Founded by fans, Crunchyroll delivers the art and culture of anime to a passionate community. We super-serve over 100 million anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories, and help them connect with the stories and characters they crave. Whether that experience is online or in-person, streaming video, theatrical, games, merchandise, events and more, it’s powered by the anime content we all love.
Join our team, and help us shape the future of anime!
As a (Contract) Partner Relations & Content Marketing Coordinator, you will build processes with cross-functional teams to streamline the approval experience for both our content creators/licensors and internal teams. You will manage the anime approval submission process for the Marketing organization, particularly for our 3rd-party distribution partners (e.g., Amazon, Roku, LG, Samsung). You will participate in planning for SVOD and theatrical promotions, and support Brand Managers in building meaningful relationships with Japanese, Chinese, and Korean creators and licensors.
You will lead the approval process for our titles, ensuring the impact and delivery of our goals in both mature and developing markets. We expect that our creators and licensors will support our marketing initiatives and tactics through your communication and guidance throughout the approval process.
This is a 6-month contract position.
In the role of (Contract) Partner Relations & Content Marketing Coordinator, you will report to the Director, Partner Relations & Content Marketing.
We are considering applicants for the location of Los Angeles, CA.
About YouWe get excited about candidates, like you, because...
- 2+ years of experience in marketing coordination, approvals, partner management, content operations, or a similar role within entertainment, media, licensing, or consumer-facing brands.
- Experience managing multiple creative assets, timelines, and review cycles across several partners and projects at once.
- Experience supporting approvals, campaign execution, or asset trafficking for marketing promotions from submission through final delivery.
- Experience working with IP holders for asset approvals and tracking.
- Experience working with 3rd-party distribution partners for asset approvals and tracking.
- Experience with project management and asset management tools.
- Experience communicating with partners from different cultural backgrounds, particularly Japanese business culture.
- Experience working with globally distributed partners (external and internal), preferably around process improvement.
- Strong interest in anime and Japanese pop culture is a huge plus
- Japanese fluency is preferred.
- Bachelor's degree, preferably related to Communications or Marketing.
The Partner Relations & Content Marketing team is the bridge between Crunchyroll's content creators and licensors and the rest of the company. The team is critical to bringing anime marketing to life, helping promotions move forward through partner support, approvals, and alignment on title representation. We are a well-established team with longstanding processes, deep partner knowledge, and close collaboration across the business. We measure success by how effectively it helps maximize the marketing potential of each title while building and maintaining strong, trusted relationships with licensors and content creators.
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Skills Required
- 2+ years experience in marketing coordination, approvals, partner management, content operations, or similar within entertainment, media, licensing, or consumer brands.
- Experience managing multiple creative assets, timelines, and review cycles across several partners and projects.
- Experience supporting approvals, campaign execution, or asset trafficking from submission through final delivery.
- Experience working with IP holders for asset approvals and tracking.
- Experience working with 3rd-party distribution partners for asset approvals and tracking.
- Experience with project management and asset management tools.
- Experience communicating with partners from different cultural backgrounds, particularly Japanese business culture.
- Experience working with globally distributed partners, preferably around process improvement.
- Strong interest in anime and Japanese pop culture.
- Japanese fluency.
- Bachelor's degree, preferably related to Communications or Marketing.
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At Crunchyroll, we deliver what anime fans love—anytime, anywhere. With the world’s largest anime streaming library, we connect fans to the stories, characters, and creators they love. But Crunchyroll is more than just a destination to watch anime—it's a global ecosystem where anime lives and breathes beyond the screen. From streaming and theatrical releases to merch, games, news, events, and music, we offer fans immersive experiences that celebrate anime culture in all its forms. Headquartered in the U.S. with teams and reach across the globe, Crunchyroll is an independently operated joint venture between Sony Pictures Entertainment and Aniplex of Japan. This unique partnership gives us the power to scale globally while staying rooted in anime’s cultural origins, ensuring authenticity and access for fans everywhere. We believe anime is more than entertainment—it’s a way of life. And we’re here to champion that passion every day.
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We take the People Experience seriously here at Crunchyroll. Join a diverse team of talented, ambitious people who treat each other well and believe that how we win is just as important as winning.
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