Graphic Designer (Licensed Consumer Products), Fixed Term

About Moonbug Entertainment Moonbug is an award-winning global entertainment company inspiring kids everywhere to laugh, learn and grow. The company is behind some of the biggest kids entertainment brands in the world including CoComelon and Blippi. 💫 Moonbug believes every child should have access to our entertaining and educational content, which is why our shows are available on more than 150 platforms globally including Netflix, Disney+, BBC iPlayer and YouTube Kids. The company’s portfolio currently stands at 29 IPs and its content is available in 32 languages (including ASL). 🚀 Moonbug is part of Candle Media, an independent, creator-friendly home for cutting-edge, high-quality, category-defining brands and franchises. By bringing together elite talent operating at the intersection of content, community, and commerce, it helps to position leading entertainment businesses for accelerated, sustainable growth in the current market and beyond. Candle is run by its Co-Chairmen and Co-CEOs, leading entertainment executives Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs, and backed by investment capital from funds managed by Blackstone’s flagship private equity business.

Moonbug Entertainment

We are a digital-first kids entertainment company. We own, create and distribute fun and safe kids entertainment. 💫

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moonbug.com

501-1,000 employees

Media Production

London, England

2018

Privately Held

104k LinkedIn followers

Raised $265M

• The Contract Graphic Designer will support the development of style guides and graphic design for licensed consumer products preschool brands. This role will work closely with the Consumer Products & Experiences Creative and Product Development team to create brand-right, trend-relevant style guides, packaging, and graphic designs that translate successfully across a wide range of retail consumer product categories. Approved character art is provided; this is a graphic design role, not a character design or illustration role.
• The ideal candidate is comfortable researching trends and designing graphics, understands how design needs to function in a licensing and retail environment, and can carry projects from brief through licensor approval to retail-ready execution.
• Experience working with kids, preschool, entertainment, licensed character, or lifestyle brands is highly preferred.
• 6-month fixed term | 5 days on-site in Los Angeles
• Design and build seasonal, core, retail, and thematic licensed consumer products style guides.
• Create original graphics, patterns, icons, badges, typography treatments, borders, backgrounds, and supporting design elements.
• Place approved characters into product-ready graphics, layouts, and placements that follow franchise brand standards.
• Apply seasonal trends, retail insights, and brand strategy to build cohesive graphic collections.
• Build color palettes, graphic systems, pattern families, editorial treatments, and product-ready graphics.
• Develop designs that translate across multiple categories including apparel, accessories, home, toys, stationery, hardlines, and softlines.
• Prepare organized, production-ready design files and style guide packages for licensee and partner use.
• Explore multiple design options quickly through thumbnails, layout concepts, and digital mock-ups.
• Incorporate feedback from Creative Product Development, Brand, Franchise, and Legal teams.
• Support the development and evolution of licensed packaging systems across multiple product categories.
• Work within existing brand standards while identifying opportunities to keep packaging fresh, relevant, and competitive at retail.
• Work closely with Creative Directors, Designers, Product Development, and Project Management to meet project timelines and deliverables.
• Manage multiple assignments simultaneously while maintaining strong attention to detail.
• Participate in creative reviews and respond efficiently to feedback and revisions.
• Ensure designs meet brand, legal, technical, and production requirements.
• Support special projects including retail presentations, product concept mock-ups, trend boards, and partner-facing materials as needed.
• 4+ years of professional graphic design experience, ideally in licensed consumer products, packaging, entertainment, or retail.
• Strong graphic design portfolio demonstrating layout, typography, pattern development, and packaging capabilities.
• Experience developing licensed consumer products style guides strongly preferred. Please include style guide samples in your portfolio.
• Strong understanding of designing within established brand guidelines while still bringing fresh design thinking.
• Ability to turn a design brief into a cohesive graphic system rather than simply executing individual graphics.
• Strong understanding of color, typography, composition, hierarchy, and pattern.
• Experience preparing professional production-ready files for licensees, manufacturers, and other external partners.
• Experience designing collections of digital product mock-ups.
• Comfortable working within fast-moving environments with multiple rounds of feedback.
• Knowledge of Mac OSX, Adobe Suite Programs (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign)
• Ability to work across the needs of a global team
• Salary: $80,000 - $120,000 annualized
• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Training & Development
• Free Food & Snacks
• Wellness Resources
• and more!
• Join us and be a part of a team that celebrates creativity, collaboration, and the power of diverse voices.

• Health Care Plan
• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Retirement Plan
• 401k
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Family Leave
• Short Term Disability
• Long Term Disability
• Training & Development
• Free Food & Snacks
• Wellness Resources