# Approve the co-branded packaging “Approve the co-branded packaging” is a brand manager, licensing job simulation on FinderK. You work at Maple and Moss Foods, an original fictional company, and complete 3 assignments in about 70 minutes. It is for anyone who wants to practice brand manager, licensing work. No previous work experience is required. - Role: Brand manager, licensing - Industry: Brand management - Career: Communications and media (https://finderk.com/careers/communications-and-media) - Level: Intermediate - Time: About 70 minutes, 3 assignments - Access: Included in Plus - Created by: FinderK - Work tools: Mail, Office documents and spreadsheets, Chat, Notes - Page: https://finderk.com/simulations/approve-the-co-branded-packaging - Last updated: 2026-10-10 ## Summary A licensing partner wants its co-branded cereal bar pack approved before a printer's slot. The logo is too small, the partner's logo too big, the bar is short of fibre for its high fibre claim and short of granola for its made with claim. Review it, decide, and hold the claims when the launch date is used as pressure. ## Full brief You are the brand manager responsible for licensing at a granola brand. A partner's version 3 pack for co-branded cereal bars shows your logo two millimetres under the minimum, its own logo nearly as big as yours, a high fibre claim on 5.4 grams, a made with claim on 22 percent granola where the licence requires 25, and the word natural, which your brand has banned. You classify each element, send a decision the partner can act on, and record it; then the commercial director asks you to let the claims through for the launch. Automated checks confirm your figures and saved work; your judgement is reviewed against the standard for the role. ## What is Maple and Moss Foods? Maple and Moss Foods is a fictional granola and muesli brand that has licensed its name to Brightfield Bakeries for co-branded cereal bars launching in a supermarket in January 2027. This case runs from Monday 9 to Friday 13 November 2026, ahead of the printer's slot on 16 November. The brand manager approves, approves subject to changes, or rejects packs under the brand guidelines and licence; the regulatory specialist approves claims outside the register; the commercial director does not approve artwork. ## Who do you play? You are the brand manager, licensing in the Brand team. You approve licensed packs, approve them subject to listed changes, or reject them, under the brand guidelines for licensed products and the licence agreement. You may not approve a pack that breaks a mandatory licence term or makes a claim the register does not allow. Tunde Afolabi approves claims outside the register. Callum Price decides commercial matters but not artwork. ## What will you do? 1. 1. Review version 3 (25 minutes) 2. 2. Send the decision and record it (25 minutes) 3. 3. Answer the commercial pressure (20 minutes) ## Which skills will you practice? - Review artwork against brand rules and a licence - Separate must fix items from advice - Check claims against evidence and a claims register - Give a partner clear, usable feedback under time pressure - Hold brand and legal standards against commercial pressure ## Frequently asked questions ### How long does “Approve the co-branded packaging” take? About 70 minutes, across 3 assignments. When the time is up, you get 10 minutes to round up and submit. Pausing stops the clock. ### Is “Approve the co-branded packaging” free? No. It is included in FinderK Plus. With a free account you can also do it without grading. ### Do I need brand manager, licensing experience? No. No previous work experience is required. The listed level is intermediate. ### What do I get when I finish? You get feedback on each assignment you submit. Completing all required assignments earns a completion certificate. It records participation and is not professional accreditation. ### Is Maple and Moss Foods a real company? No. Maple and Moss Foods is an original fictional company made for practice. Its coworkers may make mistakes, so check their suggestions against the evidence.