SEA Conference Lecture: Creating Continuous Cash Flow – An Introduction to Licensing Works of Art
Jeanette Smith
Jeanette Smith has more than 20 years experience in the licensing industry, including building the Dilbert brand from its infancy to a global corporate icon. Jeanette is also a business partner with Tom Wilson, internationally syndicated Ziggy cartoonist and President of Character Matters, LLC, where she brings her strategic marketing expertise to character development and branding projects for clients like Father Flanagan’s Girls and Boys Town, America’s largest privately funded organization for severely at-risk children.
Jeanette Smith of Character Matters explains how the business of licensed artwork functions, and how artists can take advantage of licensing to build a sustainable and wildly successful business like those of painter Thomas Kinkade and cartoonist Scott Adams (Dilbert).