Social Media Manager, UCANZ

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 In the role of Social Media Manager, UCANZ, you will report to the Senior Manager, Community, UCANZ. We are considering applicants for the locations of Los Angeles or Dallas. We are seeking a strategic, creative, and highly adaptable Social Media Manager, UCANZ, to help lead our English-language UCANZ social media presence and support a broad range of social initiatives across announcements, community engagement, priority titles, audience development, and integrated marketing. You will serve as a social media generalist, taking ownership of key workstreams while flexing across the team’s priorities as business and resourcing needs evolve. You will help shape social strategy and programming, lead cross-functional initiatives, develop audience-first content, and strengthen our engagement and community building among Crunchyroll fans. You will use fan conversation, trends, sentiment, and platform behavior to identify opportunities for meaningful engagement and inform our broader social strategy. A key focus of this role will be identifying opportunities to reach and grow priority audience segments across UCANZ by leveraging audience insights, platform discovery, community partnerships, and culturally relevant content strategies. You will also help scale the team through agency and external support, identifying where partners can add capacity or specialized expertise. You will help define agency needs and scopes, onboard and brief partners effectively, establish clear workflows and expectations, and ensure external teams are set up to deliver high-quality work. You will be combining strong social and creative instincts with a community-first mindset and operational leadership. You understand fandom culture, know how to create meaningful connections between brands and fans, and can translate both audience insights and business priorities into compelling social ideas. You are equally comfortable developing content and engagement strategies, leading agency partners, collaborating across teams, and building the processes needed to execute effectively at scale. Core Areas of Responsibility • Strategically shape social programming and the editorial calendar, identifying opportunities informed by fan insights, cultural and platform trends, performance, and business priorities. • Develop audience-first social concepts, campaigns, and platform-native content that bring Crunchyroll’s titles, brand, partnerships, and key initiatives to life for fans. • Develop organic social strategies to reach and grow priority audience segments across UCANZ to support broader membership growth objectives. • Lead community management and engagement strategy, identifying opportunities to participate in fan conversation, deepen engagement, and build stronger connections with Crunchyroll’s community. • Lead social support for assigned cross-functional initiatives, partnering with teams across Crunchyroll to translate broader marketing and business objectives into effective social strategies and executions. • Identify where agency or external support can add capacity or specialized expertise across content, community management, publishing, and social operations. • Oversee operational workflows across Social, agency partners, Brand Management, and licensors