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Associate Producer (Japanese) – Mobile Games

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The intersection of media and technology is our sweet spot and we are fortunate to be headquartered at the epicenter of the creative economy – Los Angeles. This office houses many of our corporate functions and cross-functional teams tasked with creating exceptional experiences for our passionate communities.

About The Team

Crunchyroll Games is a new division of Crunchyroll passionate about bringing the best of anime and anime-look games to Crunchyroll’s global audience. We work with a variety of global and domestic partners to help publish games to over 100+ countries, and bring more fans into the anime games ecosystem. Our team is composed of anime enthusiasts, authorities within gaming, and mash-ups of keenly intelligent and driven individuals. We are highly collaborative, and closely with external content providers and licensors to develop and promote mobile games for the Crunchyroll community.

The Crunchyroll Games team is growing fast! We are a cross-functional team of highly-motivated people spanning several internal departments — from Business to Marketing to Audience Development to Design. The team works closely with external content providers and licensors to develop and promote mobile games for the Crunchyroll community. We deploy a large scale budget against a wide array of paid marketing channels to drive brand awareness, conversion, and new users as well as lifecycle communications crafted to engage, retain, and promote additional value to our existing users.

As the Associate Producer (Japanese), this person will handle frontline communications with development teams for clear messaging on production and live operations of mobile games. This staff member will handle the life cycle of launched games as well as become a control tower for the titles they represent. They will also be charged with proofreading and approving localized content as well as communicating with the appropriate parties and vendors for said translations and keeping up with basic approval processes for assets and text.

Operational duties:

  • Developer communication
  • Cross functional internal communication with QA, CS, UA, Marketing, Operations, etc
  • Management of production schedules, in game events, notices, timelines, as well as other various and typical game operations tasks.
  • Basic oversight of community / social media / customer service
  • Language Interpretation with external or overseas partners

Localization duties:

  • Translate and localize in-game text, user interface, and other game strings as needed.
  • Manage quality and schedule of external localization vendors or by localization coordinators as needed
  • Assist in planning localization projects and updating various localization process documents as projects are received and completed
  • Localize pitch documents and proposals to Asian developers and/or IP holders
  • Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

  • Fluency in Japanese and English
  • Project coordination skills
  • 1-2 years’ work experience in video game development.
  • Understanding of the end-to-end localization process for games or software products
  • Excellent English written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to cultivate productive and positive relationships with external partners, managers, and peers
  • BA/BS or 2+ years equivalent work experience
  • Working knowledge of performance metrics, KPI, and basic reporting

Advantages:

  • You have hands-on experience with project set-up, assignment, and tracking for complex projects
  • Experience working with game development teams in Asia
  • Familiarity with Japanese animation properties and jargon
  • Experience working with intellectual properties and approval processes
  • Experience working with 3rd party and foreign developers from relevant territories
  • Experience in localization, preferably as a Project Manager within the gaming or software industry

Benefits: Los Angeles (Culver City)

  • 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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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.

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