IT Manager
Crazy Maple Studio
IT Manager
Crazy Maple Studio
Mobile storytelling, reading, and streaming platform
Crazy Maple Studio · Sunnyvale, United States · — · Posted 2026-11-03
Salary: USD 120,000–140,000
Workplace: on_site
Crazy Maple Studio is a rapidly growing entertainment and technology company with offices in the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles. We specialize in mobile gaming, digital reading, and streaming, bringing together a global team to create innovative, engaging entertainment experiences for audiences worldwide.
Our flagship platform, ReelShort, is a leading vertical streaming app in the U.S., with more than 8 million daily active users (DAU). Through its short-form episodic content, ReelShort delivers compelling stories designed for today’s mobile-first audiences. Our portfolio also includes Chapters, an interactive storytelling platform featuring immersive drama, fantasy, and romance experiences, and My Fiction, a platform dedicated to discovering and creating serialized romance stories.
In 2025, Crazy Maple Studio was recognized as one of the Global Most Loved Workplaces, reflecting our commitment to fostering a culture that values creativity, innovation, collaboration, and employee well-being.
At Crazy Maple Studio, we’re passionate about pushing creative boundaries, exploring new possibilities in digital entertainment, and building experiences that connect with audiences around the world.
Position Overview:
Crazy Maple Studio is looking for a hands-on IT Manager to own our IT across the North American region. You will manage the company's software, platforms and devices, keep our systems and assets secure, and work with Finance to keep tool spend under control. You will work closely with our China-based IT team on global IT policies; fluency in both English and Mandarin is required for this role. The scope is wide: you set the strategy and also do the hands-on work.
Responsibilities:
Office IT environment:
Sunnyvale (onsite): Keep the office running: network, Wi-Fi, printers, conference room AV. Do basic troubleshooting and repairs, and coordinate vendors when needed.
Culver City (remote): Remotely support the Culver City office and its employees: diagnose network and device issues, guide on-site staff through fixes, and coordinate local vendors
Onboarding & offboarding: Partner with HR to run onboarding and offboarding for every team:
Define access bundles by team and role so each team gets exactly the tools it needs, nothing more.
Remove access the same day someone leaves, recover devices, and transfer data and accounts.
Cost & usage management: Partner with Finance to track license and seat usage, cut unused seats, support renewals and vendor management, and report on IT spend.
Crazy Maple Studio, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
Our target salary range for this role is between $120,000 and $140,000. Actual starting salary within the range will depend on various considerations, including: work experience, skills, specializations, and training. This role also offers medical insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, and a range of additional employee benefits and perks.
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Mobile storytelling, reading, and streaming platform
Crazy Maple Studio develops mobile entertainment apps across gaming, reading, and streaming. Its products include ReelShort, a vertical streaming platform that delivers high-quality short-form mini-dramas; Chapters, an interactive storytelling app where user choices shape the narrative across romance, fantasy, sci-fi, and drama; and MyFiction (formerly KISS), a reading app with 20,000+ books spanning multiple genres and active user-generated content partnerships. ReelShort and Chapters are designed for on-the-go consumption, while MyFiction builds a library and a creator community with thousands of titles and thousands of authors. The company differentiates itself by blending storytelling with interactivity and community collaboration, allowing creators and fans to share, explore, and co-create content. Its goal is to redefine digital entertainment by connecting a global audience through engaging, accessible formats and shared storytelling experiences.
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