Project Manager Location Based Entertainments (LBE) 12 month FTC

• Lead the creative development process for LBE projects working closely with internal teams and external partners to meet business objectives.
• Develop and manage project plans with internal teams third-party vendors and licensees setting clear goals deliverables budgets timelines and responsibilities.
• Manage licensing partnerships ensuring compliance with brand standards approval processes project schedules and key deliverables.
• Identify assess and mitigate project risks to ensure projects stay on brand on time and on budget.
• Maintain strong working relationships and facilitate clear communication with licensors licensees design partners vendors consultants and internal stakeholders across multiple territories and time zones.
• Provide relevant feedback reviews and approvals for creative submissions across entertainment marketing merchandising retail operational and guest experience workstreams.
• Assist in vendor prequalification selection and evaluation making recommendations as needed.
• Track progress and provide regular updates on project activities including managing design reviews with various vendors and coordinating stakeholder feedback and approvals.
• Oversee the development of project processes including responsibility assignment matrices (RACI) timelines budgets approvals and other key documentation.
• Support project delivery and launch readiness coordination across creative operational and partner workstreams where required.
• Review and track IP approval processes to ensure compliance with all creative and licensing guidelines.
• Conduct post-project assessments to evaluate creative process and goal achievement.
• Assist in preparing presentations project summaries meeting materials and internal reporting documentation.
• Work collaboratively with regional licensing teams to align project activity with broader commercial objectives.

Qualifications :

• Bachelors degree and significant experience managing Location-Based Entertainment themed entertainment attractions exhibitions immersive experiences hospitality or other experiential projects.
• Qualification in project management or equivalent professional experience in project management themed entertainment experiential architecture design production or related fields.
• Proven expertise in coordinating projects through development approvals delivery and launch phases within partner-facing or client-facing environments.
• Experience working across licensors licensees operators vendors consultants and cross-functional internal teams.
• Strong understanding of IP brand standards approval processes and experiential project delivery.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills with the ability to coordinate effectively across internal teams licensors partners and external vendors.
• Commercially aware organized and detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple projects timelines and priorities simultaneously.
• Comfortable operating in fast-paced international and evolving project environments with a proactive and solutions-oriented approach.
• Flexibility for international travel and the ability to work across multiple time zones and non-standard business hours as required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word Excel PowerPoint) and project management tools.
• Familiarity with design review processes fit-out coordination drawing review or construction documentation is advantageous.
• Experience working with branded destinations ticketed experiences internationally licensed projects or IP-led consumer experiences is preferred.

Additional Information :

What We Offer

Working at WildBrain is more than a job its the opportunity to join forces with extraordinary insightful and imaginative people who will recognize your talents and encourage your professional growth and development in a work environment that promotes creativity and individuality. We offer competitive benefits and we invest in our people and their future.  

Our Commitment

Diversity Equity and Inclusion are in our DNA. As a global leader in kids and family entertainment we strive to reflect and honour the diversity of our audiences around the world. We believe that creating diverse and inclusive content & brands begins with fostering a culture of belonging at WildBrain. To us a culture of belonging is one where we celebrate and welcome the diversity of all employees stakeholders and external partners and strive to create an environment where every individual feels valued respected and brings their authentic self to work.  

We demonstrate our commitment to this by striving to provide a supportive work environment and a corporate culture that welcomes and encourages equal opportunities for all employees. We recognize that people bring experience and talent that goes beyond the technical skills and requirements of a job. If you possess similar experience that is close to what weve listed here we encourage you to please still consider applying. We strongly believe that diverse experience transferable skills and passion are key! WildBrain accommodates people with disabilities throughout the recruitment and selection process. Applicants are encouraged to make their needs known in advance if accommodation is required. 

About WildBrain CPLG 

WildBrain CPLG is a trusted licensing partner for leading brands worldwide offering 50 years of expertise building consumer products and location-based entertainment programmes across the entertainment sport corporate and lifestyle sectors. With over 20 offices serving the UK Europe India the Middle East China Asia Pacific and the US WildBrain CPLG combines the strength of global reach with expertise in local markets to achieve the best results for partners. Our passionate teams consistently challenge themselves to explore new and innovative ideas and opportunities in partnerships activations creative and business processes to celebrate and build brands. At WildBrain CPLG we believe that collaboration is about clarity openness and trust and we are widely known for our no-nonsense straightforward approach. WildBrain CPLG is part of WildBrain Ltd. a global leader in kids and family entertainment. Please contact us or visit the WildBrain CPLG website for more information: . 

About WildBrain

At WildBrain we build and grow beloved family brands through exceptional entertainment experiences. Home to franchises such as Strawberry Shortcake Teletubbies Yo Gabba Gabba! Inspector Gadget and Degrassi we are a global leader in franchise managementbringing stories to life through content production audience reach and consumer products. Our award-winning studio has partnered with top global platforms such as Apple TV Netflix and the BBC producing acclaimed series such as The Snoopy Show Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City Teletubbies (2015) Yo Gabba GabbaLand! and Finding Her Edge. The WildBrain Network offering more than 1000 channels across YouTube FAST and AVOD delivers premium-quality content to todays kids and families wherever theyre watchingconnecting advertisers to audiences at scale through brand-safe media solutions. WildBrain CPLG our global licensing and consumer products arm represents our own and partner brands across major territories worldwide. Headquartered in Toronto WildBrain trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: WILD). Visit us at . 

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time