Brand Governance Specialist, LEGO® Licensing & Extended Line

Job Description
Are you passionate about maintaining the integrity of a trusted brand? Do you have the attention to detail it takes to ensure every product reflects the highest quality?

Join our team as a Brand Governance Specialist, where you will safeguard the LEGO® brand through product approvals and partner collaboration, ensuring every licensed product meets our uncompromising standards!

Core Responsibilities
As part of the Brand Governance team you will in this role be the gatekeeper for product development and approvals within Outbound Licensing. This includes:

• Overseeing part of the Licensing product portfolio throughout the product development cycle, ensuring high brand and quality standards from design to final production in collaboration with your team colleagues.
• Managing relationships with external partners to ensure alignment with LEGO standards.
• Providing brand and IP guidance as well as updates or changes on a regular basis (including connecting with internal partners such as design, brand, legal, compliance and sustainability)
• Approving physical and digital samples to make sure the brand IP is driven to quality standards.
• Providing support to the other Brand Governance Specialists.
• Handle ad hoc tasks related to sample logistics and coordination.

Play your part in our team succeeding
You will join the Licensing & Extended Line (LEL) business which develops and crafts LEGO® accessories (backpacks, mugs, key hangers, t-shirts, etc.) as an add on to our lines of bricks.

LEL drives an outstanding opportunity of extending our play themes and play culture to its audiences, so they can live their love for the brand outside of brick playtime. Learning through play is at the core of everything we do, and we strive to bring that through as many touchpoints to everyone.

Please note: This is a permanent position based in Billund, Denmark. Our flexible working model allows employees to work 2 days/week from home (3 days in the office). Relocation support is not offered for this role.

Do you have what it takes?

• Strong understanding of product development and licensing approvals (apparel, soft goods, hard goods, plastics, accessories) with a keen interest in learning what best serves the LEGO brand during sample approvals.
• A meticulous self-starter who can work both independently and collaboratively within a team.
• Ability to handle a high volume of approvals in our online system, stay organized, and lead product approvals for assigned partners, providing timely and constructive feedback.
• Strong collaboration skills with internal teams (Design, Business) and external licensees.
• Proficient in project management and English.

What will make you stand out:

• Experience in kids' apparel and product approvals, ideally with 3-5 years in the kids' apparel industry and/or licensing experience.
• Passion for hands-on product experience with a proven track record in a similar role or children’s retail buying department.

Build your career brick by brick at the LEGO Group.
‘Only the best is good enough’ is the essence behind this role. Be the guardian angel that helps secure that the LEGO brand continues to be a trusted brand!”

Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

What’s in it for you?

Here is what you can expect:

Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

Wellbeing - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.

Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.

Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.

Workplace - When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.

Research shows that women and people from different underrepresented backgrounds often only apply for a job if they meet 100% of the listed qualifications. If you dream of being a part of our team and you meet many, but not all of our listed qualifications for this role, please apply.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

Just imagine building your dream career.

Then make it real.

Join the LEGO® team today.

• Location
  Billund, Denmark
• Job ID:
  0000018948
• Category
  Sales, Marketing & Product Management