Full-Time

Webtoon Manager

Brand Safety

Posted on 10/31/2025

Wattpad

Wattpad

1,001-5,000 employees

Global platform connecting readers and writers

Compensation Overview

$80k - $130k/yr

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Hybrid

Category
Legal & Compliance (1)
Required Skills
Risk Management
Requirements
  • 7–12 years of experience in the content, publishing, or entertainment industry (comics, streaming platforms, film/TV, gaming, or digital media).
  • Proven experience in policy-making and implementation at a major comic book publisher or platform.
  • Strong knowledge of U.S. regulations and ability to apply frameworks globally.
  • Ability to work from and travel to the Los Angeles office.
Responsibilities
  • Establish and refine content guidelines and age-rating frameworks for the English-language service.
  • Define standards for sensitive categories (e.g., violence, sensationalism, mature themes) in line with the applicable laws across jurisdictions, cultural expectations, and global best practices.
  • Continuously research and analyze industry best practices, emerging regulations, and cultural trends to ensure our policies remain relevant and effective.
  • Oversee the content review process to ensure new uploads meet policy standards before publication.
  • Lead the team responsible for reviewing original or localized content balancing compliance and creative freedom.
  • Deliver training and clear guidance to ensure policies are applied consistently and fairly across teams.
  • Lead decision-making and escalation on sensitive or controversial content cases.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional partners (Legal, Product, and Content) to address risks without undermining creative or reader experience, and represent the company in responding to inquiries or challenges from external bodies such as regulators, industry associations, or advocacy groups.
  • Lead and develop a team of brand safety specialists, fostering a culture of thoughtful and consistent decision-making.
  • Drive alignment on policy by clearly communicating decisions and rationale through documentation, training, and regular updates to stakeholders, while serving as a point of contact for external organizations raising concerns about our content guidelines.
  • Manage a team of brand safety specialists conducting content review and escalation.
  • Work in close alignment with global counterparts, particularly in our Korean office, to ensure our regional policies are consistent with our global brand standards while being locally relevant.
Desired Qualifications
  • Leadership experience spanning both Content Policy and Brand Safety.
  • Korean language proficiency (business level or above) and strong understanding of Korean content and cultural context.
  • Reputation for exercising balanced judgment in complex or sensitive safety situations.

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

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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

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