About Vivienne Westwood

Vivienne Westwood is one of the most iconic British fashion brands, renowned for its heritage, innovative design, and commitment to culture and activism. We care deeply about our people and the environment, and our core values — Gaia, Quality not Quantity, Activism, Culture & Heritage — guide us daily. If you share our passion for creativity, sustainability, and innovation, we’d love to hear from you.

About The Role

We are excited to offer an opportunity for a Licensing Coordinator role to join our Licensing team on a full-time basis for 6 months. This role will be based in our Battersea office.

Key Responsibilities

• Liaising with the Design Team to coordinate the end-to-end product development across eyewear, watches, and other special projects, ensuring smooth and on-time delivery from design brief sampling to final product launch.
• Maintaining timely development of the critical paths with Licensees, ensuring selling campaign deadlines are met; raising any issues with the Head of Licensing.
• Ensuring selling campaign material (e.g., samples, catalogues, and pricelists) is available before the start of a campaign.
• Preparing seasonal presentations for showrooms and store managers about new collections.
• Conducting seasonal market research (competitive shops) to identify activity, pricing, and trends; feeding insights to the Head of Licensing to assist key decision-making.
• Analysing quarterly sales performance for all Licensees and reporting findings to the Senior Management Team.
• Monitoring sell-through within Vivienne Westwood shops.
• Supporting the creative team in organising Seasonal Licensee photoshoots, ensuring on-time delivery within branding guidelines.
• Arranging and collecting samples for events and fashion shows.
• Managing the daily relationship with Licensees, acting as the primary contact, ensuring alignment, active communication, credibility, product timelines and commercial performance, while keeping the Head of Licensing informed.
• Supporting the Head of Licensing and Merchandising Team with ad hoc or seasonal projects (e.g., capsule collections, collaborations) from planning to execution.
• Collaborating closely with key departments, including creative, marketing, and retail teams, for alignment on product launches and campaigns, supporting brand consistency.
• Performing general administrative duties including maintaining accurate documentation, reporting, and tracking across all licensing activities.
• Performing any other ad hoc tasks required.