Licensing Associate Jobs

Licensing Associate

Who we are:

Since 1975, TUMI has been creating world-class business, travel and performance luxury essentials, designed to upgrade, uncomplicate, and beautify all aspects of life on the move. Blending flawless functionality with a spirit of ingenuity, we’re committed to empowering journeys as a lifelong partner to movers and makers in pursuit of their passions. The brand is sold globally in over 75 countries with approximately 2,000 points of sale.

Your role at Tumi:

The Licensing Associate position will focus primarily on TUMI’s outbound licensing portfolio, coupled with targeted integration on select inbound collaboration and partnership development strategies. This role has multiple touchpoints within and outside TUMI. Internally, this role will work closely with all divisions, including design, merchandising, product management, and marketing. Outside of TUMI, this position is a supporting point of contact for our licensed categories and is responsible for helping to ensure compliance with TUMI’s brand standards and license agreements.

The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in product development, marketing, branding and administration to:

Product Development

• Maintain ongoing sample requests from cross functional teams; organize and manage sample closets.
• Conduct research on potential licensing, collaboration, and partnership partners and trends.
• Help facilitate communication between internal and external design leads, following up on individual category design requests.
• Distribute seasonal trend information prepared by in-house design teams.
• Schedule and attend all seasonal development reviews from initial concepts to final approvals for each category based on development calendars. Schedule meetings, prepare agendas, printed materials, and manage attendee lists.
• Ensure all product approvals are tracked and documented.
• Update and uphold product development and market calendars.

Marketing and Branding:

• Maintain brand tool kits and creative guideline standards by category.
• Coordinate creative sample loans for seasonal photo shoots, special projects, PDP images, and presentation needs.
• Manage projects in Workfront, provide support to Licensees on Workfront submissions, ensuring they adhere to Creative feedback timelines.
• Initiate and manage all incoming marketing and creative project requests with internal marketing and creative teams, following the projects through to final approval. This includes marketing/PR needs, packaging, showroom supports, POS and In-Store Visuals.

Brand Management/ Administration

• Ensure clear, timely, and consistent communication between partners and TUMI cross functional teams.
• Maintain licensee and internal directories, door distribution, seasonal line sheet, sku setups, and brand standard documents.
• Assist with planning and support of Licensee Business Reviews.
• Assist in the preparation of business reviews, presentations, market recaps, weekly selling information.
• Organize files on digital service and maintain department organization
• Support day- to- day communications with licensees.
• Develop working relationship with Merchandising/ DTC teams.

Ship and messenger materials to partners and maintain contact lists.

We're excited if you have:

• Passionate, collaborative, and a team player, with strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint)
• Creative, with an eye for trend, innovation, and market analysis.
• 3+ Years of licensing industry experience
• Excellent organizational skills, with an ability to multitask and desired interest to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Bachelor’s Degree

Why you'll love working here:

At TUMI, you’ll find a dynamic working environment, joining a community where each team member is empowered with an entrepreneurial spirit. Associates are respected as a vital part of the organization and recognized for their contributions. We believe in a workplace that gives every individual the opportunity to make an impact, and our ongoing commitment is to provide all the tools you need to succeed— guidance towards individual career growth, professional training and development initiatives, and a motivating, exciting environment— along with competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits programs.

What we value:

• INNOVATIVE BY NATURE. SUSTAINABLE BY CHOICE. TUMI protects the things that matter most, the things you own and the planet you travel to see. Our planet is an astonishing place and we believe it’s our responsibility to preserve it for travelers of the future. By putting excellence and quality first, we ensure that every TUMI product has lifelong purpose, supported by our rigorous testing standards, exploration of recycled materials, and global repair network.
• PARTNERS WE BELIEVE IN. Staying true to our values by helping take care of the most vulnerable among us aligns with our mission and is a core element of what we do. We focus on three main areas: promoting wellbeing; empowering vulnerable communities; and protecting the earth’s beautiful places. Each year we extend our philanthropic efforts to partners that help better the world. From supporting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital fight to cure childhood cancer to Waves for Water who provides clean water to communities in need, we proudly stand by the profound changes they enact.
• DIVERSITY & INCLUSION. As an organization, we are committed to a diverse and vibrant culture, welcoming people from all walks of life. Our long-standing commitment to diversity and inclusion empowers each of us to bring our authentic selves and unique differences to work every day.

Tumi is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to promoting and maintaining a work environment in which all applicants, associates, customers, and other individuals are treated with dignity and respect free from unlawful harassment, discrimination, or retaliation.

Minimum Pay Rate:

$38.46 per hour

Maximum Pay Rate:

$40.86 per hour