Story Development & Editorial Manager (Licensed IP)
On-siteNew York City, New York, United States or New York, United States
Job Summary
Oversee global narrative content development across publishing, audio, gaming, and consumer products, originating stories, writing manuscripts, and ensuring lore accuracy for major licensed IPs like CoComelon and Blippi. Provide editorial direction on podcast scripting and audiobook adaptation while partnering with toy and apparel teams to weave narrative into physical products. Review and approve narrative copy from external global partners to protect brand integrity, then champion bold, original storytelling ideas to expand franchises into new formats and platforms. Coordinate seamlessly across US, UK, and LA time zones to maintain a unified canonical universe while scaling stories across diverse media categories.
Required Qualifications
- Licensed IP Mastery: Proven track record of managing, writing, or editing for major, top-tier global entertainment franchises and licensed properties
- Experienced Editor: Extensive experience structural editing and copyediting across diverse formats—spanning story and chapter books, comic books, interactive game dialogue, and script writing
- Preferably experienced in developing stories for children aged 0-7
- Global Experience: Creating story for different markets - focus markets are US and UK
- Cross-Category Fluent: A portfolio demonstrating your ability to write and judge copy for both physical products (Publishing/Consumer Products) and digital experiences (Gaming/Audio)
- Senior Stakeholder Management: Exceptional communication skills
- Comfortable pushing back on external partners or defending narrative decisions to C-suite executives and creative directors
- Commercial Acumen: An understanding of how narrative drives consumer behavior, product sales, and global brand loyalty
- Global Operations: Coordinate seamlessly across multiple international time zones (particularly UK and US - NY & LA)
Desired Qualifications
- Additional Languages: preferred
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