Content Manager, Original & Partnerships

WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. (Wattpad & WEBTOON Family of Brands)
El Segundo, CA
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Aimed at mid-level to senior content strategists who bridge cultural and creative gaps between international markets.

Best fit for

  • Individuals with a background in managing creative partnerships and external studios
    — “Matching scripts with studios or freelancers and overseeing the actual creation of the company’s assets.”
  • Professionals skilled in long-term content planning and pipeline integration
    — “prioritize and integrate specific titles into a platform-wide long-term slate utilizing high-level pipeline planning.”

Things to consider

  • The role demands managing both creative and technical project elements across global teams.
    — “owning the project management of MDA (distribution) series, including the technical/operational aspects of timeline, asset, and delivery coordination”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in cross-cultural content localization and adaptation in your resume and interview narrative.
    — “bridging the creative gap between creators in Korea/Japan and the U.S.”
  • Demonstrate your ability to manage multi-studio creative projects and align with external partners.
    — “Manage creative alignment with high-profile external partners.”
  • Showcase your long-term planning and content integration skills, especially across platforms.
    — “prioritize and integrate specific titles into a platform-wide long-term slate”
  • Emphasize your experience in balancing corporate and creative demands in your application materials.
    — “Balance external corporate requirements with internal creative direction and timelines.”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • successful content projects
  • high-quality content
  • aligned creative direction
Typical background
content creationscriptwritingeditorial

Skills & requirements

Required

Content CreationScript AdaptationPipeline PlanningCreative AlignmentProject Management

Preferred

Cultural FluencyScriptwritingEditorial Skills

About the role

Original posting from WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. (Wattpad & WEBTOON Family of Brands) via Lever

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 Entertainment adaptations are available on Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Crunchyroll, and other screens around the world, and the company’s content partners include The Walt Disney Company, HYBE, and DC Comics, among many others.

Responsibilities:

  • Source and develop original story concepts specifically by bridging the creative gap between creators in Korea/Japan and the U.S. by implementing a deep cultural fluency to adapt scripts for a specific Western market.
  • Matching scripts with studios or freelancers and overseeing the actual creation of the company’s assets.
  • Ability to prioritize and integrate specific titles into a platform-wide long-term slate utilizing high-level pipeline planning.
  • Manage creative alignment with high-profile external partners.
  • Edit and strategize on-line assets of the company.
  • Balance external corporate requirements with internal creative direction and timelines.
  • Responsible for owning the project management of MDA (distribution) series, including the technical/operational aspects of timeline, asset, and delivery coordination, in addition to the creative development.

Requirements:

  • MBA

What we offer (For Full-Time Only):

  • Career development; we believe in mentorship and investing in your learning, supporting you to achieve your goals
  • Health benefits, including vision and dental!
  • Generous PTO and Parental Leave Top-up
  • 401K Contributions 
  • Commuter Benefits 
  • Global WEBTOON and LINE FRIENDS discount program
  • Winter break shutdown and a whole lot more!

With approximately 155 million monthly active users, WEBTOON Entertainment’s IP & Creator Ecosystem of aligned brands and platforms include WEBTOON, Wattpad--the world’s leading webnovel platform--WEBTOON Productions, 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!

#WEBTOON

Source: WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. (Wattpad & WEBTOON Family of Brands) careers (Lever)

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