Senior Production Operations Specialist

2 Months ago • 5 Years + • Product Management • $50 PA - $60 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Production Operations Specialist, you facilitate the smooth flow of content across various production stages. You work with the Manager of Production Management and teams to ensure materials move from content providers to delivery, meeting timelines and quality standards. You will also be responsible for nurturing relationships with licensors, ensuring material progresses through internal and external pipelines, and meeting launch and delivery timelines. Directing tasks to different teams, not only for our flagship O&O site but also for external distribution agreements and partner engagements, ensuring a cohesive approach across all platforms and collaborations.
Must have:
  • 5 or more years of experience in Production or equivalent.
  • Coordinate incoming materials for multiple distribution channels.
  • Communicate with licensors worldwide, especially in Japan.
  • Collaborate with the Brand Management team on licensor agreements.
  • Conduct research using storage tools and media asset management.
  • Communicate changes to upstream and downstream teams.
  • Monitor asset progress and notify when requirements aren't met.
  • Ensure compliance with all legal and contractual obligations.

Job Details

About Crunchyroll

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 a Production Operations Specialist, you help facilitate the smooth flow of content across several stages of production. Working with the Manager of Production Management and our teams, you ensure that material moves from content providers to delivery, meeting established timelines and quality standards.Your responsibilities extend to nurturing crucial relationships with licensors, ensuring material progresses smoothly through internal and external pipelines, and meets agreed launch and delivery timelines. Your scope extends to directing tasks to different teams, not only for our flagship O&O site but also for external distribution agreements and partner engagements, ensuring a cohesive approach across all platforms and collaborations.

  • You have 5 or more years of experience working in Production or equivalent experience. 
  • Coordinate incoming materials for multiple distribution channels, including Theatrical, Simulcast, and Home video.
  • Communicate with licensors worldwide, focusing on partners in Japan, to facilitate content acquisition.
  • Collaborate with the Brand Management team to confirm and communicate any changes in deals and agreements with licensors.
  • Conduct research using on-prem storage tools and well as using the media asset management system to provide up-to-date material information and ensure compliance with standards.
  • Communicate changes in delivered material to upstream teams and share information downstream to our operational pillars and fulfillment team.
  • Monitor the progress of assets as they move through the supply chain and notify licensors and providers when material does not meet standard requirements.
  • Ensure compliance with all legal and contractual obligations related to content that arrives.

We are considering applicants for the location of Los Angeles.

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The Pay Range for this position is listed. Actual pay will vary based on factors including, but not limited to location, experience, and performance.

Pay Range

$50 - $60 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.

  • Kaizen. We have a growth mindset committed to constant forward progress.
  • Service. We serve our community with humility, enabling joy and belonging for others.

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.

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