VIZ Media

Sales

• Develop and execute distribution strategies for anime across AVOD, SVOD, FVOD, EST, TV, and new digital formats.
• Oversee the management and optimization of digital distribution channels, including streaming services and e-commerce platforms.
• Lead negotiations and manage relationships with major anime and general entertainment streaming platforms (e.g., Crunchyroll, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, FAST/AVOD channels, digital storefronts, TV broadcasters) to maximize reach and revenue.
• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of digital distribution professionals while fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and accountability.
• Develop and manage the digital distribution budget working closely with FP&A along with senior leadership to achieve annual revenue targets.
• Align with internal teams including Content, Marketing, Creative, FP&A, Operations, and Sales to create a centralized release strategy, process and workflow.
• Work with Production/Operations to develop and establish best practices related to process as well as partner and title onboarding.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders (content, production, publishing, marketing, legal, finance) to ensure alignment with broader company initiatives.
• Conduct research on the market, trends, and competitors to identify growth opportunities.
• Present results to cross departmental teams and senior management.
• Represent VIZ at selected trade and industry shows throughout the year.

Director, Digital Sales, Distribution

Operations

• Understand, support, and manage asset production across TV, Home Video (DVD, BD), digital (AVOD, SVOD, TVOD), simulcast, and localization production and distribution workflows.
• Manage, track, and communicate the status and routing of assets along the production and post-production pipelines with vendors, licensors, licensees, and cross-functional teams.
• Serve as the subject matter expert for asset production, conformance, QC, and the content distribution supply chain.
• Contribute and adhere to SOP's (Standard Operating Procedures) and best practices to maintain consistency across projects and assets.
• Work closely with other members of the production team to shape, define, implement, and support efficient workflows and communication for department and company needs.
• Communicate, guide, and support vendors to meet asset production specifications.
• Conform, edit, convert, and troubleshoot assets (Audio, video, timed text, metadata, art) to meet various production and distribution needs.
• Own scheduling, delivery, and receipt of assets from vendors and partners daily across multiple projects and IPs under strict deadlines.
• Drive material archiving, backups, and overall asset organization for long term production needs as well as asset transfers/asset shares to key stakeholders.
• Evaluate, troubleshoot, and validate assets with a high level of detail at receipt to ensure they meet all industry and regulatory standards for broadcast and distribution.
• Maintain detailed records of technical issues and develop solutions to solve ongoing problems that impact production and processes.

Director, Digital Sales, Distribution

Technical Operations Specialist, Animation Production