FAKKU is the largest English hentai publisher outside of Japan. We are a small team of passionate anime and manga fans doing what we love. Our offices are located in the beautiful city of Portland, OR ; minutes from downtown. Interested applicants should email jobs@fakku.net

Manga Digital Retoucher Openings: Contract, Remote FAKKU is looking for an experienced digital retoucher who had the ability to seamlessly remove Japanese text from the original files. Requirements Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite with a focus on Photoshop or Clip Studio.

Ability to digitally retouch multi-color projects (4C and 1C).

Experience working with screen tones and the ability to recreate screen tones and textures.

Impeccable attention to detail.

Good communication skills and ability to work on a team.

Must be over the age of 18 and comfortable with explicit and controversial content. Duties Digitally retouch any backgrounds and artwork that is covered by Japanese.

Complete projects, appropriately budget time, and meet deadlines. Bonus Points Proficiency in both Photoshop and Clip Studio versus one or the other is highly sought after.

Having a passion for Japanese culture, anime, and manga.

Manga Typesetter Openings: Contract, Remote FAKKU is looking for an experienced typesetter who is able to format English translations to fit the layout of Japanese manga. Requirements Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite with a focus on InDesign using style guides.

Experience working on projects that are both physically printed and digitally released.

Experience working with multi-color projects (black/white and color).

Understanding of fundamental typographic rules, aesthetics and design.

Impeccable attention to detail and self-driven to create beautiful products.

Good communication skills and the ability to work on a team.

Must be over the age of 18 and comfortable with explicit and controversial content. Duties Typeset English copy in place of Japanese copy in books and manga.

Ensure project layouts are correct and ready for print.

Use typeface and fonts to achieve an aesthetically pleasing product.

Complete projects, appropriately budget time, and meet deadlines. Bonus Points Knowledge of the Japanese language is not required but highly sought after.

Having a passion for Japanese culture, anime, and manga.

Streaming Media Engineer Openings: Full-Time Local (Portland, OR), Full-Time Remote At FAKKU, we are building an end-to-end streaming solution for delivering smooth video playback at the highest quality. We are looking for a streaming media engineer who will be responsible for architecting, building and maintaining fault tolerant and scalable video delivery systems that can reach millions of users every month. The ideal candidate has background in enterprise-level video encoding, particularly HLS and/or MPEG-DASH, and is comfortable working with software engineers and designers to build products. In this role, you will have a lot of freedom to innovate while dealing with difficult challenges. You should have a successful track-record in video coding and video processing. Requirements 4+ years of demonstrated experience in video and audio encoding processes and tools

Build efficient and reliable video streaming solution to serve devices with different capabilities (desktop, mobile, etc)

Build and improve video processing algorithms to efficiently compress video at high quality

Knowledge of adaptive streaming technologies such as MPEG-DASH, HLS, Smooth Streaming, etc. Understanding of HLS and HLS based server-side ad stitching products

Working knowledge of command line tools for video diagnosis such as ffmpeg, mp4box, x264, mediastreamvalidator, etc.

Own the end to end workflow for encoding. This includes archive, encoding, packaging, and delivery to end users

Excellent understanding of video compression. Extensive experience with compression standards such as H.264/AVC, HEVC and VP9

Experience with web video streaming technologies (HTML5, Javascript, MSE/EME)

JP to EN Translator and English-Language Proofreader Openings: Full-Time Local (Portland, OR), Full-Time Remote FAKKU is looking for someone to translate manga and proofread translations full-time. We don't just want accurate translations, we want localized, well-phrased English chapters that are awesome to read! Requirements Strong grasp on written Japanese grammar

Strong grasp on English grammar and spelling

Creative writing ability

Collaborative attitude

Willingness to adhere to FAKKU style guide

Strong attention to detail

Comfort with erotic material of all kinds Duties 25%-50% of the time, translating accurate, fluid English scripts from Japanese

50%-75% of the time, work with other translators to ensure quality translation and localization

Work with other translators to devise solutions for tricky interpretations and wordplay

Check completed projects for accuracy, including matching FAKKU style guide, missing text, and final grammar/spelling check

Complete projects, appropriately budget time, and meet deadlines

Marketing and Sales Coordinator Openings: Full-Time Local (Portland, OR), Full-Time Remote We're looking for someone to spearhead our marketing and wholesale initiatives! You would be in charge of initiating and overseeing marketing campaigns as well as talking with retailers, both online and brick-and-mortar, about stocking FAKKU books and products. We want someone who understands our audience and has existing connections with major comic and manga retailers. Requirements Experience in running social media accounts (Twitter, Tumblr, Reddit, etc...)

Knowledge of online and brick-and-mortar retailers

Excellent Communication Skills

Self-Driven Duties Organize and drive marketing campaigns (Social Media, E-mail, etc...)

Explore and propose new marketing avenues

Proactively reach out to retailers to close wholesale deals

Complete projects, appropriately budget time, and meet deadlines Bonus Points Existing relationships with manga and comic retailers

Basic Photoshop skills/The ability to create basic marketing assets

Manga Typesetter / Graphic Designer Openings: Full-Time Local (Portland, OR), Full-Time Remote FAKKU is looking for an experienced graphic designer or artist who is able to format English translations to fit the layout of Japanese manga. We are looking for talented individuals who have experience taking art projects all the way to print. Requirements Expert using the Adobe Suite with a focus on InDesign , Illustrator , and Photoshop

, , and Experience working on projects that are both physically printed and digitally released

Experience working with multi-color projects (black/white and color)

Understanding of fundamental typographic rules and aesthetics

Good communication skills and the ability to work on a team

Impeccable attention to detail and self-driven to create beautiful products

Having a passion for Japanese culture, anime, and manga Duties Typeset English copy in place of Japanese copy in books and manga

Work with typeface and fonts to achieve an aesthetically pleasing product

Ensure project layouts are correct and ready for printing

Complete projects, appropriately budget time, and meet deadlines Bonus Points Basic understanding of Hiragana and Katakana is a big plus

Knowledge of the Japanese language is not required but highly sought after

Translation Assistant Openings:Full-Time Local (Portland, OR), Full-Time Remote FAKKU is looking for someone to work with our translators full time in order to provide quality English scripts for our subscription and books. We don't simply want someone to check spelling and grammar, but also give input into localization and phrasing. We want you to help make our work awesome to read! Requirements Strong grasp of English grammar and spelling

Creative writing ability

Collaborative attitude

Attention to detail Duties Check translations for spelling/grammatical errors

Work with translators to ensure quality translation and localization

Complete projects, appropriately budget time, and meet deadlines.

Help translators come up with creative solutions for tricky interpretations Bonus Points Basic understanding of Hiragana and Katakana is a big plus

Knowledge of the Japanese language is not required but highly sought after

Software Engineer (Full-Stack) Openings: Full-Time Local (Portland, OR) or Full-Time Remote (Global) FAKKU is looking for an experienced Full Stack Software Engineer to take ideas and bring them to life. You'll help architect and develop key components of the FAKKU service. We want to continue to build a talented team of developers who work hard to improve themselves and encourage others to do the same. Required Qualifications 3 - 5 years of web-based development work experience

Excellent knowledge of web technologies written in PHP

Excellent knowledge of Object Oriented / modular programming

Excellent knowledge of Javascript, HTML, CSS

Excellent knowledge of relational databases

Strong knowledge of React or other web frameworks (Ember, Angular)

Ability to handle constantly changing technical priorities

Excellent communication skills within distributed teams Desired Additional Qualifications Experience in dealing with large scale websites that receive millions of visits per day

Experience with PHP frameworks such as Laravel or Symfony

Experience with cloud services, such as AWS Responsibilities Develop, implement and maintain object oriented backend applications using PHP

Develop, implement and maintain user-facing frontend views

Build reusable code and libraries

Identify problems and devise elegant solutions

Perform code reviews

Collaborate with other team members

Contribute to some architecture requirements

Write unit and integration tests Perks Medical, dental, vision plans

Open paid time off

Flexible work hours

Software Engineer (Frontend) Openings: Full-Time Local (Portland, OR), Full-Time Remote (Global) FAKKU is looking for an experienced Front-End Engineer. We are looking for people who are motivated to combine the art of design, with the art of programming. Responsibilities will include being able to create and translate UI/UX designs into actual code that will produce the visual elements of various applications. You will work with other members of the web team and take an active role in defining how the applications will look and feel to the end users. Preferred Qualifications Three or more years of professional frontend engineering experience

Extensive experience in React or other modern web frameworks (Vue, Angular, Ember, etc)

Great sense for UI/UX and cross-browser compatibility

A deep understanding of the fundamentals of the web (REST, JS, HTML, CSS)

Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git

A passion for front end design and/or web application development

Be open to receiving feedback and constructive criticism

Experience developing consumer-facing software is a plus Responsibilities Translate concepts into user flows, wireframes, mockups and prototypes.

Expand functionality on existing web applications.

Identify design problems and devise elegant solutions.

Develop new user-facing features.

Build reusable code and libraries for future use.

Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability.

Collaborate with other team members. Perks Medical, dental, vision plans

Open paid time off

Flexible work hours