Paramount Global
Joint venture producing film, television content
Global Toys Manager - Hardlines Licensing
+ Bonus
About the job
- A bachelor's degree.
- Five to seven or more years of experience working within the toy industry and in an entertainment licensing role.
- Demonstrated ability to think strategically and contribute to complex projects with a clear commercial vision.
- Robust knowledge of Paramount's brand position and the North American and global retail environment.
- Established relationships with toy manufacturers across a variety of categories.
- Comprehensive knowledge of licensees' production and creative capabilities, including experience in product line planning.
- Solid financial acumen with the ability to synthesize and assess data, including proficiency in managing profit and loss and revenue forecasting.
- Sales, negotiation, and communication skills, with the ability to lead or contribute to diverse teams.
- Organizational and project management skills, with the ability to multitask and adapt to competing priorities.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
- Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as required.
- Work with the Director of Global Hardlines to formulate and implement category strategies that meet long-term brand plans and financial goals.
- Identify, develop, and implement new business initiatives.
- Analyze, pitch, and negotiate new deals and renewals to increase the existing licensee base.
- Develop quarterly revenue estimates and budgets.
- Lead quarterly forecasts and business reviews, monitoring sales results to ensure revenues meet budgetary goals.
- Serve as the daily lead with the Global Creative Group to coordinate product development benchmarks, including product approvals and rush requests.
- Provide support, information, and materials for licensees to enhance product innovation and retail expansion.
- Collaborate with Retail Development teams to track performance and support licensees in pitching for key seasonal windows.
- Liaise with Consumer Product business leaders, Brand Management and Marketing, Finance, and Legal to drive unified category strategies.
- Oversee day-to-day relationships with licensees and internal regional leads, providing support throughout the contract management process.
- Maintain weekly updates with internal and external collaborators.
- Prepare and present business updates for senior leadership.
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Company Stage
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Headquarters
Los Angeles, California
Founded
1912
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What believers are saying
- September 21 settlement cleared the Warner Bros. acquisition and removed the mid-2027 delay.
- Paramount pledged $300 million more annual U.S. production and 30-32 yearly theatrical releases.
- New Paramount+ features, including free tiers and micro-dramas, target churn reduction and ad growth.
What critics are saying
- The Warner Bros. deal adds up to $87 billion debt and integration strain.
- California approved behavioral remedies, including film quotas and a newsroom oversight board.
- If Star Trek or other franchises underperform, Paramount loses its clearest brand engine.
What makes Paramount Global unique
- Paramount owns Star Trek, Top Gun, Mission: Impossible, Nickelodeon, CBS, Pluto TV.
- Ellison's merged studio controls theatrical, broadcast, streaming, and ad-supported distribution.
- Paramount+ and Pluto TV now share a converged tech stack.
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↓ -1%Internal docs show how David Ellison wants Paramount+ to transform as his WBD mega-deal draws near. Paramount+ is bulking up before its marriage with HBO Max. Paramount Skydance is preparing to launch new streaming features designed to drive engagement and increase revenue from viewers as it finalizes its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. The deal will give Paramount control of HBO Max and Discovery+. CEO David Ellison's company told streaming employees at a town hall this summer that Paramount+ is planning to add a free tier, micro dramas, and new interactive ad formats. Paramount is also preparing to put a comments section in its TikTok-style feed and leverage AI to help it clip videos, according to a screenshot of its streaming initiatives list recently viewed by Business Insider. These features don't have specific launch dates yet, a person familiar with Paramount's strategy said. However, an internal document said several projects related to the free tier are labeled for Q4 and Q1 2027. Paramount+ is also leaning into short vertical video, which it launched in April, and adding more video podcast segments to grow engagement on mobile and during the day. The streaming initiatives list, which one tech staffer described as "a living, breathing document," shows what Paramount's streaming team has been prioritizing ahead of its WBD merger. Ellison has looked to remake Paramount, a 114-year-old media firm, by prioritizing tech and hiring executives from companies like Google and Meta. Paramount hopes that buying WBD will give it the scale it needs to rival Netflix and YouTube, though some analysts are skeptical of its chances because of its relatively low streaming viewership share and the combined company's tens of billions of dollars in debt. "What Ellison's doing is very logical," Rich Greenfield, a media analyst at Lightshed Partners, said of the changes coming to Paramount+. He added that Paramount is "throwing a lot of things at the wall to see what drives engagement." How free content can help Paramount+ lift engagement and profits. Paramount's streaming product updates are designed to either boost engagement or improve monetization - two overarching goals for its business, a person familiar with the company's strategy said. Growing viewership makes customers less likely to cancel and generates incremental revenue for subscribers on the ad tier. Paramount+ needs help in both areas. Nearly 6% of its subscribers canceled in August, according to subscription data firm Antenna. That's the second-highest rate among major streamers. Antenna also found in a June report that more than a third of Paramount+ users only watched the service lightly - a higher percentage than any of its major paid rivals. "You need something all the time to keep people entertained," Greenfield said. "It's a war for time spent, and you're chasing the juggernaut in the space, which is YouTube." A free tier could help Paramount+ entice new users. "While Disney+ wants people to visit more often, Paramount+ needs more people to actually come to the house," said Mike Proulx, a media-focused research director at Forrester. Paramount is "experimenting with various forms of free content" like short-form video, live channels, and user-generated content, an internal streaming document said. Before sampling the Paramount+ free tier, users will need to register with their email, which lets the company add them to marketing lists. This "lays the groundwork" for free users to eventually become paying customers, the document said. It added that this process of capturing identities from the free tier could "become the connective tissue between the broader Paramount Ecosystem." Free-tier viewers will either be asked to pay after watching a certain number of episodes, or after a certain period of time, the document said, so that users can't just "binge free content without friction." "The goal is to create timely urgency that nudges registered users toward converting to a paid subscription," the document said. Others in Hollywood, like Disney, are also exploring adding free tiers as steady streaming price hikes make no-cost options appealing. 'War of the tech stacks' Paramount has spent the last year integrating Paramount+ and the free streamer Pluto TV into a single tech platform. That "convergence" project is nearly complete, two people familiar with the change said, meaning that many streaming teams are working on a unified tech stack. As Paramount merges with WBD, it will also acquire HBO Max and Discovery+. It's unclear exactly how Paramount will integrate content and features from those streamers, though employees across both companies are bracing for internal competition. Ellison told staffers in a memo on Monday, sent after settling the lawsuits that were holding up the WBD deal, that Paramount is still thinking through the integration details. "I know you have questions about what happens next - your role, your team and how we will work day to day," Ellison told employees. "We don't have all the answers yet, and I won't pretend otherwise." "I see another internal war of the tech stacks happening," a veteran WBD streaming employee said about the Paramount acquisition, which comes a few years after WarnerMedia merged with Discovery. Proulx said that until there's clarity about how Paramount+ and HBO Max will coexist, Paramount streaming leaders could find themselves "in a bit of product purgatory." Read the full article here
Anne Hathaway will disappear until the filming of Days of Thunder 2. ByLeila September 24, 2026 The star, who will soon give birth to her third child, will take a break after a particularly busy year, before joining Tom Cruise on the circuits in March 2027. Anne Hathaway will take her foot off the gas... before going full throttle again. After a particularly busy year, marked by the release of five films, including The Odyssey And Prada 2while pregnant with her third child, the actress is going to take a break. She has just announced that she is going to take a few months of well-deserved rest. But not too much either: she plans to return to work next March... Invited by Entertainment Tonight, Anne Hathaway confirmed that she would begin filming Days of Thunder 2 in March 2027: "My next film, Verity, comes out on October 2 and on October 3, I'm going to disappear in a cloud of smoke... I'm clearly going to disappear, because I need to take some time for myself. And then, yes, I will join Tom on the circuits in March..." Anne Hathaway is ready to take a little pit stop after delivering five movies - and her third child - this year! After 'Verity' comes out, Anne says she's "going to vanish in a plume of smoke." That is until March, when she starts shooting 'Days of Thunder 2' with Tom Cruise. pic.twitter.com/vtcqg5Ehp5 - Entertainment Tonight (@etnow) September 22, 2026 Paramount announced last August that Days of Thunder 2 will be released in cinemas on June 2, 2028. Tom Cruise and Anne Hathaway have already taken the break to show the project has entered the pre-production phase. In the film, Hathaway will play the owner and engineer of a racing team. She will therefore share the screen with Cruise, who will reprise his role as Cole Trickle, the NASCAR driver he played in the original film. This sequel to the late Tony Scott's 1990 classic has been in the works for several years. Jonathan Levine has since been in discussions to direct the film, based on a screenplay by Will Staples. Until then, DT Movies will find Anne Hathaway in Verityon September 30 at the cinema in France, opposite Dakora Johnson and Josh Hartnett. A disturbing thriller adapted from Colleen Hoover.
Pluto TV launches refreshed look to aid in content discovery. The streamer's new look is intended to help connect viewers to new content more easily. - September 24, 2026 Known for breaking major streaming stories, he's covered everything from Netflix policy shifts to Peacock's ad-tier changes. A sci-fi fan and Toshiba Fire TV user, he brings sharp analysis and a love for the genre to his reporting. Pluto TV is giving itself a makeover. The free streaming service owned by Paramount has announced the launch of a new user experience, an attempt to better connect viewers to titles they want to watch via enhanced content discovery. The move could presage other updates as Paramount tries to modernize its streamers and prepares to welcome HBO Max into the fold. Key details: * New look: Pluto TV has launched an updated user interface. * New tabs: The interface now includes Movies and Shows hubs and personalized content rows. * Greater volume: The streamer has also added a selection of new content. Article continues below this related video: Something is interfering with this video Turn off ad blockers to watch this or try refreshing this page Dave Franco Plays A 17-Year-Old In 'Regretting You,' And McKenna Grace Had A Hilarious Reaction To Seeing Him In Costume The new Pluto TV user interface is designed to more closely integrate live and on-demand entertainment, offer more personalization, and make it easier to find something new to stream. These updates will help Pluto TV boost engagement with its platform if successful. The home screen now features dedicated Movies and Shows hubs with premium artwork and richer content details. The screen also now includes personalized, curated content rows, which should help connect viewers with a new stream more easily. Updates to the Pluto TV channel guide will help viewers favorite channels and see upcoming programming more easily, while Live-to-VOD functionality will enable immediate on-demand playback of available titles from the live guide. One-click restart, watchlist controls, and unified search are also rolling out. Paramount has pledged to keep Pluto TV for at least the next five years, and this update may not be the last attempt to refresh the streamer. In its release announcing the updates, Paramount says it will "continue to work on user experience enhancements" for Pluto TV. The streamer is also adding a selection of content to help lure viewers into trying its new interface. Bingeable titles like "Arrow," "Hart of Dixie," "The X-Files," and more are now available on-demand on Pluto TV, which has seen monthly on-demand viewership grow by 70% in 2026.
William Shatner headlines Star Trek's New York Comic-Con panel. William Shatner is coming to New York Comic-Con. Variety reports the Star Trek panel at NYCC will feature a special conversation with Shatner as the franchise celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. The news lands the same day it came out that Shatner turned down a Strange New Worlds pitch to return as Kirk. Shatner said no to the show. He is saying yes to the 60th. October 10 on The Empire Stage. The panel takes place October 10 from 3:15 to 4:15 p.m. ET on the Empire Stage. Along with the Shatner conversation, fans get a sneak preview of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 2. Starfleet Academy stars Holly Hunter, Sandro Rosta, Bella Shepard, Karim Diané, and Robert Picardo will be there, joined by co-showrunners and executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau. Season 2 has no premiere date and is slated for 2027. It is also the show's final season. Shatner played Kirk for three seasons of the original series, two seasons of the animated series, and seven movies. His documentary, The Sixty-Year Mission, opens in Regal theaters on October 9, the day before the panel. Everything rides on The movie. Variety points out that nothing new has been announced past Starfleet Academy and the fifth and final season of Strange New Worlds, though Paramount is said to be keen on developing a new Star Trek film. That film comes from Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley with all-new characters. Kurtzman will be on the NYCC stage promoting his last Star Trek show. His Paramount deal runs out at the end of 2026, and insiders say he is done after that. The plan under David Ellison, per Cosmic Book News sources, is a franchise modeled on The Wrath of Khan and The Next Generation. So the 60th panel puts Shatner on a stage with the era that is ending. Its insiders say the next one is being built around the Star Trek he made. New York gets him first. Matt McGloin is the editor-in-chief and publisher of Cosmic Book News, the independent entertainment news site he founded in 2008. He covers movies, comics, TV, video games and pop culture and has reported major industry scoops over the years, including revealing the Avengers: Endgame title ahead of its official announcement. Through Cosmic Book News, he helped Marvel Comics promote Guardians of the Galaxy and Nova through exclusive previews, artwork, and interviews, with the site also quoted in solicitations and on comic covers. He also reported on Marvel's Daredevil: Born Again retooling before it was later confirmed by the trades.
Paramount's new space opera is already the most important movie in studio history. Published Sep 22, 2026, 10:45 PM EDT Joshua M. Patton is currently a Senior Writer and critic for CBR covering television, movies, and comics. He also reviews books for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Over his 30-year career in journalism his work has appeared on the Huffington Post, New York Post, and in dozens of other outlets in print and online. An award-winning fiction writer and poet, collections of his work are available on Amazon. Since the finalization of its merger with SkyDance Media, Paramount faces massive changes across the board, including another merger with Warner Bros. While there are many projects in development at the new studio, the next Star Trek film is the most important movie in the studio's history. The oldest and most profitable franchise in its arsenal, Star Trek must succeed. The forthcoming film from John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein will be important to Star Trek as a brand. If this movie fails to meet expectations, there is a good chance the studio could put Gene Roddenberry's 60-year-old universe on the shelf indefinitely. Still, Paramount needs Star Trek to work, too. Because if they can't make their signature franchise work, it calls into question the future of one of America's oldest studios. Why Star Trek has always been Paramount's most important intellectual property. When its first pilot failed, Lucille Ball saved Star Trek. As the head of Desilu Studios, the inventor of the "rerun" understood how a quality television show can make money long after it ends its run. This led to an unprecedented budget-sharing decision, in which Desilu and NBC split the cost of production. As one of the most expensive shows on TV, this sent the studio into a financial tailspin. Eager for its sizable lot, Paramount purchased Desilu right as NBC canceled the show. Star Trek: The Original Series went into syndication and proved Lucy right. For the next 20 years, Star Trek was the most successful one-hour syndicated drama in every market. Its popularity led to an eventual reboot, Phase II, which became Star Trek: The Motion Picture. With the success of Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Paramount wanted its own space opera hit. Star Trek was ready-made for success. It launched a successful series of films that also led to the first sequel television series to surpass its predecessor, The Next Generation. More spinoffs and films followed, and it became an iconic cultural and generational saga. While the movies never reached Star Wars-like financial success, the modern blockbuster franchise exists because of Star Trek. It created the "cinematic universe" with a shared continuity that also crossed over into television. Also, because fans kept the show alive by watching reruns and hosting conventions, it never stopped making money for the studio. From Lucasfilm's own Indiana Jones films to the Transformers series, Paramount has had other film franchises. But Star Trek is its own, and even when the studio struggles, Star Trek helps it stay solvent and culturally relevant. There is no sci-fi universe quite like Star Trek, and it's what hollywood needs. What makes Star Trek stand out is its unique take on the future. Rather than a dystopian hellscape where rebels fight fascist empires, it imagines a future where humanity solves its problems. Through the strength of diversity, compassion, and scientific curiosity, the characters in Starfleet boldly go into the unknown. The allegorical storytelling allows for each era of this universe to hold up a mirror to the modern day. Yet even as it examines difficult sociopolitical issues, it never loses the sense that everything will work out for the best. There is no other franchise like it, and its continued popularity shows that audiences are eager for this kind of positive storytelling. Of course, Star Trek imagines a future where humanity has created the perfect institution, and institutions are not all that popular right now. Goldstein and Daley recently said their film will examine "bad apples" in Starfleet, but even this is a common Star Trek trope. The bigger risk is that they are abandoning the familiar characters and settings of the past 60 years for a brand-new era and characters. However, when times are tough, audiences need inspirational and hopeful stories, and no universe does that as well as Star Trek. This is what Paramount is known for, and if the studio bungles this release, it calls the leadership of David Ellison and every new studio executive into question. Luckily, Daley and Goldstein's Mayday teases Star Trek's direction under their stewardship. The Cold War drama depicts system failures in the American institutions at the heart of its story, but the heroes believe in the ideals the U.S. is supposed to uphold. This is basically the framework of every past Star Trek story where Starfleet or the Federation falters. The heroic crews of the Enterprise (and other ships on TV) defend these institutions from their own worst impulses. Hopefully, the artists and executives who believe in Star Trek can do that for Paramount itself. This universe has bailed out the studio across multiple "regimes," and it can do it again. The fans show up for Star Trek even though they often hate changes. When fans picketed NBC for more Star Trek in 1973, the network greenlit a sequel series. But since it was animated, the fans picked the network again to cancel it. The Animated Series went on to keep the original cast in the fold and is the only Star Trek to win an Emmy for storytelling. Today, it is considered a classic. This pattern continued with The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and every iteration of the movies. Invariably, despite fan backlash, each new Star Trek story eventually 'ages well' and becomes as iconic as what came before. The same will almost certainly be true for the divisive modern shows today. With the right kind of support for the studio and the fans, the rebooted Star Trek will be a sci-fi event unlike any other. If it can turn a profit at the box office, it will be another unprecedented win for this universe and kickstart a fourth phase of storytelling. The irony is that even if the studio fails to deliver on the promise of a new start for Roddenberry's universe, it will still keep Paramount afloat. Fans will continue to watch the series and films on streaming. The studio can license them to other streamers, which will invariably bring new fans into the fold. Conventions will keep happening, and the cycle will repeat. The only time Star Trek fails is when the studio fails to have faith in its most legendary property. Paramount wants Warner Bros. because of its portfolio of properties. It has the Looney Tunes, DC Comics, and the rights to book series like The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. The other oldest Paramount property, Mission: Impossible, was successful at the box office for a time, but it doesn't compare to Star Trek and its longevity. If Paramount is unable to make the reboot a success, no amount of purchased intellectual property can save the studio leadership. And the only way Star Trek ever fails is when the studio forgets its history and loses faith in the sci-fi universe that keeps beating the odds decade after decade. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds will debut its Season 4 finale on September 24, 2026, with a fifth and final season to follow in 2027. The reboot film is in development. * TV Show(s) - Star trek, Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Prodigy, Star Trek: Animated, Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek Lower Decks, Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Star Trek: Lower Decks * First Film - Star Trek: The Motion Picture * First TV Show - Star Trek: The Original Series * Cast - William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Deforest Kelley, James Doohan, Nichelle Nichols, Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew, Scott Bakula * Created by - Gene Roddenberry * Latest Film - Star Trek: Nemesis