Manager, Content Acquisitions

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Location: Dallas

Our Dallas office is centrally located within the Metroplex, making it convenient and easily accessible for our team members from across the Dallas-Fort Worth Area.

About You:

• 5+ years of Agency or Entertainment based account management experience. Specific disciplines could include Accounting, Royalty Statements, Production, Marketing, Anime Industry knowledge, strong communication skills.
• Passion for Anime, Japanese culture, Entertainment industry.
• Exceptional organizational and communication skills (written and verbal) with the ability to build relationships and influence teams.
• Ability to work independently
• International experience
• Bilingual (English and Japanese) preferred, but not required
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Service oriented
• Knowledge of, and a passion for, entertainment, animation, and pop culture is a plus
• Possess critical thinking skills to dissect proposals and legal agreements surrounding IP
• Ability to discern problems and to change the business environment to anticipate and build creative solutions in a transitioning media landscape

A day in the life of our Manager, Content Acquisitions:

• Contacting Japanese partners to receive the latest information on their production schedule and discuss opportunities to grow and foster our distribution partnership.
• Foster strong relationships with Japanese partners and be responsible for managing account relationships, including day-to-day business.
• Work with other departments to deliver “Best in Class” partnership and to ensure that contractual obligations are performed.
• Acquire in depth knowledge of our business in each internal department to address key issues, competitive situations, industry trends and market dynamics.
• Maintain an open dialogue with licensors and assist with implementation of solutions and reporting of our activities.
• Collaborate with the evaluation team to accurately assess the value of content
• Timely respond to licensor requests and bid submissions
• Work closely with Business Affairs to efficiently close contracts and secure timely delivery of assets
• Cooperate with Marketing to procure marketing materials needed to support successful title launches

Benefits: Dallas 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
• Support program for new parents
• Fun, passionate and skilled co-workers

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About Crunchyroll

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.

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