Who We Are

We’re a cast of characters working to shine a spotlight on anime. Crunchyroll is an international business focused on creating both online and offline experiences for fans through content (licensed, co-produced, originals, distribution), merchandise, events, gaming, news, and more. Visit our About Us pages for more information about our collection of brands.

Crunchyroll COVID-19 Hiring Status

Crunchyroll employees are currently working from home, and we are still conducting remote interviews and hiring during this time. This role is expected to start remotely, and we’ll work closely with you as we understand every person has unique circumstances.

Location: San Francisco

Our headquarters is located in downtown San Francisco, where our group of cross-functional experts assemble to create experiences for our passionate communities.

Crunchyroll

Crunchyroll is the world's most popular anime brand. We’re a business about crafting both online and offline experiences for anime fans, through content (licensed, co-produced, and originals), merchandise, events, gaming, news, and more.

About the Team

The Editorial Team at Crunchyroll runs an industry-leading online news outlet (CR News) and is accountable for the selection/presentation of promotional slots on one of the anime community’s most visited home pages, Crunchyroll.com.

About the Role

The Editorial Team at Crunchyroll is seeking an International Editorial Manager to champion Crunchyroll News for our international audiences and help drive engagement and retention via our news and features channel. The International Editorial Manager must have a deep understanding of editorial best practices.

You’ll be part of a cross-functional team responsible for championing Crunchyroll News across the 200+ countries that Crunchyroll serves. The International Editorial Manager will manage our 7 primary newsrooms in Arabic, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Russian, and Portuguese (and growing) across myriad regions, ensuring that all news initiatives are published across all supported languages in a timely manner. Under the guidance of the International Editorial Manager, the International Editorial Manager will be responsible for maintaining a clear editorial POV that reflects a profound understanding of our audience.

The ideal candidate is a self-starter who is highly organized, an excellent communicator, and possesses a strong attention to detail. We will lean on you to be goal-oriented, a student of the evolving anime industry, and a steward of our widespread community of fans. Candidates will need to show the ability to collaborate and work across multiple teams and collaborators, able to dexterously balance multiple projects, timelines, and priorities. We are looking for someone who is a strong culture fit, highly motivated, creative, and thrilled to engage with our global audiences!

Location: San Francisco

Our headquarters is located in downtown San Francisco, where our group of cross-functional experts assemble to create experiences for Crunchyroll hardworking communities.

Duties Include:

• Perform and optimize news/feature strategy under the guidance of the International Editorial Manager
• Collaborate with various teams on a strategy for marketing and editorial campaigns
• Report and analyze results of major editorial campaigns
• Collaborate with Creative Services team on the development of engaging marketing assets for editorial campaigns
• Manage localization process of news and features
• Drive constant iteration/improvement of our news/features and drive metrics including video views, subscriptions, content discovery, and user retention
• Contribute to team goals around growth, engagement, and awareness, as well as goals around readership and viewership
• Positively and accurately represent franchises, company initiatives, and partnerships
• Key Metrics of Success
• Drive increased readships, watch-time, engagement, subscription, and content discovery on Crunchyroll
• Drive increased CTR and view-through across diverse properties and titles
• Clear and collaborative communication to global/regional teams and partnering collaborators
• Readership and business outcomes tied to Crunchyroll News

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in journalism, English, media relations, or related field.
• 4-6 years of proven experience in editorial publishing, online journalism, programmatic content, digital marketing, or digital publishing environment. Content, entertainment, and/or media experience preferred.
• Respect for anime and its lifestyle and culture, and familiarity with fandom communities.
• Demonstrated experience working on: creative, and innovative marketing campaigns.
• Able to implement analyses that deliver clear, concrete insights including providing oral and written discussion of analytical findings.
• A collaborative approach and sense of curiosity.
• Clear and precise verbal/oral communication skills. You have an opinion about the Oxford comma but the flexibility to conform to our guidelines.
• Understanding of web analytics (e.g., Google Analytics, Amplitude)
• Experience with data visualization tools (Looker, Data Studio, Tableau, etc.) highly preferred.
• Good knowledge of the media landscape and how strategy planning influences it
• Ability to make sophisticated subjects understandable
• Flexibility to work over a number of projects and balance your workload.
• Demonstrated experience working on successful, creative and innovative marketing campaigns.
• Content, entertainment and/or media experience preferred.
• Experience working with global teams across diverse cultures, demands, and time zones.
• Proven track record to collaborate across teams and facilitate communication in a fast-paced setting with collaborators.

Benefits: San Francisco Office

• Competitive salary
• “Use What You Need” time away from work policy
• Medical, dental, vision, STD, LTD, and life insurance
• Health care and dependent care FSA
• 401(k) plan with employer match
• Employer paid commuter benefit
• On-site gym, showers, yoga, and wellness classes
• Support program for new parents
• Catered lunch 4 days per week
• Fun, passionate and skilled co-workers
• Pet friendly - pet insurance and dog friendly office

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About Crunchyroll

Crunchyroll connects anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories with the content and experiences they love. In addition to free ad-supported and subscription premium content, Crunchyroll serves the anime community across events, theatrical, games, consumer products, collectibles and manga publishing.

Anime fans have access to one of the largest collections of licensed anime through Crunchyroll and translated in multiple languages for viewers worldwide. Viewers can also access simulcasts — top series available immediately after Japanese broadcast. 

The Crunchyroll app is available on over 15 platforms, including all gaming consoles.

Crunchyroll, LLC is an independently operated joint venture between US-based Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Japan’s Aniplex, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., both subsidiaries of Tokyo-based Sony Group Corporation.

Our Company Values

You’ll see these in action if we’re lucky enough to have you:

• Courage - When we overcome fear, we enable our best selves.
• Curiosity - We are curious, which is the gateway to empathy, inclusion, and understanding.
• Service - We serve our community with humility, enabling joy and belonging for others.
• Kaizen - We have a growth mindset committed to constant forward progress.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Crunchyroll. Pursuant to applicable law, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.