Hire ip licensing & custom characters
in Ontario.
We design and develop a custom character (with story, voice, and look) that your brand can deploy across multiple events and seasons.
IE corporate character work runs heaviest at brand family days produced by employer brands in the logistics and healthcare corridor, retail openings at Victoria Gardens and Galleria at Tyler that want a branded mascot to anchor a crowd, and themed performers for festival sponsor activations at Coachella, Stagecoach, and BNP Paribas Open. Our IE character pool is bilingual EN/ES heavy — important for community-facing brand activations across San Bernardino and Riverside counties — and includes custom mascot performers comfortable with extended outdoor shifts in IE summer heat. Captains run mandatory hydration and rotation cycles. 100% W-2, AB-5 and AB-2257 compliant.
Showcraft serves Ontario and the surrounding CA area with 100% W-2 talent, full insurance, and senior captains on every event. Ontario is the operational center of the western Inland Empire — Ontario International Airport keeps it close to LA County dispatch, the Ontario Convention Center pulls mid-size trade shows and consumer events, and Toyota Arena hosts concert and sports activations year-round. We staff exhibitor booths and lead-capture for Ontario Convention Center shows, family-day production at Toyota Arena, brand activations at Ontario Mills (the largest one-story mall on the West Coast), and registration crews for corporate offsites at the Ontario airport hotel cluster. Our IE roster runs heavily bilingual EN/ES and is dispatched as the western IE anchor — pulls double duty for east-LA-County overflow without multi-market surcharge. All staff are 100% W-2 and AB-5 compliant.
- IP Licensing & Custom Characters dispatched anywhere in Ontario
- 100% W-2 staff (CA AB-5 / AB-2257 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 Ontario buyers ask about ip licensing & custom characters.
What does IP licensing mean at Showcraft for a Ontario 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 Ontario and beyond. Think of it as a recurring mascot with story DNA: the same character shows up at activations across Inland Empire and builds equity over time.
What's the timeline for a custom character build for a Ontario 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 Ontario and across Inland Empire with standard 2-3 week lead times for individual bookings.
Do we own the IP after Showcraft develops the Ontario 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 Ontario and Inland Empire. Licensing terms are spelled out in the build agreement.
Are the performers behind your licensed characters in Ontario W-2 employees?+
Yes. Every performer who steps into a Showcraft-built licensed character in Ontario 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 Ontario today. on demand.
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