VP, Global Fashion and Cultural Partnerships

Paramount•Los Angeles, CA

1d•$176,800 - $265,200

About The Position

Paramount is creating a senior role to build and lead its global fashion and cultural partnerships capability. Reporting to the Head of Creative, the VP will be a strategic creative partner to Commercial, Franchise, Studio, and other key teams. The role uses fashion, design, and cultural partnerships to elevate Paramount’s global consumer products, experiences, and brand value, with opportunities across fashion, design, food, hospitality, music, and experiential projects. This is a relationship-driven, culturally fluent, editorially minded executive role at the intersection of fashion and entertainment. It focuses on selective, strategic, fashion-forward, and culturally meaningful partnerships that enhance Paramount’s creative reputation and generate earned reach and strategic business value. Softlines licensing, retailer and category management, style guide production, and high-volume licensee administration are outside the role’s scope. Partnerships should demonstrate taste, cultural credibility, creative integrity, strategic intent, and meaningful impact.

Requirements

At least 10 years of experience collaborating with high-end brands.
Deep credibility and relationships across fashion, luxury, design, culture, and/or entertainment.
Proven track record creating high-profile brand partnerships that drive cultural relevance and earned media.
Strong creative instincts combined with commercial sophistication.
Exceptional relationship-building and negotiation skills, with the ability to work comfortably with designers, founders, creatives, studio executives, and business leaders.
Deep understanding of global cultural trends and the evolving intersection of fashion, entertainment, and consumer culture.
Ability to balance ambition and taste with business objectives, operational realities, and brand protection.

Responsibilities

Develop and lead a high-profile cultural partnership strategy across Paramount’s iconic catalog and current and upcoming slate.
Create selective, high-taste partnerships that generate earned media, cultural relevance, and long-term brand value.
Identify and cultivate relationships with leading fashion designers, brands, cultural institutions, culinary partners, and experiential collaborators.
Establish the creative framework and standards that ensure partnerships are coherent, intentional, and distinctly Paramount.
Embed fashion and cultural partnership thinking early in the development and marketing process.
Develop title-specific partnership strategies with Commercial, Franchise Marketing, Studio, and other stakeholders.
Build and manage a global pipeline of culturally relevant partners across fashion, design, food, hospitality, music, and experiences.
Lead creative outreach, partnership development, creative direction, and launch execution.
Ensure partnerships protect and enhance the creative integrity and ambition of Paramount’s intellectual property.
Serve as the senior creative advisor on cultural positioning and partnership strategy.
Partner with Commercial, Franchise Marketing, Studio, Business Affairs, and IP owners to advance opportunities.
Represent Paramount with senior leaders across fashion, design, luxury, entertainment, and culture.
Bring a sophisticated perspective on emerging cultural trends, changing luxury dynamics, and contemporary influence and credibility.