Corporate Communications Manager, Crunchyroll
Contract
$48—$53 USD per hour
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Streaming service for anime and manga
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Streaming service for anime and manga
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$48—$53 USD per hour
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create experiences for anime and manga fans, and to enable them to connect through the content they love.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years in Media Relations or related experience
- Bachelor's Degree in Communications, Public Relations, English, Journalism or related field
- You are familiar with anime, pop culture and current entertainment
- You're able to focus and sculpt communications (spoken and written) to best meet our needs
- You have an existing book of media contacts across business, tech, and trade publications
- You have a service-driven, and can-do and will-do approach, responding to pressure while maintaining a calm presence
- You run multiple work streams simultaneously, delivering on time and with high attention to detail
- You excel in creative environments where you can anticipate and solve issues
- You are proficient in Microsoft 365, and GSuite, and it's a bonus if you're familiar with Keynote
- Availability to travel domestically (up to 25%)
What the job involves
- The Corporate Communications Manager (Contract) will work with the Communications leadership team to promote, manage, and support important lines of Crunchyroll business including e-commerce and retail, licensing and consumer products, business development, and product and engineering
- Reporting to the Director of Communications, you will support Crunchyroll's business, trade and industry narrative. This is a contract position
- You will collaborate with company partners to develop consumer and business media campaigns for a mix of news across lines of business
- You will manage media outreach and relationship-building with reporters across business, tech, trade and consumer publications
- Alongside the Director of Communications, you will create foundational materials including press releases, presentations, bios, internal communications, talking points, statements, and pitches
- You will investigate and manage submissions for awards, special issues and speaking opportunities for Crunchyroll executives, along with managing campaigns for the ecommerce, retail, consumer products, business development, and product and engineering lines of business
- You will work with main executives on trend stories and company spotlights, including prep, talking points and coaching
- You will curate external speaking opportunities for major industry events in a handful of important subject areas
- You will liaise with media – specifically trade/business and select industry trades, on industry and business stories, especially as it relates to reporters in the retail, consumer products, and technical / engineering space
Our take
In recent decades, anime - encompassing Japanese, Korean, and Chinese animation 0 has transitioned from a niche interest to a formidable industry, boasting a global market worth approximately $30B. Despite this growth, distribution has historically posed challenges, with series and films often reaching overseas audiences through disparate channels, if at all. Crunchyroll emerged to address this issue by consolidating the largest collection of anime into a single streaming service.
Sony's acquisition of Crunchyroll in 2021 for $1.75B expanded the platform's reach, integrating Sony's extensive animation library into its offerings. this move also positioned Crunchyroll for heightened competition against streaming giant Netflix, known for its substantial investments in anime production and acquisition. Currently, Crunchyroll maintains an unrivaled library of anime content, boasting over 44,000 episodes that have attracted over 0M paying subscribers.
While Crunchyroll initially offered a free, ad-supported tier to its vast community, it appears poised to phase out this option, transitioning to a subscription-based model for all new series. Despite this shift, the platform has implemented a global reduction in fees to stimulate subscription uptake. The success of this strategy remains to be seen, but past experiences with companies like Hulu suggest that it may drive subscription growth and mitigate piracy
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Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Mar 2010
$0.8m
EARLY VC
Feb 2008
$4.1m
SERIES A
Total funding: $4.9m
Company benefits
- Receive a great compensation package including salary plus performance bonus earning potential, paid annually
- Flexible time off policies allowing you to take the time you need to be your whole self
- Generous medical, dental, vision, STD, LTD, and life insurance
- Health Saving Account HSA program
- Health care and dependent care FSA
- 401(k) plan, with employer match
- Employer paid commuter benefit
- Support program for new parents
- Pet insurance and some of our offices are pet friendly!
Company HQ
Lucerne - Higuera, Culver City, CA
Leadership
Kun Gao
(Co-Founder)Co-founded Crunchyroll in 2006 and served as CEO/General Manager/Board Member until 2018. Previously the founder and CTO of Frappr.com as well as a Product Engineer at HOT or NOT.
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