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 passionate about crafting 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.

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.

About the Team

Our Audience Development team is responsible for one of the entertainment industry's largest fan communities, surpassing 30 million followers across platforms with growth steadily continuing. We are an award-winning group that prides itself on authenticity, wide content-producing capabilities, and strong audience understanding. We are looking to attract an experienced leader for our editorial programming and news publishing arm, engaging millions of outstanding viewers per month.

Location: San Francisco

Our headquarters is located in downtown San Francisco, where our group of cross-functional specialists assemble to build experiences for Crunchyroll’s passionate community.

About You:

• 10+ years of professional experience with 5+ working on content and publications, leading writers/editors
• Familiarity with a global fan base and experience growing international engagement through a localized presence
• Built and led hard-working teams, developed employees to grow their careers and mentored writers/editors to hone their craft
• Passionate about communication and storytelling with a skill for digital optimization, as well as outstanding editorial standards
• Familiarity with SQL queries and datasets
• Experience working with a product or platform team to improve SEO, UI experience, analytics, and to grow contributions to overall business goals
• Confident and directive, effective communicator and collaborator, driven and self-motivated
• Proficient in data analysis, use of databases and performance tools, shown to make analytical decisions
• Experience with fandoms and entertainment, interest in anime is helpful!

A day in the life of our Senior Manager, Editorial & News:

• Develop a team of hardworking managers and contractors, who create articles around the clock (and around the world) and program editorial priorities across site pages to millions of visitors. Mentor and develop employees to improve expertise across the team.
• Formalize and continuously update our editorial strategy in support of subscription, viewership, industry support and additional business lines (games, e-commerce, events).
• Align with Audience Development, Brand Management, Licensing and Public Relations teams on various cross-functional campaigns
• Lead all aspects of the development and design of our news platform and homepage programming elements working with product design and engineering.
• Establish and own important metrics for growth and revenue. Handle editorial budget.
• Partner with international leads to grow our news and programming impact across key languages.
• Advocate internally for editorial resources, present contributions, recruit data and research that demonstrates the value of our work and readers
• Meaningfully package processes and results through the creation of custom playbooks, case studies, and decks.
• Follow trends in publishing/content for our passionate fan base of anime fans. Derive ways to recruit and maintain new users, of all interest/experience levels.
• Enable new forms of content and find ways to take our hardworking team to the next level!

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
• Catered lunch and dinner 4 days per week
• Skilled, hardworking, and fun co-workers
• Pet friendly environment - pet insurance and dog friendly office

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.