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[WEBTOON] Corporate Communications Manager
Wattpad, Los Angeles, CA
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.
We are looking for a media relations and corporate communications pro to join our PR & Communications Team as Corporate Communications Manager. Reporting into the Director of Corporate Communications, you will: develop and manage executive thought-leadership and profile for WEBTOON Entertainment's Leadership team; support our rapid response corporate issues and crisis program; support Quarterly Earnings communications; manage Internal Communications for our North America teams; manage executive appearances at Business & Technology conferences; and build thoughtful and strategic PR programs to promote our innovations and product launches.
What You'll Do:- Collaborate cross functionally across the organization to develop and execute proactive communications, thought-leadership, and content strategies to support a range of corporate initiatives.
- Create a variety of media materials, including press releases, media pitches, op-eds, and white papers.
- US and Global media relations to increase WEBTOON Entertainment's presence in business, financial, and technology media.
- Build new processes to support an evolving international business, including sourcing new tools to support WEBTOON Entertainment's Corporate Communications practice.
- Message development and media training for our Leadership Team and corporate spokespeople, ensuring a robust lineup of well-trained public speakers.
- Function as first level of response for reputational issues, managing inbound media requests and aligning stakeholders.
- Coordinate media tours and desk-side meetings for our Leadership Team.
- Develop external speeches and presentations, including researching, writing, and building decks.
- Support our quarterly earnings communications and media relations.
- You have 5 years experience in journalism, or PR / corporate communications in a public company
- A well-connected media mover - you aren't afraid to pick up the phone and tell media our story
- Someone who lives for the news: you're a savvy media consumer, you pay attention to big media stories and how they play out
- A motivated communications pro, who stays cool and motivates others in challenging situations
- Someone who thinks beyond press releases: you look for the best channels and messages to accomplish communications goals
- A natural builder who will create strategies and processes to support our Corporate Communications initiatives
- A team player, who gets equally excited about building a strategy as you do about executing tactics
- You love to read and/or write
- Tell us your favourite journalist and media outlet (US) when submitting your application.
*Please note that the salary range is 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!