Job Description
We are looking for an IP Research Associate who is passionate about global content trends, English-language fiction, and short-form storytelling. This role will support IP discovery, trend research, and content analysis across emerging entertainment ecosystems.
The ideal candidate is highly engaged with online content culture and has a strong understanding of audience engagement, content consumption behaviors, and storytelling trends across platforms.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Monitor content platforms and market trends across ecosystems such as BookTok, Amazon, Wattpad, TikTok, and other emerging content communities
- Identify and research potential English-language IPs, including web novels, short drama concepts, and trending story themes
- Track trending genres, audience preferences, emotional themes, and content direction shifts
- Support weekly trend tracking, rankings research, and content information gathering
- Maintain internal content databases, tagging systems, and organized research record
- Assist with basic content analysis, content tagging, and AI-assisted research and organizational support activities
- Conduct all research and analysis activities in compliance with company intellectual property, copyright, confidentiality, and data protection policies
- Research findings, reports, databases, analyses, and work product created during employment are the property of the Company and subject to Company confidentiality and intellectual property policies
- Monitor publicly available content trends, rankings, and discussions across content platforms, online communities, and entertainment ecosystem
- This role focuses on content research, trend analysis, and IP evaluation and is not responsible for creating, adapting, or authoring original content
QUALIFICATION
- Strong interest in global content ecosystems, including fiction, short dramas, anime, gaming, and online entertainment culture
- Strong English reading comprehension and content analysis skill
- Familiarity with platforms such as BookTok, Amazon, Wattpad, Reddit, TikTok, or similar online communities
- Strong understanding of popular commercial fiction and entertainment genres, audience preferences, and storytelling trend
- Understanding of intellectual property, copyright, and content ownership principles is preferred
- Strong organizational and research skills with attention to detail
- Passion for storytelling, entertainment, and content trends
PREFERRED QUALIFICATION
- Familiarity with intellectual property rights, content ownership principles, and copyright compliance is a plus
- Experience conducting content research using publicly available sources while maintaining confidentiality and data protection standards
- Mandarin language proficiency is a plus due to regular collaboration with China-based teams and review of Mandarin-language content