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 adaptations are available on Netflix, Prime Video, Crunchyroll, and other screens around the world, and the company’s content partners include Discord, HYBE and DC Comics, among many others.
The Content Department is looking for an Associate Editor to join WEBTOON’s Los Angeles headquarters. The Content Department is responsible for Original Programming on US WEBTOON. The Associate Editor position, reporting directly to the Managing Editor, will be responsible for sourcing, developing, and working with creators to deliver a variety of Original Series on the platform.
Essential Duties:
- Gain familiarity with popular and diverse series on WEBTOON ORIGINALS and CANVAS
- Actively review and source CANVAS series and pitched materials
- Participate in pitch and development meetings
- Handle acquisition and development of assigned series
- Set deadlines and ensure the quality and delivery of assigned series
- Manage (or co-manage) creator and external partner relationships and communication
- Provide constructive creative feedback and optimization solutions to the development process
- Help strategize and implement marketing efforts on assigned series
- Monitor and evaluate audience reception of assigned series
- Contribute to offline/online events as needed
Minimum Qualifications:
- 3+ years of editorial experience in digital comics, or similar content
- Regularly reads series on WEBTOON ORIGINALS and CANVAS
- Must be an effective communicator
- Demonstrate a keen editorial eye for identifying talent
- Strong interest and awareness of pop-culture and youth culture
- Practical knowledge in storytelling
- Practical knowledge in graphic software such as Photoshop and Clip Studio
What we offer:
- 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
- Work-From-Anywhere
- Global WEBTOON and LINE FRIENDS discount program
- Winter break shutdown and a whole lot more!
$50,000 - $65,000 a year
Please note the above range is listed in USD.
With approximately 170 million monthly active users, WEBTOON Entertainment’s IP & Creator Ecosystem of aligned companies include WEBTOON, Wattpad--the world’s leading webnovel platform--Wattpad WEBTOON Studios, 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!