Head of Licensing
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Job Description
Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. Its a big mission and thats where you come in!
At Duolingo youll join a team that cares about educating our users experimenting with big ideas making factbased decisions and finding innovative solutions to complex problems. Youll have limitless learning opportunities and daily collaborations with worldclass minds while doing work thats both meaningful and fun.
Join our lifechanging mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing! learners around the world.
About the role
Join us to build Duolingos licensing business.
Duolingos brand and IP are some of our most valuable assets. Duo our green owl mascot has helped us become a globally recognized brand and weve built on Duos success to create a cast of characters using distinctive animations and sounds.
The growing popularity of our brand and IP helps motivate our learners to use Duolingo every day.
Not only does each element of our IP help make our brand more iconic but it also plays a distinct role in motivating our users to learn and have fun. We have bigger ambitions to make our IP as universally recognized and beloved as the worlds most popular brands and characters.
Thats where you come in! As our Head of Licensing (and first licensing hire) you will develop Duolingos licensing strategy and lead our licensing initiatives. Youll drive the strategic use and commercialization of Duolingos IP and implement our first agreements with direct partners licensing agents and brand collaborators. Reporting into our Head of Business Development youll collaborate closely with our Design Marketing and Legal teams to ensure our licensing partners are delivering amazing highquality consumer products and experiences that delight our fans elevate our brands and inspire our colleagues.
You will...
- Define and develop Duolingos IP licensing strategy aligning with our mission brand values and business objectives
- Be the daytoday central point for all things licensing coordinating and collaborating with Design Marketing Legal and Business to implement licensing strategies that adhere to our design and brand guidelines protect our IP and drive business metrics
- Identify build negotiate and maintain a pipeline of new and existing licensing opportunities globally and across categories/verticals to expand Duolingos brand presence and revenue streams
- Develop and drive brand partnerships that grow Duolingos brand awareness
- Monitor analyze and share partnership performance with licensees and internal stakeholders working with Finance to forecast royalties ensure proper accounting and generate reports on the state of our licensing business
- Monitor market trends and perform competitive analyses to inform strategic decisions and identify emerging opportunities
- Create the presentations and documents necessary to pitch Duolingos value proposition and deliver business updates to licensees and internal stakeholders
- Plan and execute Duolingos presence at relevant trade shows partner summits and other industry events
You have...
- 15 years of experience in brand licensing preferably with characterdriven IP
- Broad network of licensing contacts
- Strong understanding of intellectual property rights and licensing standards
- Excellent strategic and critical thinking negotiation and relationship management skills
- Ability to work collaboratively across teams and with external partners
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills
- Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously in a fastpaced environment
- Entrepreneurial attitude that favors starting things from scratch reducing complexity and quickly testing and reiterating on ideas and processes
Exceptional candidates will have...
- Experience with digital apps
- Experience in business development particularly focused on brand partnerships
- MBA from reputable university
- Excitement for our mission to make highquality language learning accessible to everyone
We post a multilevel salary range for all of our roles.
This is not inclusive of the rest of our awesome portfolio that includes equity compensation and worldclass benefits. Our salary ranges are the same for all US locations. Your recruiter can share more details about the range for a specific level during the hiring process. The actual salary within the range is determined by many factors including but not limited to skills experience education and internal equity.
Take a peek at how we care for our employees holistic wellbeing with our benefitshere.
We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation please contact.
Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race religion color national origin gender (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender identity gender expression age status as a protected veteran status as an individual with a disability or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
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Director
Employment Type
Full Time
