FAKKU Careers
FAKKU is the largest English hentai publisher in the world. We are a small team of passionate anime and manga fans doing what we love. Our offices are located in the beautiful city of
Portland, OR; minutes from downtown. Interested applicants should email
jobs@fakku.net
Customer Support Representative
Openings: Part-Time Local (Portland, OR), Part-Time Remote (Anywhere)
Manga Digital Retoucher
Openings: Contract, Remote
FAKKU is looking for an experienced digital retoucher who had the ability to seamlessly remove Japanese text from the original files.
Requirements
- Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite with a focus on Photoshop or Clip Studio.
- Ability to digitally retouch multi-color projects (4C and 1C).
- Experience working with screen tones and the ability to recreate screen tones and textures.
- Impeccable attention to detail.
- Good communication skills and ability to work on a team.
- Must be over the age of 18 and comfortable with explicit and controversial content.
Duties
- Digitally retouch any backgrounds and artwork that is covered by Japanese.
- Complete projects, appropriately budget time, and meet deadlines.
Bonus Points
- Proficiency in both Photoshop and Clip Studio versus one or the other is highly sought after.
- Having a passion for Japanese culture, anime, and manga.
Manga Typesetter
Openings: Contract, Remote
FAKKU is looking for an experienced typesetter who is able to format English translations to fit the layout of Japanese manga.
Requirements
- Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite with a focus on InDesign using style guides.
- Experience working on projects that are both physically printed and digitally released.
- Experience working with multi-color projects (black/white and color).
- Understanding of fundamental typographic rules, aesthetics and design.
- Impeccable attention to detail and self-driven to create beautiful products.
- Good communication skills and the ability to work on a team.
- Must be over the age of 18 and comfortable with explicit and controversial content.
Duties
- Typeset English copy in place of Japanese copy in books and manga.
- Ensure project layouts are correct and ready for print.
- Use typeface and fonts to achieve an aesthetically pleasing product.
- Complete projects, appropriately budget time, and meet deadlines.
Bonus Points
- Knowledge of the Japanese language is not required but highly sought after.
- Having a passion for Japanese culture, anime, and manga.
Streaming Media Engineer
Openings: Full-Time Local (Portland, OR), Full-Time Remote
At FAKKU, we are building an end-to-end streaming solution for delivering smooth video playback at the highest quality. We are looking for a streaming media engineer who will be responsible for architecting, building and maintaining fault tolerant and scalable video delivery systems that can reach millions of users every month.
The ideal candidate has background in enterprise-level video encoding, particularly HLS and/or MPEG-DASH, and is comfortable working with software engineers and designers to build products. In this role, you will have a lot of freedom to innovate while dealing with difficult challenges. You should have a successful track-record in video coding and video processing.
Requirements
- 4+ years of demonstrated experience in video and audio encoding processes and tools
- Build efficient and reliable video streaming solution to serve devices with different capabilities (desktop, mobile, etc)
- Build and improve video processing algorithms to efficiently compress video at high quality
- Knowledge of adaptive streaming technologies such as MPEG-DASH, HLS, Smooth Streaming, etc. Understanding of HLS and HLS based server-side ad stitching products
- Working knowledge of command line tools for video diagnosis such as ffmpeg, mp4box, x264, mediastreamvalidator, etc.
- Own the end to end workflow for encoding. This includes archive, encoding, packaging, and delivery to end users
- Excellent understanding of video compression. Extensive experience with compression standards such as H.264/AVC, HEVC and VP9
- Experience with web video streaming technologies (HTML5, Javascript, MSE/EME)
Light Novel Translator (Japanese to English)
Openings: Full-Time Local (Portland, OR), Full-Time Remote (Anywhere)
Benefits: Unlimited Paid Time Off, FAKKU pays 100% Health Insurance, Dental, and Vision (in the United States)
FAKKU is looking for someone to translate and proofread light novels full-time.
Requirements
- Excellent grammar, syntax, writing and editing skills in both Japanese and English
- Creative writing ability
- Collaborative attitude
- Willingness to adhere to FAKKU style guide
- Strong attention to detail
- Computer skills; ability to learn and utilize new software applications
- Comfort with erotic material of all kinds
Duties
- Translating accurate, fluid English scripts from Japanese
- Work with other translators to ensure quality translation and localization
- Work with other translators to devise solutions for tricky interpretations and wordplay
- Check completed projects for accuracy, including matching FAKKU style guide and final grammar/spelling check
- Complete projects, appropriately budget time, and meet deadlines
Marketing and Sales Coordinator
Openings: Full-Time Local (Portland, OR), Full-Time Remote
We're looking for someone to spearhead our marketing and wholesale initiatives! You would be in charge of initiating and overseeing marketing campaigns as well as talking with retailers, both online and brick-and-mortar, about stocking FAKKU books and products. We want someone who understands our audience and has existing connections with major comic and manga retailers.
Requirements
- Experience in running social media accounts (Twitter, Tumblr, Reddit, etc...)
- Knowledge of online and brick-and-mortar retailers
- Excellent Communication Skills
- Self-Driven
Duties
- Organize and drive marketing campaigns (Social Media, E-mail, etc...)
- Explore and propose new marketing avenues
- Proactively reach out to retailers to close wholesale deals
- Complete projects, appropriately budget time, and meet deadlines
Bonus Points
- Existing relationships with manga and comic retailers
- Basic Photoshop skills/The ability to create basic marketing assets
Manga Typesetter / Graphic Designer
Openings: Full-Time Local (Portland, OR), Full-Time Remote
FAKKU is looking for an experienced graphic designer or artist who is able to format English translations to fit the layout of Japanese manga. We are looking for talented individuals who have experience taking art projects all the way to print.
Requirements
- Expert using the Adobe Suite with a focus on InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop
- Experience working on projects that are both physically printed and digitally released
- Experience working with multi-color projects (black/white and color)
- Understanding of fundamental typographic rules and aesthetics
- Good communication skills and the ability to work on a team
- Impeccable attention to detail and self-driven to create beautiful products
- Having a passion for Japanese culture, anime, and manga
Duties
- Typeset English copy in place of Japanese copy in books and manga
- Work with typeface and fonts to achieve an aesthetically pleasing product
- Ensure project layouts are correct and ready for printing
- Complete projects, appropriately budget time, and meet deadlines
Bonus Points
- Basic understanding of Hiragana and Katakana is a big plus
- Knowledge of the Japanese language is not required but highly sought after
Translation Assistant
Openings:Full-Time Local (Portland, OR), Full-Time Remote
FAKKU is looking for someone to work with our translators full time in order to provide quality English scripts for our subscription and books. We don't simply want someone to check spelling and grammar, but also give input into localization and phrasing. We want you to help make our work awesome to read!
Requirements
- Strong grasp of English grammar and spelling
- Creative writing ability
- Collaborative attitude
- Attention to detail
Duties
- Check translations for spelling/grammatical errors
- Work with translators to ensure quality translation and localization
- Complete projects, appropriately budget time, and meet deadlines.
- Help translators come up with creative solutions for tricky interpretations
Bonus Points
- Basic understanding of Hiragana and Katakana is a big plus
- Knowledge of the Japanese language is not required but highly sought after
Software Engineer (Full-Stack)
Openings: Full-Time Local (Portland, OR) or Full-Time Remote (Global)
FAKKU is looking for an experienced Full Stack Software Engineer to take ideas and bring them to life. You'll help architect and develop key components of the FAKKU service. We want to continue to build a talented team of developers who work hard to improve themselves and encourage others to do the same.
Required Qualifications
- 3 - 5 years of web-based development work experience
- Excellent knowledge of web technologies written in PHP
- Excellent knowledge of Object Oriented / modular programming
- Excellent knowledge of Javascript, HTML, CSS
- Excellent knowledge of relational databases
- Strong knowledge of React or other web frameworks (Ember, Angular)
- Ability to handle constantly changing technical priorities
- Excellent communication skills within distributed teams
Desired Additional Qualifications
- Experience in dealing with large scale websites that receive millions of visits per day
- Experience with PHP frameworks such as Laravel or Symfony
- Experience with cloud services, such as AWS
Responsibilities
- Develop, implement and maintain object oriented backend applications using PHP
- Develop, implement and maintain user-facing frontend views
- Build reusable code and libraries
- Identify problems and devise elegant solutions
- Perform code reviews
- Collaborate with other team members
- Contribute to some architecture requirements
- Write unit and integration tests
Perks
- Medical, dental, vision plans
- Open paid time off
- Flexible work hours
Software Engineer (Frontend)
Openings: Full-Time Local (Portland, OR), Full-Time Remote (Global)
FAKKU is looking for an experienced Front-End Engineer. We are looking for people who are motivated to combine the art of design, with the art of programming. Responsibilities will include being able to create and translate UI/UX designs into actual code that will produce the visual elements of various applications. You will work with other members of the web team and take an active role in defining how the applications will look and feel to the end users.
Preferred Qualifications
- Three or more years of professional frontend engineering experience
- Extensive experience in React or other modern web frameworks (Vue, Angular, Ember, etc)
- Great sense for UI/UX and cross-browser compatibility
- A deep understanding of the fundamentals of the web (REST, JS, HTML, CSS)
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
- A passion for front end design and/or web application development
- Be open to receiving feedback and constructive criticism
- Experience developing consumer-facing software is a plus
Responsibilities
- Translate concepts into user flows, wireframes, mockups and prototypes.
- Expand functionality on existing web applications.
- Identify design problems and devise elegant solutions.
- Develop new user-facing features.
- Build reusable code and libraries for future use.
- Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability.
- Collaborate with other team members.
Perks
- Medical, dental, vision plans
- Open paid time off
- Flexible work hours
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