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Mantra

AI-powered manga translation engine for publishers

Head of Marketing

Growth MarketingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeTokyo, Japan¥6M - ¥9.5M /yrHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

  • Approximately five or more years of practical growth or marketing experience for B2C web or app services, including end-to-end responsibility from KPI design through budget management, initiative execution, and performance measurement.
  • Experience independently conducting funnel and cohort analyses, developing hypotheses, and translating findings into actionable initiatives.
  • Experience collaborating with Product Managers, engineers, and designers to implement improvements in the product.
  • Practical experience operating at least one acquisition channel—digital advertising, ASO, or CRM—and experience driving initiatives with external partners.
  • Experience improving lifetime value through retention, monetization, and average revenue per user, in addition to acquisition efficiency.
  • Business-level English proficiency for communication in a multinational team.
  • A deep understanding of manga culture and the ability to empathize with fan psychology.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze user behavior and funnel data to identify bottlenecks in acquisition, onboarding, retention, and monetization.
  • Design a KPI tree based on business objectives and establish a monitoring system.
  • Translate analysis into prioritized actions and execution plans ordered by return on investment.
  • Collaborate with Product Managers, engineers, and designers to improve onboarding, optimize monetization pathways, and increase retention.
  • Drive initiatives through hypothesis formulation, A/B testing, effectiveness evaluation, and implementation in the product.
  • Plan, execute, and evaluate in-app campaigns, events, and CRM initiatives such as push notifications and emails.
  • Design communications for user segments to support retention, reactivation, and monetization.
  • Make marketing investment decisions based on customer acquisition cost, lifetime value, retention rate, and monetization rate.
  • Design medium- and long-term budget allocations that account for direct acquisition efficiency, incremental impact, and brand lift.
  • Set strategies for acquisition channels, including digital advertising and app store optimization, and direct their execution.
  • Lead Langaku’s brand strategy and user acquisition, combining advertising, app store optimization, social media, public relations, and content to reach more learners.
  • Work with the product team to shape the experience so users become engaged with Langaku and continue using it.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience designing integrated growth strategies connecting online initiatives such as digital advertising, app store optimization, social media, and content marketing with the in-app experience.
  • Experience planning and executing online and offline integrated marketing combining public relations, out-of-home advertising, events, media partnerships, and influencer campaigns.
  • Experience developing user acquisition channels and business opportunities through partnerships with publishers, educational institutions, media outlets, or other services.
  • Experience selecting, negotiating with, and directing advertising agencies, production companies, media outlets, and other external partners.
  • Growth experience with subscription-based B2C services in English learning or language services, education or EdTech, healthcare or fitness, self-improvement or habit-forming apps, or manga and entertainment apps.

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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