Licensing Coordinator

IN46579 -------------------------------------- ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS: ●(O) Eligible visa: Permanent residence, Spouse, Partner ● (X) NOT eligible: Student visa, requiring visa sponsorship, Working holiday WORK TYPE: Office based VISA SUPPORT: No -------------------------------------- TYPE: CDI WORKING HOURS: From Monday to Friday, 39h/week SALARY: up to €30k, depending on experience START: Start from July or August 2025 LOCATION: Paris, France Licensing Coordinator Main Responsibilities: ● Work closely with the direct supervisor to gain expertise in all aspects of publishing licensing activities, policies, objectives, and initiatives for both print and digital formats in the assigned territories ● Ensure the smooth execution of all licensing cycles in the assigned territories ● Collaborate with the supervisor, team members, and approval team to ensure that licensed content complies with internal standards and rights holders’ guidelines ● Coordinate with the supervisor and the Contract & Royalty team to analyse royalty statements, track payments, and follow up on financial transactions ● Build and maintain positive and productive relationships with rights holders, licensees, and publishing partners ● Identify the best partners and negotiate the best licensing conditions on all publishing licensing deals in the assigned territories ● Conduct market research and analysis, and monitor the effectiveness of licensing strategies ● Provide licensors with regular and timely market updates to support accurate and strategic decision-making that aligns with both rights holders’ expectations and market needs ● Encourage licensees to promote licensed titles through marketing initiatives and negotiate necessary approvals with licensors to maximize sales performance ● Prepare all necessary documentation in a timely manner to finalize licensing deals, in collaboration with the Contract & Royalty team ● Proceed with design approvals of books and/or promotional items in collaboration with approval team and licensors ● Monitor release schedules and the latest cover prices of licensed works to ensure compliance with contractual obligations ● Ensure the quality of translated books and promotional goods produced by licensees by coordinating appropriate materials arrangement and checking final products in collaboration with the Material & Reference Management team ● Organise and facilitate meetings between licensors and licensees ● Coordinate logistics and on-site support to make sure everything goes perfectly when an invitation of any licensors’ author takes place ● Assess risk of discontinuation of publication of on-going title, closure of publishing business in licensee’s company and any other crisis in the assigned territories, and find a solution in collaboration with the direct supervisor Licensing Coordinator Ideal Candidate: ● More than 2 years of professional experiences (ideally in B2B industry) ● Business level fluency in English ● Bilingual level Japanese ● PC skill (MS Office) ● Open-minded, flexible, punctual, communicative, attentive, respectful ● Comfortable in multicultural environment ● Interests in manga/publishing industry and Experiences in intercultural team **