Licensing Associate

Tapestry•New York, NY

About The Position

The Kate Spade New York Licensing & Collaborations Associate supports licensees and collaboration partners with calendars, product development, marketing approvals, meeting coordination, and sample management. The role requires excellent organizational skills, close attention to detail, and the ability to balance multiple tasks. Initiative, follow-through, and problem-solving skills are essential. The associate tracks and documents collaboration product approvals; maintains product development and market calendars; researches potential collaboration partners; and coordinates seasonal development reviews from initial concepts through final approvals. This includes scheduling meetings, preparing agendas and materials, managing attendee lists, recording notes, and distributing recaps. The role also handles ongoing sample requests from cross-functional teams and organizes the sample closet. Marketing and administrative duties include maintaining brand toolkits and advertising guidelines, coordinating advertising samples for seasonal photo shoots and other projects, assisting with merchandise and SKU plans, line sheets, and hindsight documents, and maintaining internal collaboration directories.

Requirements

Excellent organizational skills and extreme attention to detail.
Ability to balance multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
Initiative, follow-through, and problem-solving skills.
Passionate, collaborative, and team-oriented, with a strong sense of urgency and initiative.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Market awareness.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
Bachelor’s degree.
1–2+ years of experience in brand management, project management, collaborations, licensing, marketing, merchandising, or product development.

Responsibilities

Track and document all product approvals for collaborations.
Update and maintain product development and market calendars for collaborations.
Research potential collaboration partners.
Schedule and attend seasonal development reviews from initial concepts through final approvals, following development calendars.
Schedule meetings, prepare agendas and printed materials, manage attendee lists, take notes, and send post-meeting recaps.
Manage ongoing sample requests from cross-functional teams and organize the sample closet.
Maintain brand toolkits and advertising guideline standards.
Coordinate advertising samples for seasonal photo shoots, special projects, and presentations.
Assist with preparation of merchandise and SKU plans, line sheets, and hindsight documents.
Maintain internal collaboration directories.