Editor - (Japanese Culture)

GIPHY - New York, NY

Create new and organize existing GIF content in the GIPHY library.

Help curate our library of GIFs and their tags, delivering the best and most important GIFs out to an audience of billions.

Help manage production queue and deliver GIFs through deadlines.

Curating daily trending/featured/evergreen content.

Work closely with the Partnerships/Studios team to plan and schedule news promotions.

Supports Editorial Team in campaign ideation via brainstorming and tactic write ups.

Keep up to date with breaking Japanese pop culture trends and consult with other members of the Editorial team on how best to engage with the trends. Be our eyes and ears on the ground! If there’s a meme that’s blowing up on Facebook or an inside joke taking off on Twitter, you need to be the first to know.

Think strategically about the intersection of Japanese pop culture, and GIFs.

Contribute to and follow GIPHY editorial, social media and content calendars.

Strong understanding of past and present Japanese pop culture including TV, film, music, politics, news...everything!

2-3 years managing editorial calendars.

Journalism, digital media or marketing experience.

Passion and understanding of internet culture.

Outstanding organization & project management skills, with the ability to prioritize multiple tasks and manage time efficiently.

Comfortable and capable being hands on with the big stuff and the small stuff.

Familiarity with basic techniques for making GIFs or using readily available GIF software.

Flexible schedule that may involve working nights on some occasions.

Ability to work independently and collaboratively.

Comfortable with both accepting and managing feedback and constructive criticism.

Fluent in Japanese

Bachelor's Degree in Media Studies, Marketing, Communications or equivalent from an accredited institution (in lieu of degree 2 years of relevant professional work experience).

Experience with the GIF format and GIF creation (preferably GIFGrabber, GIFBrewery, Photoshop).

Start-up or agency experience

Sense of humor and love of GIFs absolutely mandatory

GIPHY

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At GIPHY, we’ve built the world’s largest animated GIF search engine and redefined how people search, discover, create, and share GIFs. Since our start we’ve developed an all-in-one GIF platform with multiple product offerings, serving 1B GIFs to 100M people every day.GIPHY is looking for an Editor to help manage our library of GIFs with a strong focus on Japanese culture. This is an opportunity to help expand and define GIPHY’s international presence.Send us your resume, a short write up about yourself and a few of your favorite GIFs!