Crunchyroll

Crunchyroll is the world’s most popular anime brand, connects anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories with 360-degree experiences. We’re 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 and companies.

About the Team

Crunchyroll is searching for a creative and collaborative copywriter to drive copy writing and editing efforts across the Marketing, Product, and Communications teams.

The Marketing team is responsible for brand marketing, as well as audience growth and retention across Crunchyroll brands. Our responsibilities extend from our streaming services to our games, our events, and other ancillary products and markets. Our work accelerates audience engagement, drives revenue, and is key to the expansion of the Crunchyroll and VRV brands.

The Product team is responsible for the design of the Crunchyroll and VRV services on desktop, tablet, mobile, and TV devices. Our goal is a consistent and seamless user experience across all these platforms. As a complement to Business and Engineering, we collaborate closely with teams across the organization to identify the right problems to solve and ensure that our solutions satisfy the goals of both the business and the end user.

The Communications team is responsible for elevating our corporate identity, consumer brands and employer brands (for Crunchyroll, VRV, and Rooster Teeth) through global public relations, internal communications, corporate social responsibility, and celebrity/athlete relations. Our goal is to connect the dots with many stakeholders, both external and internal, to assure our collective narratives are aligned. 

Location: San Francisco

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

About You:

• Bachelor’s degree in English, journalism, advertising, communications, or relevant field
• 5+ years of professional copywriting experience 
• Experience developing copy for products, marketing, and/or PR
• Ability to create and execute a creative copy vision, defining voice and tone for a brand
• Creative thinker with the ability to develop campaign ideas, narratives and scripts for a range of promotions
• Have an interest in anime, pop culture, animation, video games, tech and geekdom
• Excellent written and oral communication skills 
• Ability to prioritize tasks and balance many project deadlines at once
• Thrive in a fast-paced and constantly changing environment
• Hardworking and thorough with a keen eye for detail
• Collaborative and diplomatic communicator
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Familiarity with the localization process a plus

A day in the life of our Senior Copywriter:

• Write engaging copy that inspires and informs across all touch points of the brand, from the Crunchyroll and VRV product experience to digital ads, emails, push notifications, live events, and other external communication
• Collaborate and brainstorm across teams to develop concepts and narrative arcs
• Collaborate with marketing, design, events, and audience development to create compelling copy across all marketing channels
• Collaborate with product management and product design to craft clear and effective copy for the various user-facing products
• Define and maintain the voices and tone guidelines of the Crunchyroll and VRV brands for marketing material and product experiences
• Review and edit external-facing copy, ensuring consistency with our brand voice and tone guidelines across various channels

Benefits and Perks: 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

About Crunchyroll

Crunchyroll, a WarnerMedia company (as a subsidiary of Otter Media) and the world’s most popular anime brand, connects anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories with 360-degree experiences. 

Fans have access to the largest collection of licensed anime through Crunchyroll, Anime Digital Network (in partnership with Citel, a subsidiary of Média-Participations), and Anime on Demand video streaming services, translated in multiple languages for viewers worldwide. Viewers can also access simulcasts — top series available immediately after Japanese broadcast. Crunchyroll's services also extend to licensing of theatrical, TV, home video, and consumer product rights. 

Fans engage further with events (including owned events Crunchyroll Expo, Anime Awards, Crunchyroll Movie Nights, KAZÉ Movie Nights), consumer products through eCommerce and retail partners (Crunchyroll, KAZÉ, AV Visionen), Crunchyroll Games, KAZÉ Games, and manga (KAZÉ Manga, Crunchyroll Manga app, Crunchyroll Manga Store).

Crunchyroll was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in Los Angeles, Tokyo, Paris, Lausanne, Berlin (AV Visionen) and Chisinau (Ellation). VRV (U.S.) and Eye See Movies (Germany) are also Crunchyroll brands. 

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.