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About the Role
The Collectibles team at Crunchyroll is dedicated to bringing outstanding experiences, products, and game collaborations to anime fans around the world. In your role as Associate Approvals Manager, you will shepherd product, marketing, and event approvals from start to finish, working closely with our licensees and master rights holders to ensure all licensed goods adhere to prescribed guidelines, are processed in a timely manner, and meet all necessary quality standards. In the role of Associate Approvals Manager (Collectibles), you will report to the Director, Approvals.
Responsibilities
- Manage end-to-end global approvals for product, packaging, marketing, and event materials across assigned titles, ensuring submissions align with brand guidelines, licensing requirements, and quality expectations.
- Serve as a day-to-day approvals partner to domestic and international stakeholders—including internal teams, licensees, vendors, and master rights holders.
- Develop, maintain, and socialize IP-specific style guides, usage guidelines, and reference materials that enable consistent, on-brand execution across licensed products and consumer-facing activations.
- Track, curate, and interpret approvals data—including submission volume, approval rates, turnaround times, and response speed—to identify trends and support process improvements.
- Curate artwork and creative assets by collecting, organizing, and maintaining approved materials; coordinate artwork requests and commissions as needed to support product development and marketing needs.
- Support additional approvals, licensing, and cross-functional projects as business priorities evolve.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional work experience.
- 2 years of experience in product approvals, licensing, brand management, or a related function.
- Experience working with IPs.
- Experience working with international partners or vendors.
- Experience with Adobe Creative Suite, particularly with Photoshop and Illustrator.
- Experience with product approvals software (i.e. MyMediaBox, Flowhaven)
- Experience working at an anime, entertainment, or gaming company.
- Able to lift and move materials weighing up to 13.5 kg
- Native to Business level Japanese language skills (reading, speaking, writing)
- Native to Business level English language skills (reading, speaking, writing)
Skills
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- Product approvals software
- MyMediaBox
- Flowhaven
Location
- Tokyo, Japan
Work Type
- Hybrid Work Schedule
Experience Level
- 5+ years of professional work experience
- 2 years of experience in product approvals, licensing, brand management, or a related function
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive Salary
Benefits
- Health Insurance through Sony Kenko Hoken Kumiai
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Allowances for Gym & Wellness, Cellphone, Meals, Commuting
- Crunchyroll Premium account
- Professional Development
- Company's Paid Parental Leave (up to 22 weeks for birthing parents, up to 12 weeks for non-birthing parents)
- Hybrid Work Schedule
- Paid Time Off
- Flex Time Off
- 5 Yasumi Days
- Half-Day Fridays during the summer
- 3 Obon Summer Yasumi Days
- Winter Break
About the Company
- 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.
- 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.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.