Contract Specialist, Content

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Culver City, CA
80K-85K Annually
Senior level
Digital Media • eCommerce • Gaming • Mobile • News + Entertainment
The world’s largest destination for anime & manga focused on creating 360° fan experiences.
The Role
As a Contract Specialist, Content, you will manage license deals, negotiate agreements, communicate contractual risks, ensure compliance, and track deal terms. You will collaborate with internal teams to enhance content licensing and organizational efficiency while upholding contractual integrity.
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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

As the Contract Specialist, Content you will support the Content Acquisition team in managing license deals, communicating contractual risks to multiple internal departments, negotiating agreements, ensuring compliance with agreement terms, and tracking and updating deal terms using internal systems. You will help maximize our content licensing efforts while maintaining contractual integrity and optimizing revenue.

  • You will work with our Content Acquisitions and Legal teams to ensure the accurate representation of agreements, conducting negotiations and extensions with our licensors.
  • You will communicate contractual risks to appropriate internal departments and affiliate companies, facilitating well-informed decisions.
  • You will provide daily updates to other teams to ensure a clear understanding of finalized deal terms, enhance revenue, and guarantee agreement compliance.
  • You will maintain an organized system for tracking deal terms and update negotiation statuses within our internal tracking systems.

In the role of Contract Specialist, Content, you will report to the Senior Director, Business Affairs.

We are considering applicants for the location of Culver City, CA.

About You

We get excited about candidates, like you, because...

  • 5+ years experience with content licensing, contract negotiations, or a related field in the entertainment industry
  • Experience managing licensing content and IPs 
  • Experience with project management and related project management tools
  • Experience working with Japanese businesses and have an understanding of Japanese business culture

About the Team

As part of Crunchyroll's Content organization, the Business Affairs team supports the Content Acquisition team on acquisition deals, providing consultation on deal strategies, negotiations, and rights clearance with other departments and managing associated financial, legal, and business risks.

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

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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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HQ: San Francisco, CA
1,200 Employees
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Year Founded: 2006

What We Do

Crunchyroll is the world’s largest destination for anime and manga focused on creating 360° experiences — from video to merchandise, events, and gaming — for fans to connect through the content they love.

Why Work With Us

The quality of our company is a direct result of the quality of our people, so we take the process and art of hiring very seriously. Every position we recruit against is an opportunity for us to enhance and directly impact our culture and climate, and it is a reflection of the values we uphold.

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