Contract
WEBTOON] Sensitivity and Expert Reader
Project Based, Independent Contract
Posted on 10/31/2025
Wattpad
1,001-5,000 employees
Global platform connecting readers and writers
Compensation Overview
$153 - $500/hr
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Remote
 Legal & Compliance (1) |
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- Prior experience working in the capacity as an expert consultant on media projects.
- Excellent research, writing, and verbal communications skills.
- Ability to work independently, and be culturally aware of trends and pop culture in the United States, Latin America, and South Korea.
- Strong proficiency with technology including Microsoft Office, SharePoint, Adobe Acrobat, and Zoom.
- Work with Content Standards and Practices team safety review efforts of our content.
- Project scope may include historical accuracy research and fact checking, in addition to full sensitivity read.
- Review content in production, conduct research on topics and themes presented in the story as necessary, and prepare reports of sensitive elements in the Readers’ areas of expertise.
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Wattpad connects a global community of 90 million readers and writers on a social storytelling platform. Users create, share, and discover stories, building a network around serialized and diverse narratives. The platform monetizes through ads, premium subscriptions, and content monetization, including partnerships with entertainment companies to adapt popular stories into books, movies, and TV series via Wattpad Studios. Wattpad Books publishes popular platform stories as physical books worldwide. Unlike many platforms, Wattpad combines user-generated storytelling with media adaptation and traditional publishing, creating multiple revenue streams while expanding audience reach. Its goal is to give diverse voices a path from digital storytelling to broader audiences through publishing and adaptation.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
Acquired
Total Funding
$717.8M
Headquarters
Toronto, Canada
Founded
2006
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- New search system launches soon, enhancing discovery for 90 million users.
- Aron Levitz promoted co-president, retaining Wattpad WEBTOON Studios oversight.
- WEBTOON Studios develops 'Apocalyptic Horseplay' animated series from popular webtoon.
What critics are saying
- WEBTOON prioritizes webcomics, diverting resources from Wattpad's prose in 6-12 months.
- TikTok BookTok siphons Gen Z, slashing 26 billion monthly engagement minutes in 6-12 months.
- Radish Fiction steals Tap users in multilingual short-form markets within 12-18 months.
What makes Wattpad unique
- Wattpad connects 90 million users sharing 665 million romance stories monthly.
- Wattpad Studios adapts user stories into films, TV, and Wattpad Books since 2019.
- Tap by Wattpad delivers short chat-based stories in over a dozen languages.
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Benefits
Competitive salary
Full health benefits
Career development & mentorship opportunities
RRSP matching
Generous parental leave
Flexible hours
Company News
Wattpad is launching a new search and discovery system soon.
In 2019, Wattpad Studios expanded into publishing with the launch of Wattpad Books, which brought Wattpad's online novels to bookshelves in North America.
Chexy, PureFacts, Carbon Upcycling and more are among the latest to shake up their C-suites
Nam was appointed as president of Wattpad on an interim basis in 2022, following the departure of Jeanne Lam, and in April was made president on a permanent basis.
Following Wattpad's acquisition by WEBTOON in 2021, Levitz was named president of Wattpad WEBTOON Studios, an integrated studio and publishing business that has introduced webcomics and webnovels to new entertainment audiences around the world.