Hire ip licensing & custom characters
in San Jose.
We design and develop a custom character (with story, voice, and look) that your brand can deploy across multiple events and seasons.
Bay Area corporate character work peaks at tech-HQ family days (Apple Park, Googleplex, Meta MPK all run major employer-brand family events) and product-launch activations that want a branded mascot or themed performer to anchor a Moscone or Convention Center booth. We staff custom mascots for partner-day events at Nvidia and Cisco, themed performers (sci-fi, retro-tech, period) for corporate murder mysteries and offsite immersives, and IP-safe costumed characters for Levi's Stadium and PayPal Park family-day brand activations. Our Bay Area character pool is multilingual-friendly and briefed on tech-campus confidentiality and photo policy realities. 100% W-2, AB-5 and AB-2257 compliant.
Showcraft serves San Jose and the surrounding CA area with 100% W-2 talent, full insurance, and senior captains on every event. San Jose is the operational center of Silicon Valley's corporate event calendar — Apple, Google, Adobe, Cisco, Western Digital, and Nvidia all run quarterly all-hands and partner days here, plus heavy keynote/launch activity at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center. We staff product-launch booth teams for Adobe Summit, Cisco Live, and Nvidia GTC, family days at Levi's Stadium and PayPal Park, premium offsites at the Tech Interactive and the Computer History Museum, and on-camera hosts for keynote support and demo stations. Our Bay Area roster runs deep on bilingual EN/ES, Mandarin, Vietnamese, and Tagalog talent — important in the South Bay's actual demographics, not just on a brief.
- IP Licensing & Custom Characters dispatched anywhere in San Jose
- 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 San Jose buyers ask about ip licensing & custom characters.
What does IP licensing mean at Showcraft for a San Jose 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 San Jose and beyond. Think of it as a recurring mascot with story DNA: the same character shows up at activations across San Jose & the Bay Area and builds equity over time.
What's the timeline for a custom character build for a San Jose 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 San Jose and across San Jose & the Bay Area with standard 2-3 week lead times for individual bookings.
Do we own the IP after Showcraft develops the San Jose 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 San Jose and San Jose & the Bay Area. Licensing terms are spelled out in the build agreement.
Are the performers behind your licensed characters in San Jose W-2 employees?+
Yes. Every performer who steps into a Showcraft-built licensed character in San Jose 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.
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