Associate Manager, Licensing & Creative (Contract)

At Wizards of the Coast, we connect people around the world through play and imagination. From our genre-defining games like Magic: The Gathering® and Dungeons & Dragons® to our growing multiverse, we continue to innovate and build new ways to foster friendship and connection. That’s where you come in!

Are you a process-driven, detail-oriented product development professional with a passion for Magic: The Gathering? Would you be thrilled to help expand this iconic brand into new channels, formats, and audiences?

We’re looking for a confident and resourceful Associate Manager (Contract) to guide art assets, information, and partner feedback through our creative development pipeline. From concept to final approval, you’ll play a pivotal role in driving success across publishing, promotions, and consumer products.

As part of the Emerging Business team, you’ll collaborate with external licensees, internal team members, and fellow creatives and strategists. Your responsibilities will include curating and distributing visual references, delivering thoughtful feedback, and continuously improving resource organization to keep projects moving seamlessly.

This is an on-site role at our office in Renton, WA. You will be required to be at the office from Tuesday to Thursday. 

This role ensures that each project is set up for success from the very start, working with partners to define targets and equipping them with critical assets and direction. The bulk of your time will be spent leading the product development process from conceptual designs through approvals. All manner of licensed products, promotions and entertainment projects will be impacted by this role. Hardlines, softlines, packaging, publishing, marketing collateral, are all examples.

Just as importantly, you will act as a steward of the creative translation of Magic across these efforts, ensuring appropriate visual consistency, integrity, design, and quality. To that end, you'll use your keen judgment and deep knowledge to balance Franchise direction with the unique needs of each new project.

Aside from the critical path responsibilities of project trafficking, feedback, and approvals, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to update and ever-improve the resources and tools that Wizards relies on for scalability. We seek a partner who is passionate in their desire to make resources more organized, intuitive, and accessible than they were the week before. Everything from tagging assets to contributing as a thought leader for entire systems and processes are in bounds for this role!

• A passion for working collaboratively, a love of delivering quality offerings to an audience, and a healthy relationship with feedback.
• Curiosity and ingenuity to find or craft answers for new questions and needs presented by new efforts. We need a partner who is fully advised by our past but is devoted to the stewardship of our future!
• An inherent enjoyment for working in various tools to enable creative development. You will need to become fluent in MediaBox, CSP, and our digital asset management system.
• Equal parts eye-for-detail and ability to keep the larger goals in mind.
• Outstanding communication, teamwork, and relationship-building skills.
• Two to three years of demonstrated ability in related fields. This could be creative development, art direction, coordinating creative workflows, asset management, publishing, and/or consumer products.
• Direct experience in developing consumer products and using related tools will be a big plus.
• A love of pop culture and is up to speed with design and cultural trends,
• Lastly, existing knowledge of Magic: The Gathering will be invaluable for this role.

• Employment Type: Contingent Worker
• Location: WA 
• Duration: 12 months 

• Starting Pay Range: $38.55/hour
• Pay Range End: $57.83/hour

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Health savings accounts
• Employee assistance program
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan
• Paid Sick Leave (variable based on location)
• Paid Time Off and Holiday Pay

We are an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer

Wizards of the Coast is committed to equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment. We are committed to making all employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, marital status, or any other legally protected status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you have a disability and require assistance in this application process and need to request an accommodation, please contact your recruiter or coordinator.

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