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via Salary.com posted_at: 16 days agoschedule_type: Full-time
Wattpad is a global multiplatform entertainment company whose vision is to entertain and connect the world through stories. Since 2006, we’ve been on a mission to use the power of community and technology to unleash the full potential of stories to the world. Every month 90 million people around the world spend over 23 billion minutes on Wattpad to share and discover stories they can’t find... anywhere else. Our brand banner includes: Wattpad, Wattpad is a global multiplatform entertainment company whose vision is to entertain and connect the world through stories. Since 2006, we’ve been on a mission to use the power of community and technology to unleash the full potential of stories to the world. Every month 90 million people around the world spend over 23 billion minutes on Wattpad to share and discover stories they can’t find... anywhere else. Our brand banner includes: Wattpad, Wattpad WEBTOON Studios, Wattpad Books and Wattpad Brand Partnerships. We’re proudly based in Toronto, but our reach is global. Come build the future of entertainment and storytelling, and write your next chapter with us!

We are looking for a Head of Community. In this role, you will report directly to the Chief Product Officer of Wattpad and be responsible for delivering happiness and safety to our community of users and scaling that as we grow. You will represent the voice of our community within Wattpad, and the voice of Wattpad to the community. As the voice and champion for our millions of users you will keep their needs top of

mind and evangelize on their behalf, feeding into our product roadmap priorities, marketing campaigns and programs, and business relationships.

We welcome candidates of all lived experiences to apply.

What you'll be doing:
• Define and own the high-level strategy for the two key Community teams: Trust & Safety and Customer Support in alignment with the overall company strategy, by bringing business/market thinking, UGC trends and community insights to help protect and support our users
• Accountable for delivering and communicating clear and measurable results from the Trust & Safety and Customer Support teams
• Own a process that provides helpful guidance and input to Product around reducing blockers, risks and barriers for our users, that align to helping to solve our biggest company challenges
• Advocate within leadership and across the company on critical issues of user safety and user success
• Direct Manager to the Customer Support and Trust & Safety teams - ensuring their success and effectiveness through active coaching and leadership
• Foster an environment for the entire Community team to do their best work, including mental health consideration of Trust & Safety work, while building strong trusted relationships with the rest of the Wattpad organization
• Develop a plan to scale the teams in an efficient way that considers an ever growing user base and increasing community interactions where positivity and support are paramount
• Drive organizational process improvements and their adoption
• Own the training and development process for your direct reports
• Approaching every interaction, challenge and proposed solutions with an inclusive mindset.

What we're looking for:
• 7 years of relevant experience leading a Trust & Safety team (and also ideally a Customer Support team) with proven community expertise and knowledge of best practices
• Has broad domain expertise around Communities, Trust & Safety and Community Management, specifically related to a UGC platform
• Has experience working on a large scale tech platform and being a support to Product
• Experience as a leader in a mid to large sized tech company, comfortable navigating complex organizations and being a major point of accountability
• Proven leader who actively invests in the development of their team fostering a metrics-focused delivery and execution culture that delights and protects our community
• Exceptional empathy and ability to turn it into actionable insights for the Wattpad team
• Has a deep understanding about policies, procedures and best practices in this space and continue to improve the experience for the team and the Wattpad Community
• Has excellent skills around data and insights
• Has experience owning all the budgeting and headcount requirements for a department
• Has your own personal self-care/wellness program and can advise on best practices for the team
• You value diversity and advance inclusiveness as a part of the way you work, think and act.

What we offer:
• Competitive salary
• Career development; we believe in mentorship and investing in your learning, supporting you to achieve your goals
• Health benefits, fully covered by us!
• RRSP Contributions (Canada), 401K Contributions (USA)
• Generous vacation and Parental Leave Top-up
• Choice of hardware, flexible hours, and remote work options
• Summer Fridays with afternoons off!
• And a whole lot more!

Wattpad is conducting all interviews in a distributed manner using applicable third party software where needed and using visual interface tools such as Google Hangouts and Zoom.

About Wattpad

Who are we? Entrepreneurs and Do-ers. Our vision is to entertain and connect the world through stories, and our mission is to use the power of community and technology to unleash the full potential of stories to the world.

What does that mean? We are visionaries, community builders, passionate problem solvers, storytellers, coffee snobs (tea drinkers, too!), curious by nature, and culturally diverse.

What are we obsessed with? Our users. Solving complex problems and maximizing flow. Learning constantly. Building the next great storytelling product. Finding the greatest stories ever told. Dogs (and cats), coffee, and good snacks.

How do we work? Autonomously, collaboratively, respectfully. Balancing with work, family, and play...and all while having a great time.

Wattpad is a remote friendly company and encourages remote candidates to apply as long as they are located and authorized to work in either the US or Canada (excluding Quebec) as a precondition of employment. We are not able to sponsor applicants for work permits.

If you happen to live near the areas of either Toronto, Ontario or Halifax, Nova Scotia, you may also have the opportunity to work from our beautiful offices - 1 located in Downtown Toronto and the other in Downtown Halifax, both with easy access to transit.

Culture and Diversity

Wattpad is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate. Period.

Wattpad welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. We have taken a leadership position on creating a culture and an organization that truly values diversity. We are committed to fostering a global team that reflects the diversity of the Wattpad community. At Wattpad, we believe cultural fit doesn’t mean culturally identical, and diversity of thought helps us to challenge one another to think big and think differently. We consider employment applicants without regard to age, race, colour, national origin, citizenship, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, marital status, disability status or any other protected status.

If you have any special needs or accessibility requirements, please let us know. We will do our utmost to accommodate, in accordance with applicable local legislation.

Don’t meet all the requirements? Studies show women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs if they do not meet all the qualifications. Therefore, in an effort to build a more diverse workplace, we encourage you to apply anyways. You might actually be the right person or you may be a good fit for a number of other openings we currently have
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via Talent.com posted_at: 6 days agoschedule_type: Full-time
Wattpad is a global multiplatform entertainment company whose vision is to entertain and connect the world through stories. Since 2006, we've been on a mission to use the power of community and technology to unleash the full potential of stories to the world... Every month 90 million people around the world spend over 23 billion minutes on Wattpad to share and discover stories they can't find anywhere else. Our brand banner includes : Wattpad, Wattpad is a global multiplatform entertainment company whose vision is to entertain and connect the world through stories.

Since 2006, we've been on a mission to use the power of community and technology to unleash the full potential of stories to the world...

Every month 90 million people around the world spend over 23 billion minutes on Wattpad to share and discover stories they can't find anywhere else.

Our brand banner includes : Wattpad, Wattpad WEBTOON Studios, Wattpad Books and Wattpad Brand Partnerships. We're proudly based in Toronto, but our reach is global.

Come build the future of entertainment and storytelling, and write your next chapter with us!

Don't meet all the requirements? Studies show women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs if they do not meet all the qualifications.

Therefore, in an effort to build a more diverse workplace, we encourage you to apply anyways. You might actually be the right person or you may be a good fit for a number of other openings we currently have.

This role is an exciting opportunity to help Wattpad partner with major CPG brands and companies (i.e. beauty, QSR, health and wellness, etc.

fortune 500 brands and their agency partners who want to deeply engage with a community of gen-zers. Wattpad has a monthly audience of over 90M users - 80%+ of which are female who spend an average of 52+ minutes per session on Wattpad!

Reporting to our Head of Brand Partnerships, you will be based in New York City and be responsible for growing Wattpad's advertising revenue in the CPG space and east coast non-entertainment brands.

You bring a proven track record in advertising sales or branded content sales, preferably to agency partners / content agencies / TV networks, and a proven ability to reach and influence key stakeholders to drive new business.

There will be work that will require you to attend meetings within New York City in this role. As a requirement, you must be located within the New York City or be willing to commute as needed.

What you'll be doing :
• Build Wattpad's advertising client base in the entertainment space and west coast brand space. Client targets include CMOs, Heads of Marketing and media agencies
• Manage and grow a portfolio of brands and agency partners to use Wattpad's growing advertising products
• Manage the full sales cycle : identify, negotiate and close new advertising partners, and meet or exceed individual revenue targets
• Collaborate with account management and creative strategy teams to maximize revenue we are generating from existing accounts
• Act as a consultative seller, working to understand brands' marketing objectives, competitive landscape and how Wattpad can help achieve their goals
• Develop integrated brand campaigns, as well as scalable media campaigns, that clearly achieve brand objectives while staying true to the Wattpad brand and community
• Understand entertainment marketing marketplace dynamics and trends to continually build the knowledge base of opportunities as well as competitive offerings
• Stay up-to-date on digital advertising, social media, content marketing and branded entertainment to develop and continually innovate on our sales opportunities and sales product
• Act as a thought leader, both internally and externally with industry events, conferences, and strategic partnerships to help generate awareness and demand for Wattpad's Brand Partnerships' value proposition
• Works with Head of Brand Partnerships, Product and other cross-organizational groups to develop new ad & partnership product offerings, campaign ideas and revenue generating opportunities for Wattpad

What we're looking for :
• 6+ years of progressive experience in advertising sales, content partnerships, and online advertising
• Minimum of 4 years successful digital advertising sales experience, ideally targeting gen-z and including advertising sales directly to studios, streamers, TV networks and brands as well as to their agencies
• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Marketing / Business Administration or equivalent experience
• Deep understanding of branding / brand storytelling and marketing campaigns aimed at brand awareness and brand perception change, including native advertising, video, influencer marketing, etc.
• An ambitious, startup mindset with demonstrated ability to operate independently and achieve quarterly sales quotas while managing full sales pipelines
• Extensive rolodex and relationships with marketing decision makers at leading brands, entertainment comp and top media & advertising agencies
• Exceptional communication, presentation, listening and negotiation skills
• Passion for reading and / or writing, and being a Wattpader is definitely a bonus!

What we offer :
• Competitive salary
• Career development; we believe in mentorship and investing in your learning, supporting you to achieve your goals
• Health benefits, fully covered by us!
• RRSP Contributions (Canada), 401K Contributions (USA)
• Generous vacation and Parental Leave Top-up
• Monthly home office allowance, choice of hardware, flexible hours, and remote work options
• Corporate discount for gym membership for you and your family
• Summer Fridays with afternoons off!
• And a whole lot more!

Wattpad is conducting all interviews in a distributed manner using applicable third party software where needed and using visual interface tools such as Google Hangouts and Zoom.

About Wattpad

Who are we? Entrepreneurs and Do-ers. Our vision is to entertain and connect the world through stories, and our mission is to use the power of community and technology to unleash the full potential of stories to the world.

What does that mean? We are visionaries, community builders, passionate problem solvers, storytellers, coffee snobs (tea drinkers, too!), curious by nature, and culturally diverse.

What are we obsessed with? Our users. Solving complex problems and maximizing flow. Learning constantly. Building the next great storytelling product.

Finding the greatest stories ever told. Dogs (and cats), coffee, and good snacks.

How do we work? Autonomously, collaboratively, respectfully. Balancing with work, family, and play...and all while having a great time.

Wattpad is a remote friendly company and encourages remote candidates to apply as long as they are located and authorized to work in either the US or Canada (excluding Quebec) as a precondition of employment.

If you happen to live near the areas of either Toronto, Ontario or Halifax, Nova Scotia, you may also have the opportunity to work from our beautiful offices - 1 located in Downtown Toronto and the other in Downtown Halifax, both with easy access to transit.

Culture and Diversity

Wattpad is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate. Period.

Wattpad welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

We have taken a leadership position on creating a culture and an organization that truly values diversity. We are committed to fostering a global team that reflects the diversity of the Wattpad community.

At Wattpad, we believe cultural fit doesn't mean culturally identical, and diversity of thought helps us to challenge one another to think big and think differently.

We consider employment applicants without regard to age, race, colour, national origin, citizenship, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, marital status, disability status or any other protected status.

If you have any special needs or accessibility requirements, please let us know. We will do our utmost to accommodate, in accordance with applicable local legislation.

Last updated : 2023-02-20
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Wattpad is a global multiplatform entertainment company whose vision is to entertain and connect the world through stories. Since 2006, we’ve been on a mission to use the power of community and technology to unleash the full potential of stories to the world. Every month 90 million people around the world spend over 23 billion minutes on Wattpad to share and discover stories they can’t find... anywhere else. Our brand banner includes: Wattpad, Wattpad is a global multiplatform entertainment company whose vision is to entertain and connect the world through stories. Since 2006, we’ve been on a mission to use the power of community and technology to unleash the full potential of stories to the world. Every month 90 million people around the world spend over 23 billion minutes on Wattpad to share and discover stories they can’t find... anywhere else. Our brand banner includes: Wattpad, Wattpad WEBTOON Studios, Wattpad Books and Wattpad Brand Partnerships. We’re proudly based in Toronto, but our reach is global. Come build the future of entertainment and storytelling, and write your next chapter with us!

The Head of Programmatic & Ad Ops will play a key role in overseeing Wattpad’s programmatic advertising business and ad operations functions. Using your deep experience and subject matter expertise of the programmatic & digital advertising landscape, you will create and implement strategies that align with Wattpad’s company goals to drive, grow and deliver programmatic advertising revenue.

What you'll be doing:
• Responsible for the creation and execution of our Programmatic Advertising strategy & achievement of programmatic revenue targets
• Responsible for overseeing Ad Operations functions of Wattpad’s ad business while providing strategic guidance around investment within the company to help enable continued growth of the business.
• Work closely with Leaders across Wattpad’s Sales, Product and Engineering teams to develop and grow Wattpad’s advertising revenue across all platforms:
• Continuously evaluate current ad tech partners and programmatic stack (i.e. Max, Nimbus, Magnite, Amazon Publisher Services etc.)
• Using your deep understanding of current industry trends, evaluate and drive investments to iterate on our programmatic offering.
• Identify and evaluate new partnerships (i.e. SSPs, Networks etc) opportunities in our top markets
• Lead efforts to trial and set-up new revenue partners (including contract negotiations/legal review, financial and operational processes, in conjunction with our legal and finance resources)
• Optimize Wattpad’s programmatic stack and set-up:
• Your team will act as a central point of contact for all 3rd party advertising partnerships and ad ops tasks for all direct-sold advertising clients, work to evaluate existing partnerships for efficiency and ROI
• Your team will monitor and report on all programmatic channels and activity
• Lead and execute on inventory pricing strategy - manage, approve, and maintain advertiser floors and advertiser channel management strategy
• Forecast and manage display ad inventory
• Programmatic advertising forecasting and analysis
• Lead programmatic advertising process revenue forecasting and modeling with finance
• Strategically apply analysis to monitor the health of the metrics iterating
• Lead programmatic dashboarding processes and efforts
• Manage SSP and Programmatic Partnerships:
• Facilitate troubleshooting between support teams, technology, and partners.
• Work with platform partners to test ad tags, traffic, and implement programmatic deals
• Assist when needed in all aspects of invoicing and billing of strategic partnership advertisers including payment disputes, credit adjustments, and collections.
• Lead Ad Operations Team & Troubleshooting:
• Manage Programmatic & Ad Operations team (including traffickers and analysts)
• Support escalated troubleshooting of direct campaign, PMP set-up and programmatic partner set up issues

What we're looking for:
• At least 10 years of work experience in the programmatic / digital advertising environment and must include experience working with online ad serving, SSPs and programmatic systems
• Experience creating and executing on programmatic strategies
• Experience managing cross-functional teams
• Strong analytical and quantitative skill with the ability to interpret data analysis and modeling results into actionable recommendations
• Strong understanding of the programmatic landscape and current industry trends, challenges in the marketplace, and understanding of the competition.
• Experience with campaign optimization, media analytics and digital advertising metrics.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with ability to lead conversations with existing and potential partners
• Demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple projects and tight deadlines is vital
• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Statistics, Economics, Math, or other related discipline

What we offer:
• Competitive salary
• Career development; we believe in mentorship and supporting you to achieve your goals
• Hackathons
• Health benefits, fully covered on us!
• RRSP Contributions
• Generous vacation and Parental Leave Top-up
• Corporate discount for gym membership for you and your family
• A beautiful office in downtown Toronto, with easy access to transit
• Summer Fridays with afternoons off!
• And a whole lot more!

Wattpad is conducting all interviews in a distributed manner using applicable third party software where needed and using visual interface tools such as Google Hangouts and Zoom.

About Wattpad

Who are we? Entrepreneurs and Do-ers. Our vision is to entertain and connect the world through stories, and our mission is to use the power of community and technology to unleash the full potential of stories to the world.

What does that mean? We are visionaries, community builders, passionate problem solvers, storytellers, coffee snobs (tea drinkers, too!), curious by nature, and culturally diverse.

What are we obsessed with? Our users. Solving complex problems and maximizing flow. Learning constantly. Building the next great storytelling product. Finding the greatest stories ever told. Dogs (and cats), coffee, and good snacks.

How do we work? Autonomously, collaboratively, respectfully. Balancing with work, family, and play...and all while having a great time.

Wattpad is a remote friendly company and encourages remote candidates to apply as long as they are located and authorized to work in either the US or Canada (excluding Quebec) as a precondition of employment. We are not able to sponsor applicants for work permits.

If you happen to live near the areas of either Toronto, Ontario or Halifax, Nova Scotia, you may also have the opportunity to work from our beautiful offices - 1 located in Downtown Toronto and the other in Downtown Halifax, both with easy access to transit.

Culture and Diversity

Wattpad is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate. Period.

Wattpad welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. We have taken a leadership position on creating a culture and an organization that truly values diversity. We are committed to fostering a global team that reflects the diversity of the Wattpad community. At Wattpad, we believe cultural fit doesn’t mean culturally identical, and diversity of thought helps us to challenge one another to think big and think differently. We consider employment applicants without regard to age, race, colour, national origin, citizenship, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, marital status, disability status or any other protected status.

If you have any special needs or accessibility requirements, please let us know. We will do our utmost to accommodate, in accordance with applicable local legislation.

Don’t meet all the requirements? Studies show women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs if they do not meet all the qualifications. Therefore, in an effort to build a more diverse workplace, we encourage you to apply anyways. You might actually be the right person or you may be a good fit for a number of other openings we currently have
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YONDER is the next chapter in storytelling - a new serialized fiction app with hundreds of titles from best-selling authors, created by the teams that pioneered leading storytelling tech platforms WEBTOON and Wattpad. With a curated library of hand-picked premium fiction, YONDER reimagines the reading experience with daily chapter drops, exclusive and original content, and a wide range of genres... for readers to choose from. Available in over 135 YONDER is the next chapter in storytelling - a new serialized fiction app with hundreds of titles from best-selling authors, created by the teams that pioneered leading storytelling tech platforms WEBTOON and Wattpad. With a curated library of hand-picked premium fiction, YONDER reimagines the reading experience with daily chapter drops, exclusive and original content, and a wide range of genres... for readers to choose from. Available in over 135 countries, YONDER is an app for a new global generation of readers who love a great story.

The team behind YONDER is seeking an experienced copywriter with a passion for storytelling and experience in marketing. In this role, you'll leverage results, and your creative messaging to attract and acquire and retain users. Join the team helping to bring hundreds of thousands of readers onto the YONDER platform.

Essential Duties
• Write content for marketing campaigns with a focus on performance marketing creative; banner ads, social media ad copy, digital media calls-to-action, app store featurettes, etc.
• Brainstorm ad copy variations through a series of tests in an effort to improve messaging clarity and reader acquisition
• Ensure that messaging adheres to the YONDER brand and marketing campaign strategy
• Collaborate with other members of our marketing, content programming, and creative production teams to develop ideas and provide copy for marketing asset production
• Bring big ideas to the table, obtain buy-in and efficiently implement ideas at scale across multiple communication platforms to improve marketing performance
• Stay up to date with the latest media trends and content best practices
• Attain mastery of YONDER's content strategy and in-app title mix to strengthen marketing copy relevancy and effectiveness

Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in communications, marketing, journalism, English, and/or other relevant fields
• Experience writing copy for marketing collateral (3+ years preferred)
• Passion and comfort working with data and quantifiable results as an input for creative improvement
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Highly organized and detail-oriented
• Strong writing, grammatical, and proofreading skills
• Ability to collaborate and work as a team
• Evidenced passion for the digital book and web fiction industry

Join the team helping to bring hundreds of titles from top publishers and authors onto the YONDER platform!

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YONDER is the next chapter in storytelling - a new serialized fiction app with hundreds of titles from best-selling authors, created by the teams that pioneered leading storytelling tech platforms WEBTOON and Wattpad. With a curated library of hand-picked premium fiction, YONDER reimagines the reading experience with daily chapter drops, exclusive and original content, and a wide range of genres... for readers to choose from. Available in over 135 YONDER is the next chapter in storytelling - a new serialized fiction app with hundreds of titles from best-selling authors, created by the teams that pioneered leading storytelling tech platforms WEBTOON and Wattpad. With a curated library of hand-picked premium fiction, YONDER reimagines the reading experience with daily chapter drops, exclusive and original content, and a wide range of genres... for readers to choose from. Available in over 135 countries, YONDER is an app for a new global generation of readers who love a great story.

The team behind YONDER is seeking an experienced creative producer with a passion for storytelling and experience in marketing. In this role, you'll leverage results, and your creative expertise to oversee production of assets that attract and acquire users. Join the team helping to bring hundreds of thousands of readers onto the YONDER platform.

Essential Duties
• Project manages the production of marketing assets from beginning to end with agencies, ensuring creatives are delivered on time and meets YONDER's quality bar.
• Communicate and document creative needs for production based on requirements and learnings per channel.
• Develop creative ideas and formats to test, strengthening creative inventory to drive higher performance in campaigns.
• Oversee feedback collection from internal stakeholders and communication to agencies, creating buy-in among all parties.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to determine title prioritization and schedule production accordingly.
• Continuously assess processes to identify operational efficiency and strengthen relationships with partners to drive results.

Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor's Degree in Management; Marketing, Art & Design, or equivalent degree required
• 3-4 years of experience in a creative producer role
• Strong project management, communication, and organizational skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to collaborate with internal and external teams.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple stakeholders.
• Experience with image/video editing tools a plus
• Appreciation for digital fiction, a plus!

Join the team helping to bring hundreds of titles from top publishers and authors onto the YONDER platform!

( www.yonderstory.com )

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via BeBee Canada posted_at: 4 days agoschedule_type: Full-time
Wattpad is a global multiplatform entertainment company whose vision is to entertain and connect the world through stories. Since 2006, we've been on a mission to use the power of community and technology to unleash the full potential of stories to the world. Every month 90 million people around the world spend over 23 billion minutes on Wattpad to share and discover stories they can't find... anywhere else. Our brand banner includes: Wattpad, Wattpad Wattpad is a global multiplatform entertainment company whose vision is to entertain and connect the world through stories. Since 2006, we've been on a mission to use the power of community and technology to unleash the full potential of stories to the world. Every month 90 million people around the world spend over 23 billion minutes on Wattpad to share and discover stories they can't find... anywhere else. Our brand banner includes: Wattpad, Wattpad WEBTOON Studios, Wattpad Books and Wattpad Brand Partnerships. We're proudly based in Toronto, but our reach is global. Come build the future of entertainment and storytelling, and write your next chapter with us

Don't meet all the requirements? Studies show women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs if they do not meet all the qualifications. Therefore, in an effort to build a more diverse workplace, we encourage you to apply anyways. You might actually be the right person or you may be a good fit for a number of other openings we currently have.

You will be joining the Data Engineering team. The purpose of our team is to empower engineers, analysts, and data scientists with tools that enable and streamline data-driven decision making, analysis, and feature development.

Your engineering career and happiness are incredibly important to us, so we are always finding new ways to level up your skills. We believe in a team culture that enables empowered engineers to fix problems in the way that they see fit.

We are looking for a Data Engineer passionate about solving hard technical problems, loves to create data ingestion models, and thrives in a product focused environment. If this is you, keep reading
What you'll be doing:
• Coordinate with data scientists, data analysts, software developers and product managers to design and evolve our existing architecture, improving the reliability and performance of our data infrastructure
• Build, maintain and scale our ETL pipelines to help power analytical needs
• Provide input into the design and development of our in-house A/B testing framework to maximize effectiveness of experiments
• Champion data-driven decision making across the organization through data expertise
• Write new tools and services in Go and Python.
• Define best practices and provide mentorship and support to other engineers.
• Research new technologies to solve tomorrow's data infrastructure needs.
• Advocate for the adoption of tools across the engineering teams.
What we're looking for:
• Ability to write high-quality code in Python
• Strong understanding of database fundamentals
• Experience with Cloud Data products
• Experience with batch processing and streaming systems like Spark
• A critical thinker and possess creative problem solving skills
• Quantitative skills, ability to think analytically, and strong attention to details
• A desire to contribute to the broader development community
Bonus Points For:
• You have exposure and some working experience with data warehouses like Redshift
• Hands-on experience with CI systems such as TravisCI or GitHub Actions
• Ability to write code in Go or java
• Experience with AWS products such as EMR, Glue, etc.
• Experience with dbt and Looker
• Experience with Airflow and Luigi
• Experience with Kafka
• Passionate about security and data governance
What we offer:
• Career development; we believe in mentorship and supporting you to achieve your goals
• Health benefits fully covered by us
• RRSP Contributions (Canada), 401K Contributions (USA)
• Generous vacation and Parental Leave top-up
• Monthly home office allowance, choice of hardware, flexible hours, and remote or hybrid work options
• Corporate discount for gym membership for you and your family
• Summer Fridays with afternoons off
• And a whole lot more
Wattpad is conducting all interviews in a distributed manner using applicable third party software where needed and using visual interface tools such as Google Hangouts and Zoom.

About Wattpad

Who are we? Entrepreneurs and Do-ers. Our vision is to entertain and connect the world through stories, and our mission is to use the power of community and technology to unleash the full potential of stories to the world.

What does that mean? We are visionaries, community builders, passionate problem solvers, storytellers, coffee snobs (tea drinkers, too), curious by nature, and culturally diverse.

What are we obsessed with? Our users. Solving complex problems and maximizing flow. Learning constantly. Building the next great storytelling product. Finding the greatest stories ever told. Dogs (and cats), coffee, and good snacks.

How do we work? Autonomously, collaboratively, respectfully. Balancing with work, family, and all while having a great time.

Wattpad is a remote friendly company and encourages remote candidates to apply as long as they are located and authorized to work in either the US or Canada (excluding Quebec) as a precondition of employment. We are not able to sponsor applicants for work permits.

If you happen to live near the areas of either Toronto, Ontario or Halifax, Nova Scotia, you may also have the opportunity to work from our beautiful offices - 1 located in Downtown Toronto and the other in Downtown Halifax, both with easy access to transit.

Culture and Diversity

Wattpad is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate. Period.

Wattpad welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. We have taken a leadership position on creating a culture and an organization that truly values diversity. We are committed to fostering a global team that reflects the diversity of the Wattpad community. At Wattpad, we believe cultural fit doesn't mean culturally identical, and diversity of thought helps us to challenge one another to think big and think differently. We consider employment applicants without regard to age, race, colour, national origin, citizenship, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, marital status, disability status or any other protected status.

If you have any special needs or accessibility requirements, please let us know. We will do our utmost to accommodate, in accordance with applicable local legislation
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As the global leader and pioneer of the mobile webcomic format, WEBTOON has revolutionized the comics industry for comic fans and creators. Today, a diverse new generation of international comic artists have found a home on WEBTOON, where the company’s storytelling technology allows anyone to become a creator and build a global audience for their stories. With a massive catalog of incredible... digital comics from rising stars on WEBTOON CANVAS As the global leader and pioneer of the mobile webcomic format, WEBTOON has revolutionized the comics industry for comic fans and creators. Today, a diverse new generation of international comic artists have found a home on WEBTOON, where the company’s storytelling technology allows anyone to become a creator and build a global audience for their stories.

With a massive catalog of incredible... digital comics from rising stars on WEBTOON CANVAS platform, and a growing roster of superstar WEBTOON Originals creators, there’s something for every type of comic fan on WEBTOON. With an average of 89+ million monthly active users, and WEBTOON adaptations on Netflix, HBO Max, and other screens around the world, WEBTOON’s passionate fandoms are the new face of pop culture. The company has worked with DC Comics, Marvel Entertainment, HYBE, and many more of the world’s biggest entertainment brands.

Please note: This is a hybrid remote/on-site position and will report into our LA office 2x a week.

Essential Duties
• Provide first level of HR Operations support to resolve employee & stakeholder inquiries
• Process accurate data entry and customized reporting and report analysis ensuring compliance with federal/state regulations
• Verify, enter, and track HR transactions and employee changes into HRIS system
• Handle verification of employment (VOEs), update org chart and email distribution lists
• Document and maintain personnel files and HRIS data
• Process payroll for US and Canadian affiliates
• Coordinate employee on-boarding and off-boarding paperwork and updating information systems in a timely manner and ensure smooth execution
• Support with processing, monitoring, and auditing information pertaining to but not limited to payroll, labor cost, 401(k), health insurance, and leave of absence.
• Aid in expense management by reviewing and processing submissions
• Perform special projects in areas of ad hoc administration, compliance, operations, and employee experience as needed

Minimum Qualifications
• At least 1-2 years of direct Human Resources experience in a corporate or professional services environment (e.g., Financial Services, Accounting Services, or Legal Services)
• Motivated to succeed and possesses a positive can-do attitude and willingness to help the team as needed
• Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and ability to handle confidential information
• Experience with Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS)
• Strong relationship builder, empathetic with good business judgment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Resilient to change and the ability to roll with an ever-changing and fast-paced environment
• Proficient with MS Office Suite (MS Word, Powerpoint, Excel)

WEBTOON is owned by South Korea’s internet conglomerate Naver. In 2021, Naver acquired webnovel app Wattpad. The move aligned WEBTOON, the world’s largest digital comics platform, with Wattpad, the world’s leading webnovel platform. Together, these storytelling technology platforms reach a combined audience of 166 million people around the world.

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As the global leader and pioneer of the mobile webcomic format, WEBTOON has revolutionized the comics industry for comic fans and creators. Today, a diverse new generation of international comic artists have found a home on WEBTOON, where the company’s storytelling technology allows anyone to become a creator and build a global audience for their stories. With a massive catalog of incredible... digital comics from rising stars on WEBTOON CANVAS As the global leader and pioneer of the mobile webcomic format, WEBTOON has revolutionized the comics industry for comic fans and creators. Today, a diverse new generation of international comic artists have found a home on WEBTOON, where the company’s storytelling technology allows anyone to become a creator and build a global audience for their stories.

With a massive catalog of incredible... digital comics from rising stars on WEBTOON CANVAS platform, and a growing roster of superstar WEBTOON Originals creators, there’s something for every type of comic fan on WEBTOON. With an average of 89+ million monthly active users, and WEBTOON adaptations on Netflix, HBO Max, and other screens around the world, WEBTOON’s passionate fandoms are the new face of pop culture. The company has worked with DC Comics, Marvel Entertainment, HYBE, and many more of the world’s biggest entertainment brands.

We are looking for content moderators to review and moderate user-generated content. As a Content Moderator, you will review and investigate visual and written content that violate our Community Guidelines. You must be detail-oriented, visual, and self-motivated.

This is a remote, part-time contract role.
Requirements
• Experience in user-generated content moderation
• Culturally aware of trends and pop culture in United States
• Self-starter and ahead of the game
• Technically savvy and able to quickly learn new systems
• High speed internet connection required

WEBTOON is owned by South Korea’s internet conglomerate Naver. In 2021, Naver acquired webnovel app Wattpad. The move aligned WEBTOON, the world’s largest digital comics platform, with Wattpad, the world’s leading webnovel platform. Together, these storytelling technology platforms reach a combined audience of 166 million people around the world.

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via StartWire posted_at: 10 days agoschedule_type: Full-time
As the global leader and pioneer of the mobile webcomic format, WEBTOON has revolutionized the comics industry for comic fans and creators. Today, a diverse new generation of international comic artists have found a home on WEBTOON, where the company’s storytelling technology allows anyone to become a creator and build a global audience for their stories. With a massive catalog of incredible... digital comics from rising stars on WEBTOON CANVAS As the global leader and pioneer of the mobile webcomic format, WEBTOON has revolutionized the comics industry for comic fans and creators. Today, a diverse new generation of international comic artists have found a home on WEBTOON, where the company’s storytelling technology allows anyone to become a creator and build a global audience for their stories.

With a massive catalog of incredible... digital comics from rising stars on WEBTOON CANVAS platform, and a growing roster of superstar WEBTOON Originals creators, there’s something for every type of comic fan on WEBTOON. With an average of 89+ million monthly active users, and WEBTOON adaptations on Netflix, HBO Max, and other screens around the world, WEBTOON’s passionate fandoms are the new face of pop culture. The company has worked with DC Comics, Marvel Entertainment, HYBE, and many more of the world’s biggest entertainment brands.

This position supports the Content Department from within the Rights Department by negotiating with creators and other content providers to bring content and ancillary rights into the company and by performing related business functions on behalf of Content and the broader company.

The Rights Manager, Content & Creators plays a critical, front-line role between the Producers and Editors, who work with WEBTOON’s content partners on a creative level, and the Legal Department, who advises and drafts and finalizes the agreements.
Responsibilities
• Acquisition: Negotiate with creators, studios, and other content owners to acquire rights for the company in connection with greenlighted content initiatives, working closely with the Head of Rights, the VP, Head of Content, and the Legal Department. Explain WEBTOON’s business terms to creative partners with widely varying levels of experience and knowledge to enable strong, long-term working relationships.
• Management: Supervise the acquisition process, working with Content and Legal, from greenlight through signed contracts and beyond. Assume responsibility for the business aspects of the Content Department’s relationships with creators, studios, and other content owners, in collaboration with the Head of Rights, Senior Rights Associate, Rights Associate, and members of the Content Department.
• Prospecting: Develop relationships and scout opportunities for consideration by the Content Department, providing information and materials necessary to properly evaluate through the greenlight process.
• Analysis & Advice: In partnership with Content, Legal, Business Development, LCM/Operations, and Finance, analyze creator compensation models, perform competitive research, and make recommendations for deal terms for creative talent that reinforce and advance WEBTOON’S business strategies and objectives.
• General: Support Head of Rights and VP-Head of Content in the advancement of the company’s strategic content initiatives and ongoing operations and perform other duties as may be assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
• 5+ years in publishing business affairs, editorial administration, or similar roles, preferably within comics, digital content/publishing, media, and/or entertainment.
• Bachelor's Degree required.
• A deep understanding of rights agreements, deal structures and terms for comics, publishing, licensing, entertainment, and other creator and content-based businesses.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, with the ability to develop effective working relationships and negotiate strategically, creatively, and successfully with a wide range of potential partners at all levels of scale and sophistication, from early-stage independent comics creators to experienced creative studios and their agents, lawyers, and other professional representatives.
• Proven track record of strong personal initiative, task ownership, the ability to operate independently and multi-task effectively, managing high volume workflow in a fast-paced, highly dynamic environment to meet tight deadlines while maintaining close attention to detail.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, including strong presentation skills and experience presenting to senior executives and to independent creators.
• Strong facility with Excel Word, PowerPoint, and similar tools. Facility with Airtable a plus.

WEBTOON is owned by South Korea’s internet conglomerate Naver. In 2021, Naver acquired webnovel app Wattpad. The move aligned WEBTOON, the world’s largest digital comics platform, with Wattpad, the world’s leading webnovel platform. Together, these storytelling technology platforms reach a combined audience of 166 million people around the world.

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via StartWire posted_at: 10 days agoschedule_type: Full-time
As the global leader and pioneer of the mobile webcomic format, WEBTOON has revolutionized the comics industry for comic fans and creators. Today, a diverse new generation of international comic artists have found a home on WEBTOON, where the company’s storytelling technology allows anyone to become a creator and build a global audience for their stories. With a massive catalog of incredible... digital comics from rising stars on WEBTOON CANVAS As the global leader and pioneer of the mobile webcomic format, WEBTOON has revolutionized the comics industry for comic fans and creators. Today, a diverse new generation of international comic artists have found a home on WEBTOON, where the company’s storytelling technology allows anyone to become a creator and build a global audience for their stories.

With a massive catalog of incredible... digital comics from rising stars on WEBTOON CANVAS platform, and a growing roster of superstar WEBTOON Originals creators, there’s something for every type of comic fan on WEBTOON. With an average of 89+ million monthly active users, and WEBTOON adaptations on Netflix, HBO Max, and other screens around the world, WEBTOON’s passionate fandoms are the new face of pop culture. The company has worked with DC Comics, Marvel Entertainment, HYBE, and many more of the world’s biggest entertainment brands.

As a Senior Marketing Manager – Social Media, you will develop social media marketing strategy and create impactful social activities that lead to an improvement in brand loyalty, community growth, and ultimately service growth. As an integral role, you will work with internal and external stakeholders across all functions, to drive organic growth of the brand. This is a leadership role, and you will have the rare opportunity of defining an exceptional brand within social media.

REQUIRED: Please attach a sample of your professional work portfolio.
Essential Duties
• Develop and drive strategy and roadmap for all WEBTOON social channels, including developing KPI and designing scalable processes, with a clear understanding of WEBTOON’s community of fans and creators.
• Take ownership of the @WebtoonOfficial accounts across all social platforms including but not limited to YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Reddit.
• Utilize your experience, subject-matter knowledge, and business acumen to offer original and creative solutions to marketing and business opportunities.
• Grow the community by constantly engaging with the community through extensive community listening and sharing content that best portray WEBTOON’s unique brand voice.
• Develop and maintain a program to run strategic like-minded brand social partnerships to increase brand exposure to new audiences.
• Collaborate with the Influencer Marketing Team and UA Team to support marketing campaigns across all channels.
• Work with stakeholders to ensure alignment and approval of strategy and content is being messaged with appropriate and consistent tone and voice.
• Track performance and growth with analytics and use the findings to adjust strategy for optimizing posts.
• Stay abreast of social user trends and shifting behavior to be a social trendsetter.
Minimum Qualifications
• 5+ years of experience in social media marketing (required) - entertainment experience is a huge plus
• Specialist in developing social marketing strategies that are native to each channel and that can deliver tangible results
• Deep understanding of how brands should use social authentically
• A connoisseur of social media, particularly TikTok, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube
• Understanding of WEBTOON, web comics, and animation sphere online is a major plus
• Graphic design & video editing skills a plus but not required
• Excellent communication (written, oral, interpersonal) and grammar skills
• Proficient in performing quantitative analysis on new follower acquisition/engagement and social media conversions
• Experienced team player with the ability to work and collaborate with a variety of internal stakeholders
• Ability to manage multiple projects and responsibilities with attention to detail in a fast-paced environment while maintaining a positive work environment

WEBTOON is owned by South Korea’s internet conglomerate Naver. In 2021, Naver acquired webnovel app Wattpad. The move aligned WEBTOON, the world’s largest digital comics platform, with Wattpad, the world’s leading webnovel platform. Together, these storytelling technology platforms reach a combined audience of 166 million people around the world.

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