Senior Manager of Design & Product Development, Moonbug Entertainment
Entertainment company for kids
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Entertainment company for kids
501-1000 employees
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501-1000 employees
Company mission
To create shows that kids & parents love.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of experience in design, product development, licensing, and manufacturing within the children’s entertainment industry
- Strong design skills, including illustration and graphic design
- Deep understanding of the children’s licensed business model, global product development, and retail
- Strategic thinker and self-starter, able to work independently and collaboratively across multiple franchises and projects
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to make data-driven decisions
- Comfortable delivering high-quality creative work in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities and multiple projects simultaneously
- Demonstrated communication and presentation skills, able to clearly articulate creative vision and influence stakeholders at all levels
- Champion of innovation, elevating the visual identity of Moonbug’s brands through compelling, storytelling-driven creative work
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally as needed
- BA, BFA degree in Design, Illustration or related industry experience
- Strong proficiency in Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) and Microsoft Office (Word, Powerpoint, Excel)
- Portfolio demonstrating strong Graphic and product design skills; displaying strategic storytelling, fashion and graphic trend fluency across multiple IP’s
- Proven experience developing and executing successful softlines product lines across multiple brands
- Knowledge of industry-standard workflows and best practices for style guide and product development, licensing, and manufacturing
- Strong network of contacts in the children's entertainment industry
- Understanding of digital media distribution and licensing models
What the job involves
- The Sr Manager, Design & Product Development at Moonbug Entertainment will be responsible for leading the development and execution of Consumer Products global style guides and softlines products across our portfolio of kids' brands
- The ideal candidate will have experience in style guide development, product development, licensing, and manufacturing, as well as a deep understanding of the children's entertainment industry
- They will work closely with cross-functional teams, including creative, marketing, and operations, to develop and execute product strategies that align with overall business objectives
- Lead the creative strategy and full lifecycle development of global seasonal style guides, ensuring alignment with brand positioning, storytelling, and trend-forward creative
- Translate franchise storytelling and trend insights into bespoke illustration and graphic artwork that inspires licensees and drives commercial success
- Develop and execute softlines product strategies across Moonbug’s portfolio of preschool and kids’ brands
- Manage relationships with external partners, including licensees and agents, ensuring quality, innovation, and adherence to production timelines
- Collaborate cross-functionally with creative, marketing, franchise, commercial, and retail teams to leverage trends, insights, competitor products, and customer feedback for consistent, strategic product development
- Present and pitch creative and product concepts internally and externally with clarity and confidence
- Manage multiple projects under tight timelines while maintaining high-quality creative output
- Represent Moonbug at industry events and conferences as needed
Our take
Moonbug Entertainment is a global entertainment company producing fun, engaging and safe content for kids. With bases in London and Los Angeles, Moonbug’s video and audio content is produced with the goal of teaching compassion, empathy and resilience to its young audience.
The company owns properties including Blippi, Little Baby Bum and CoComelon, content that is distributed around the world on platforms including YouTube and Netflix, with the latter’s first series generating over 30B minutes of viewing. Its market presence is strong, with accompanying merchandise sold via Walmart and Amazon, and adjacent offerings such as its CoComelon video game.
Following the acquisition of Singapore-based One Animation, Moonbug has worked to increase its footprint in Asia, as well as making plans to take on South America and the Middle East. A 2023 rebrand has helped to raise the profile and recognisability of the brand as it continues both growth and diversification - for instance by partnering with Audible on a series of family-friendly podcasts.
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Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Jul 2020
$120m
SERIES B
Dec 2018
$145m
SERIES A
Total funding: $265m
Company HQ
Camden Town, London, UK
Leadership
John Robson
(Co-Founder & COO)Previously served as Executive Vice President of Base79, an Advisor for MTV Networks and Signet, Vice President & General Manager of Global Content for HTC, Senior Vice President & General Manager of Digital Distribution for Paramount Pictures, and served in various Marketing roles for Sainsbury's.
Rene Rechtman
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously co-founded NN and CSSE, acting here as Management Consultant. Served as Head of Non-Linear Media for The Walt Disney Company International, President Inter for Maker Studios, CEO for goviral, Vice President and Managing Director for TradeDoubler, Business Development Director for Incentive, and as Account Director for KS Consult.
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