Hire ip licensing & custom characters
in Brooklyn.
We design and develop a custom character (with story, voice, and look) that your brand can deploy across multiple events and seasons.
NYC corporate character work runs heaviest at Fifth Avenue and Soho retail flagship openings (custom branded mascots and themed performers to anchor the opening crowd), employer-brand family days produced by Manhattan financial and media corporates, and themed performers (period, prohibition-era, noir, sci-fi) for corporate murder mysteries and immersive offsite events at private Tribeca and Meatpacking venues. We staff custom mascots for Javits booth activations, themed performers for Fashion Week brand parties, and IP-safe costumed characters for Citi Field, Yankee Stadium, and Barclays Center family-day brand activations. Most of our NYC character pool is working actors — comfortable on camera and in front of executive audiences. All staff are 100% W-2.
Showcraft serves Brooklyn and the surrounding NY area with 100% W-2 talent, full insurance, and senior captains on every event. Brooklyn is NYC's most active borough for experiential brand work outside Manhattan — Williamsburg and DUMBO drive year-round pop-up and CPG launch activity, Barclays Center hosts the Nets, the Liberty, and major brand activations, the Brooklyn Navy Yard hosts warehouse-format productions, and Industry City keeps creative-corridor brand experiences in steady rotation. We staff brand ambassadors and demo crews for Williamsburg / DUMBO retail launches, sponsor-zone activations at Barclays Center, warehouse-pop-up crews for Brooklyn Navy Yard and Industry City, and on-camera-comfortable hosts for premieres at BAM and Brooklyn Steel. Roster runs heavily bilingual EN/ES with strong Russian, Mandarin, and Polish pools for borough demographics. All staff are 100% W-2.
- IP Licensing & Custom Characters dispatched anywhere in Brooklyn
- 100% W-2 staff, fully compliant
- Comprehensive GL + workers' comp on every event
- COI naming your venue and additional insureds
- Captain on-site for events with 6+ staff
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Questions Brooklyn buyers ask about ip licensing & custom characters.
What does IP licensing mean at Showcraft for a Brooklyn brand?+
We design and develop an original character — costume, story, voice, look — that your brand owns and can deploy across multiple events and seasons in Brooklyn and beyond. Think of it as a recurring mascot with story DNA: the same character shows up at activations across New York City and builds equity over time.
What's the timeline for a custom character build for a Brooklyn brand?+
Full builds (concept, design, costume fabrication, performer casting, and rehearsal) run 8-16 weeks depending on complexity. Once built, the character can deploy to activations in Brooklyn and across New York City with standard 2-3 week lead times for individual bookings.
Do we own the IP after Showcraft develops the Brooklyn character?+
Yes — full IP ownership transfers to your brand on delivery. Showcraft maintains the costume, casting, and performer rotations, and you can deploy the character across any market we serve, including Brooklyn and New York City. Licensing terms are spelled out in the build agreement.
Are the performers behind your licensed characters in Brooklyn W-2 employees?+
Yes. Every performer who steps into a Showcraft-built licensed character in Brooklyn is a W-2 employee with workers' comp and general liability coverage. COIs name your brand and the activation venue. In California, the structure is fully AB-5 / AB-2257 compliant.
Hire ip licensing & custom characters in Brooklyn today. on demand.
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