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Mantra

AI-powered manga translation engine for publishers

Project Manager/Bizdev - Mantra Engine

Project ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeTokyo, Japan¥6.5M - ¥7.5M /yrHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

  • Experience in B2B sales and business development in any industry.
  • Business-level English proficiency.
  • Japanese proficiency sufficient to communicate smoothly with clients via text.
  • Ability to responsibly handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
  • Ability to take initiative and drive projects forward with ownership.
  • Strong coordination and communication skills.
  • Commitment to project success and maintaining customer trust.
  • Ability to understand customer requests and provide added value.
  • Habit of continuous learning.
  • Ability to quickly learn new technologies and unfamiliar fields.
  • A hypothesis-driven approach and willingness to test ideas.
  • Ability to communicate with people from diverse professional backgrounds.
  • Strong interest in entertainment including manga, languages, and machine learning.

Responsibilities

  • Lead project management for translation projects combining AI and human translation for domestic and international clients.
  • Manage translation project progress.
  • Post-edit machine translation and control translation quality.
  • Manage multiple projects simultaneously and coordinate resources.
  • Coordinate and communicate with internal and external stakeholders, including translators, designers, engineers, and clients.
  • Develop project schedules and monitor progress.
  • Communicate with domestic and international B2B clients via email, Slack, and online meetings.
  • Handle client inquiries and follow up.
  • Gather client needs and feedback and share them internally.
  • Propose solutions to existing clients and maintain client relationships.
  • Propose services to new clients.
  • Review and quality-check deliverables.
  • Support contract negotiations and adjustments to terms.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in the entertainment industry, including publishing, manga, anime, or games.
  • Sales or project-management experience at advertising agencies or in the printing industry, such as Toppan Printing.
  • Sales experience with enterprise-level companies.
  • Experience building AI-enabled automation solutions using Google Apps Script (GAS).
  • Strong interest in entertainment and manga.
  • Translation experience or understanding of the translation industry.
  • Language skills other than Japanese and English.

About the Company

Mantra

AI-powered manga translation engine for publishers

Mantra builds AI-powered translation tools for manga and distributes them to publishers and manga platforms. Its main product, the Mantra Engine, processes manga content to produce translations that preserve the original artwork, layout, and narrative context, delivering accurate, culturally appropriate localization. The service is offered on a subscription basis to B2B customers such as publishers and platforms, with additional revenue opportunities from licensing and partnerships. This approach aims to cut the time and cost of traditional translation, making manga more accessible to a global audience while maintaining quality. Mantra differentiates itself by specializing in manga translation, leveraging AI and ML to handle the unique combination of text and artwork, and by actively engaging with industry programs and awards to validate its impact.

Company size
51-200
Company stage
Early VC
Total funding
$7.9M
Headquarters
Tokyo, Japan
Founded
2020

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