Plan and manage original animation and localisation projects, direct creative quality, and coordinate teams, budgets and delivery with domestic and overseas partners.
About this role
Sanrio is hiring a designer for character-licensing work involving its own and other companies’ intellectual property. The role safeguards character identity while supporting commercially effective products and visual design.
Responsibilities include checking licensees’ design proposals and related products against character worlds, regulations and brand standards. The designer also creates visual and merchandise designs in response to partner requests, coordinating with sales, clients and other stakeholders.
Applicants need designer experience in a licensing business, on either the licensor or licensee side, and experience supervising character merchandise. A portfolio demonstrating production and supervision work is required; design instructions and sketches are additionally welcomed. Outsourcing direction, designer management and character illustration are preferred. The position is based at the Osaki headquarters, with a telework scheme listed among benefits.
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