[WEBTOON] Sensitivity and Expert Reader (Project Based, Independent Contract)

Posted 14 Days Ago
Hiring Remotely in Los Angeles, CA
Remote
1-3 Years Experience
News + Entertainment
The Role
Sensitivity and Expert Readers will assist the Content Standards and Practices team by conducting sensitivity reviews and fact-checking content in production. They will prepare reports on sensitive elements and work independently to ensure cultural awareness in media. Strong communication and research skills are essential.
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WEBTOON Entertainment is a leading global entertainment company and home to some of the world's largest storytelling platforms. As the global leader and pioneer of the mobile webcomic format, WEBTOON Entertainment has transformed comics and visual storytelling for fans and creators. 


With its CANVAS UGC platform empowering anyone to become a creator, and a growing roster of superstar WEBTOON Originals creators and series, WEBTOON Entertainment’s passionate fandoms are the new face of pop culture. WEBTOON adaptations are available on Netflix, Prime Video, Crunchyroll, and other screens around the world, and the company’s content partners include Discord, HYBE and DC Comics, among many others. 


Sensitivity and Expert Readers will work with Content Standards and Practices team safety review efforts of our content. Project scope may include historical accuracy research and fact checking, in addition to full sensitivity read. Readers will review content in production, conduct research on topics and themes presented in the story as necessary, and prepare reports of sensitive elements in the Readers’ areas of expertise. 


You must be detail-oriented, visual, and self-motivated with strong communications skills.

What we're looking for:

  • Prior experience working in the capacity as an expert consultant on media projects
  • Excellent research, writing and verbal communications skills 
  • Ability to work independently, and culturally aware of trends and pop culture in United States, Latin America, and South Korea
  • Strong proficiency with technology: MS Office, Sharepoint, Adobe Acrobat, Zoom

With approximately 170 million monthly active users, WEBTOON Entertainment’s IP & Creator Ecosystem of aligned companies include WEBTOON, Wattpad--the world’s leading webnovel platform--Wattpad WEBTOON Studios, Studio N, Studio LICO, WEBTOON Unscrolled, LINE MANGA, and eBookJapan, among others.


Join us and work with some of the biggest artists, IP, and fandoms in comics!

The Company
Toronto, Ontario
3,327 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2006

What We Do

Wattpad. Where Stories Live.

Wattpad’s vision is to entertain and connect the world through stories. The global multi-platform entertainment company uses the power of community and technology to enable the creation and distribution of content across a variety of formats. Its flagship app, Wattpad, is home to a community of more than 90 million people who spend over 23 billion minutes a month engaged in original stories. Tap by Wattpad, the company’s second storytelling product, offers short, chat-based stories in over a dozen languages. Wattpad Studios co-produces stories for film, television, digital and print, together with industry partners. Wattpad Brand Partnerships offers a full suite of advertising products to help brands build deep engagement with Gen Z consumers. The company is proudly based in Toronto, Canada.

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