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

We are looking for a Subtitling Specialist, Translation & Accessibility to focus on originating English closed captioning and subtitles for emerging markets. You will be a bridge between vendors and our teams. Your experience in vendor management and subtitle translation, placement and formatting ensures that the highest quality subtitles will be offered to our customers around the world. Reporting to our Supervisor of Subtitling Operations you will handle essential tasks such as quality control of translations, research for localization, and seamless coordination across multiple departments. Your expertise ensures that content meets style and specification standards for our international audiences and our deaf and hard of hearing fans.

• You will facilitate communication with captioning & subtitling vendors for inquiries, requests, clarifications, and approvals.
• You will be the contact for our teams, ensuring effective coordination with Brand Management, Programming, Content Operations, and other relevant departments within Crunchyroll.
• You will support translation teams and help manage matters related to our terminology process.
• You will manage style guides that reflect the needs of the deaf and hard of hearing community, and evolve as those needs change.
• You will work with vendors to ensure all translations stay true to the original content but are also spec-compliant and appropriate for regional audiences.

We are considering applicants for our Dallas office.

About You

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

• 2+ years experience in the area of localization, specifically in managing global subtitle creation and/or captions/SDH.
• You have experience working in the entertainment Industry, ideally with animated content.
• You have hands-on experience coordinating inter-departmental projects and collaborating with external partners.

About the Team

Our Localization team plays a crucial role in ensuring that anime fans worldwide can enjoy anime in a variety of languages. Our diverse and collaborative team is spread out globally, and we take pride in providing content in up to ten languages, with goals to expand further. Despite our established status, we are constantly evolving to meet the ever-changing demands of our fans.

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!

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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.

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