Content Acquisitions Manager

1 Month ago • 5 Years + • Account Management • $99,176 PA - $123,970 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Content Acquisitions Manager at Crunchyroll builds and maintains relationships with Japanese and international partners, negotiating content deals to secure anime for simulcasts and catalog lineups. Responsibilities include communicating production schedules, negotiating deal terms, exploring distribution partnerships, collaborating with internal teams (Business Affairs, Marketing, Legal) to fulfill contractual obligations, analyzing market trends, implementing solutions and reporting, assessing content value, and managing digital assets. The role requires experience in agency or entertainment account management, working with accounting and royalty statements, and a passion for anime and Japanese culture. The ideal candidate will have end-to-end project ownership experience, international collaboration skills, and a service-oriented approach.
Must have:
  • 5+ years agency/entertainment account management
  • Experience with accounting, royalties, production, marketing
  • Passion for anime, Japanese culture, entertainment
  • End-to-end project management, implementation
  • International experience, asynchronous work
Perks:
  • Competitive compensation (salary + bonus)
  • Flexible time off
  • Comprehensive benefits (medical, dental, vision)
  • 401k with employer match
  • Commuter benefits
  • Parental support program
  • Pet insurance

Job Details

About Crunchyroll

WE HELP EVERYONE BELONG. IT’S OUR PURPOSE.

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!

About the role

The Content Acquisition Manager fosters relationships with our Japanese partners and the promotion of account relationships. You will work with internal team members across Business Affairs, Marketing, and Legal.

You will:

  • Communicate with Japanese and international partners/licensors regarding production schedule.
  • Negotiate deal terms with Japanese and international partners/licensors to secure contents. 
  • Explore opportunities to grow and foster distribution partnership. 
  • Collaborate with other departments to ensure contractual obligations are performed.
  • Analyze industry trends and market dynamics.
  • Implement solutions and reporting summaries.
  • Assess content value.
  • Manage digital assets and marketing materials.

We are considering applicants for the location(s) of Culver City, CA and Dallas, TX. 

About You

  • 5+ years of Agency or Entertainment based account management experience. 
  • You have experience working with Accounting, Royalty Statements, Production, Marketing.
  • You have passion for Anime, Japanese culture, and the Entertainment industry.
  • You have experience owning end to end projects, seeing it through to implementation and iteration.
  • You have International experience, operating in an asynchronistic work environment.
  • Your are service oriented.

About the Team

Manager of Content Acquisitions will secure a pipeline of content to satisfy Crunchyroll’s seasonal simulcast slate and catalog lineups, while strengthening its relationships with our Japanese partners’ teams and augmenting our reputation as the most trusted international distributor for Japanese anime abroad.  Knowledge of the Japanese anime industry, strong communication skills, ability to challenge status quo within the industry, and attention to detail are necessary to succeed in this position.

Why you will love working at Crunchyroll

In addition to getting to work with fun, passionate and inspired colleagues, you will also enjoy the following benefits and perks:

  • 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!

#LifeAtCrunchyroll #LI-Hybrid 

The Pay Range for this position is listed. Actual pay will vary based on factors including, but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Crunchyroll’s Total Rewards offerings for employees. Other rewards may include performance bonuses, employer matched retirement savings, time-off programs, and progressive health benefits and perks.
Pay Transparency - Culver City, CA
$99,176$123,970 USD

About our Values

We want to be everything for someone rather than something for everyone and we do this by living and modeling our values in all that we do. We value

  • Courage. We believe that when we overcome fear, we enable our best selves.

  • Curiosity. We are curious, which is the gateway to empathy, inclusion, and understanding.

  • Service. We serve our community with humility, enabling joy and belonging for others.

  • Kaizen. We have a growth mindset committed to constant forward progress.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion

Our mission of helping people belong reflects our commitment to diversity & inclusion. It's just the way we do business.

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.

Crunchyroll, LLC is an independently operated joint venture between US-based Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Japan's Aniplex, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., both subsidiaries of Tokyo-based Sony Group Corporation.

Questions about Crunchyroll’s hiring process? Please check out our Hiring FAQs: https://help.crunchyroll.com/hc/en-us/articles/360040471712-Crunchyroll-Hiring-FAQs

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Please beware of recent scams to online job seekers. Those applying to our job openings will only be contacted directly from @crunchyroll.com email account.

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About The Company

Crunchyroll connects anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories with the content and experiences they love. In addition to free ad-supported and subscription premium content, Crunchyroll serves the anime community across events, theatrical, games, consumer products, collectibles and manga publishing.


Anime fans have access to one of the largest collections of licensed anime through Crunchyroll and translated in multiple languages for viewers worldwide. Viewers can also access simulcasts — top series available immediately after Japanese broadcast.

The Crunchyroll app is available on over 15 platforms, including all gaming consoles.

Crunchyroll, LLC is an independently operated joint venture between US-based Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Japan’s Aniplex, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., both subsidiaries of Tokyo-based Sony Group Corporation

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