining regular communication with Creative Assembly Creative and Brand teams to ensure alignment on brand strategy and product approvals
• Market Analysis & Insights: Regularly monitor strategy gaming industry trends, competitor activity, and consumer insights to identify new opportunities and potential risks. Attend and represent SEGA & Creative Assembly at relevant trade & consumer events
• Key Point of Contact - Serve as a bridge between Creative Assembly Studios and SEGA Transmedia West's licensing execution team. Travel regularly to Creative Assembly studios in Horsham & host regular strategy/business update meetings with Creative Assembly studio
• Knowledge, Skill and Experience:
• Essential
• Significant experience in licensing, partnerships, or business development - ideally within entertainment, gaming, or consumer goods
• Proven track record of building licensing programs in Europe and/or globally
• Diverse network of licensees across multiple categories
• Understanding of retail distribution channels and ecommerce dynamics
• Deep understanding of contract negotiation and revenue management
• Strong negotiation skills with a thorough understanding of contract terms
• Exceptional relationship-building and assertive interpersonal skills.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and capable of managing multiple projects
• Ability to travel as needed for stakeholder/partner meetings, trade shows, and fan events
• Regular trip to Creative Assembly Studios in Horsham
• Passion for strategy games, video games, pop culture, and entertainment is highly preferred
• Desirable
• Experience of fan events/convention merchandise and ecommerce/D2C
• Significant experience playing highly immersive strategy games, within the Total War franchise a plus
• WORKING THE SEGA WAY
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Additional Information

ABOUT SEGA SEGA is one of the leading interactive entertainment companies in the world, with our European HQ based in West London and development studios spanning the UK and Bulgaria. Known for quality and creativity above all else, our studios include Sports Interactive, Two Point Studios, Hardlight and Creative Assembly. At the heart of SEGA is our publishing team based in London, where we help the studios bring their creative vision to life. Here we have a hardworking bunch of people spanning Tech, Sales, Marketing, Finance, QA and more. Together, we drive the continued success and evolution of our Western business through living our company values of being product focused, embracing true partnerships and always having fun so that we can strive to come together as One SEGA. Licensing Manager Working model : Hybrid (4 days in office per week) Location: SEGA Europe , Chiswick Business Park, London Role Summary: As part of SEGA's Transmedia West Europe Consumer Products division, the primary scope of this position is to lead the brand licensing strategy of the Creative Assembly studio triple- A video games globally. Working alongside the SEGA's Head of Brand Licensing EMEA as well as the Creative Assembly Studio Executives, this position will play a pivotal role in developing the consumer products business for the award-winning studio franchise Total War, including titles such as Total War: Warhammer 40K, Total War: Medieval III and many more. This is a newly created position.

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