Product Development Associate (Trading Cards / Collectables)

Overview

Aquent is partnering with a world-leading media conglomerate, renowned for its global entertainment and animation franchises, to find a highly autonomous specialist. This is an unparalleled opportunity to step into a role where your expertise directly shapes the visual identity and market presence of iconic intellectual properties within the high-growth trading cards and collectibles category. You will be at the forefront of creative approvals, ensuring brand integrity and driving the successful launch of products that resonate with fans worldwide. Your impact will be immediate and significant, as you own critical licensee relationships and approval pipelines from day one, contributing directly to the continued success and expansion of beloved entertainment brands.

About the Opportunity

We are seeking a dedicated professional to manage creative approvals for premier trading card and tabletop game licensees across a broad international region. This pivotal role offers the chance to apply your keen eye for detail and strategic thinking to ensure all products meet stringent brand guidelines and quality standards. You will be the linchpin in a dynamic process, coordinating feedback and maintaining fast-moving product development schedules to bring exciting new collectibles to market, directly influencing the consumer experience and market success of beloved entertainment properties.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Act as the primary creative contact for premier trading card and tabletop game licensees across a broad international region.
• Review licensee artwork, packaging, and product concepts to ensure 100% compliance with strict brand guidelines and style guides.
• Manage multi-layered feedback loops across various internal teams and external third-party intellectual property owners.
• Track submission pipelines independently, ensuring fast-moving product development schedules remain on track for global launch dates.
• Utilise basic graphic design tools to inspect, mark up, and verify graphical assets.

What You’ll Bring (Must-Have Qualifications)

• Direct background working within a studio, major intellectual property owner, or licensor environment (e.g., global entertainment networks, tier-1 brand owners).
• 2+ years in licensor-side Product Development or Creative Approvals, ideally within Hardlines, Toys, Games, or Collectables.
• Proven ability to deliver firm, constructive creative feedback to external partners while preserving commercial relationships.
• Detail-oriented mindset capable of managing high-volume SKU approvals independently without requiring extensive ramp-up time.

About Aquent Talent:

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world’s biggest brands.
Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. We also offer free online training through Aquent Gymnasium. More information on our awesome benefits!
Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We’re about creating an inclusive environment-one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.