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Internal Communications Managers who need visa sponsorship typically qualify under the H-1B visa as a specialty occupation requiring a bachelor's degree in communications, public relations, or a related field. Most roles involve strategic messaging, employee engagement, and cross-functional collaboration, work that employers regularly sponsor. For detailed occupation requirements, see the O*NET profile.
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Founded by fans, Crunchyroll delivers the art and culture of anime to a passionate community. We super-serve over 100 million anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories, and help them connect with the stories and characters they crave. Whether that experience is online or in-person, streaming video, theatrical, games, merchandise, events and more, it’s powered by the anime content we all love. Join our team, and help us shape the future of anime!
About The Role
We're looking for an Internal Communications Senior Manager to serve as the strategic communications partner to our People Experience organization. Reporting to the VP of Internal Communications, you'll help employees understand and engage with the programs, policies, benefits, learning opportunities, and organizational updates that shape the employee experience. Through thoughtful storytelling, strategic communications, and impactful campaigns, you'll connect employees to Crunchyroll's mission, vision, culture, and values while ensuring they have the information and context they need to thrive. As a trusted partner to People Experience leaders and stakeholders, you'll provide communications counsel, develop compelling content and campaigns, and help drive employee engagement across key initiatives. You'll leverage data and insights to continuously improve communications effectiveness and ensure content is relevant, timely, and impactful across a global workforce.
Core Responsibilities:
- Lead communications strategies, content, and campaigns supporting People Experience programs, including benefits, policies, organizational change, learning and development, employee engagement, workplace initiatives, and employee resource groups
- Partner with People Experience leaders, executives, and stakeholders to develop communications plans, messaging, and engagement strategies
- Provide communications counsel on messaging, timing, and change management communications, including sensitive or business-critical topics
- Develop executive communications in support of People Experience initiatives, including leadership messages, presentations, campaigns, and events
- Create and manage multi-channel content that informs, educates, and engages employees while reinforcing Crunchyroll's culture, values, and business priorities
- Identify and develop storytelling opportunities that connect employees to Crunchyroll, each other, and the broader business
- Manage employee engagement campaigns, experiences, and activations that drive awareness, participation, and connection
- Measure communications performance and employee engagement metrics to drive continuous improvement
- Partner cross-functionally to support company-wide communications initiatives and priorities
- Manage content across internal channels, including key areas of the intranet
- Leverage technology, tools, and AI to enhance communications effectiveness and employee experience
- Manage vendors and external partners as needed
About You
- 8+ years of experience in internal communications, employee communications, employee engagement, or related communications fields, including 2+ years partnering with HR, People Experience, or employee experience teams on benefits, organizational change, learning and development, employee engagement, and workplace communications.
- Proven experience developing communications strategies, campaigns, and content for global employee audiences, with exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling skills
- Experience partnering with executives and senior stakeholders to develop communications plans, messaging strategies, and employee engagement initiatives
- Strong understanding of employee communications, change management, and organizational communications best practices
- Data-driven mindset with experience using analytics and employee feedback to inform strategy and measure effectiveness
- Exceptional project management and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Journalism, Marketing, Public Relations, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Passion for anime, pop culture, and the entertainment industry, along with familiarity with Japanese culture, is a plus
Why you will love working at Crunchyroll
In addition to getting to work with fun, passionate and inspired colleagues, you will also enjoy the following benefits and perks:
- Receive a great compensation package including salary plus performance bonus earning potential, paid annually.
- Flexible time off policies allowing you to take the time you need to be your whole self.
- Generous medical, dental, vision, STD, LTD, and life insurance
- Health Saving Account HSA program
- Health care and dependent care FSA
- 401(k) plan, with employer match
- Employer paid commuter benefit
- Support program for new parents
- Pet insurance and some of our offices are pet friendly!
The Pay Range for this position is listed. Actual pay will vary based on factors including, but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Crunchyroll’s Total Rewards offerings for employees. Other rewards may include performance bonuses, employer matched retirement savings, time-off programs, and progressive health benefits and perks.
Pay Transparency - Los Angeles, CA $113,000—$140,000 USD
About Our Values
We want to be everything for someone rather than something for everyone and we do this by living and modeling our values in all that we do. We value
- Courage. We believe that when we overcome fear, we enable our best selves.
- Curiosity. We are curious, which is the gateway to empathy, inclusion, and understanding.
- Kaizen. We have a growth mindset committed to constant forward progress.
- Service. We serve our community with humility, enabling joy and belonging for others.
Our commitment to diversity and inclusion
Our mission of helping people belong reflects our commitment to diversity & inclusion. It's just the way we do business. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Crunchyroll. Pursuant to applicable law, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Crunchyroll, LLC is an independently operated joint venture between US-based Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Japan's Aniplex, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., both subsidiaries of Tokyo-based Sony Group Corporation.
Questions about Crunchyroll’s hiring process? Please check out our Hiring FAQs:
https://help.crunchyroll.com/hc/en-us/articles/360040471712-Crunchyroll-Hiring-FAQs
Please refer to our Candidate Privacy Policy for more information about how we process your personal information, and your data protection rights: https://tbcdn.talentbrew.com/company/22978/v1_0/docs/spe-jobs-privacy-policy-update-for-crpa-dec-21-22.pdf
Please beware of recent scams to online job seekers. Those applying to our job openings will only be contacted directly from @crunchyroll.com email account.
About Crunchyroll
Founded by fans, Crunchyroll delivers the art and culture of anime to a passionate community. We super-serve over 100 million anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories, and help them connect with the stories and characters they crave. Whether that experience is online or in-person, streaming video, theatrical, games, merchandise, events and more, it’s powered by the anime content we all love. Join our team, and help us shape the future of anime!
About The Role
We're looking for an Internal Communications Senior Manager to serve as the strategic communications partner to our People Experience organization. Reporting to the VP of Internal Communications, you'll help employees understand and engage with the programs, policies, benefits, learning opportunities, and organizational updates that shape the employee experience. Through thoughtful storytelling, strategic communications, and impactful campaigns, you'll connect employees to Crunchyroll's mission, vision, culture, and values while ensuring they have the information and context they need to thrive. As a trusted partner to People Experience leaders and stakeholders, you'll provide communications counsel, develop compelling content and campaigns, and help drive employee engagement across key initiatives. You'll leverage data and insights to continuously improve communications effectiveness and ensure content is relevant, timely, and impactful across a global workforce.
Core Responsibilities:
- Lead communications strategies, content, and campaigns supporting People Experience programs, including benefits, policies, organizational change, learning and development, employee engagement, workplace initiatives, and employee resource groups
- Partner with People Experience leaders, executives, and stakeholders to develop communications plans, messaging, and engagement strategies
- Provide communications counsel on messaging, timing, and change management communications, including sensitive or business-critical topics
- Develop executive communications in support of People Experience initiatives, including leadership messages, presentations, campaigns, and events
- Create and manage multi-channel content that informs, educates, and engages employees while reinforcing Crunchyroll's culture, values, and business priorities
- Identify and develop storytelling opportunities that connect employees to Crunchyroll, each other, and the broader business
- Manage employee engagement campaigns, experiences, and activations that drive awareness, participation, and connection
- Measure communications performance and employee engagement metrics to drive continuous improvement
- Partner cross-functionally to support company-wide communications initiatives and priorities
- Manage content across internal channels, including key areas of the intranet
- Leverage technology, tools, and AI to enhance communications effectiveness and employee experience
- Manage vendors and external partners as needed
About You
- 8+ years of experience in internal communications, employee communications, employee engagement, or related communications fields, including 2+ years partnering with HR, People Experience, or employee experience teams on benefits, organizational change, learning and development, employee engagement, and workplace communications.
- Proven experience developing communications strategies, campaigns, and content for global employee audiences, with exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling skills
- Experience partnering with executives and senior stakeholders to develop communications plans, messaging strategies, and employee engagement initiatives
- Strong understanding of employee communications, change management, and organizational communications best practices
- Data-driven mindset with experience using analytics and employee feedback to inform strategy and measure effectiveness
- Exceptional project management and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Journalism, Marketing, Public Relations, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Passion for anime, pop culture, and the entertainment industry, along with familiarity with Japanese culture, is a plus
Why you will love working at Crunchyroll
In addition to getting to work with fun, passionate and inspired colleagues, you will also enjoy the following benefits and perks:
- Receive a great compensation package including salary plus performance bonus earning potential, paid annually.
- Flexible time off policies allowing you to take the time you need to be your whole self.
- Generous medical, dental, vision, STD, LTD, and life insurance
- Health Saving Account HSA program
- Health care and dependent care FSA
- 401(k) plan, with employer match
- Employer paid commuter benefit
- Support program for new parents
- Pet insurance and some of our offices are pet friendly!
The Pay Range for this position is listed. Actual pay will vary based on factors including, but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Crunchyroll’s Total Rewards offerings for employees. Other rewards may include performance bonuses, employer matched retirement savings, time-off programs, and progressive health benefits and perks.
Pay Transparency - Los Angeles, CA $113,000—$140,000 USD
About Our Values
We want to be everything for someone rather than something for everyone and we do this by living and modeling our values in all that we do. We value
- Courage. We believe that when we overcome fear, we enable our best selves.
- Curiosity. We are curious, which is the gateway to empathy, inclusion, and understanding.
- Kaizen. We have a growth mindset committed to constant forward progress.
- Service. We serve our community with humility, enabling joy and belonging for others.
Our commitment to diversity and inclusion
Our mission of helping people belong reflects our commitment to diversity & inclusion. It's just the way we do business. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Crunchyroll. Pursuant to applicable law, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Crunchyroll, LLC is an independently operated joint venture between US-based Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Japan's Aniplex, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., both subsidiaries of Tokyo-based Sony Group Corporation.
Questions about Crunchyroll’s hiring process? Please check out our Hiring FAQs:
https://help.crunchyroll.com/hc/en-us/articles/360040471712-Crunchyroll-Hiring-FAQs
Please refer to our Candidate Privacy Policy for more information about how we process your personal information, and your data protection rights: https://tbcdn.talentbrew.com/company/22978/v1_0/docs/spe-jobs-privacy-policy-update-for-crpa-dec-21-22.pdf
Please beware of recent scams to online job seekers. Those applying to our job openings will only be contacted directly from @crunchyroll.com email account.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Visa Sponsorship as an Internal Communications Manager
Target large employers with dedicated HR functions
Fortune 500 companies and large healthcare systems have established immigration programs and sponsor Internal Communications Managers regularly. Smaller companies rarely have the infrastructure or budget to navigate the H-1B process for this role.
Frame your degree as directly relevant to the role
H-1B approval for this role depends on demonstrating a direct connection between your degree field and the job duties. A degree in communications, journalism, organizational behavior, or public relations is the strongest foundation for a specialty occupation argument.
Highlight cross-functional and executive-level work
USCIS scrutinizes whether communications roles genuinely require a degree. Emphasizing work with C-suite stakeholders, enterprise-wide messaging strategy, and measurable employee engagement outcomes strengthens the case that your role is specialized.
Australians should explore the E-3 visa first
The E-3 visa is faster, has no lottery, and renews indefinitely. Internal Communications Manager is a recognized specialty occupation under E-3, and the visa can often be obtained in weeks rather than months, with no employer registration required beforehand.
Get the LCA job description right before filing
The Labor Condition Application locks in your job title and duties. A vague description like 'communications support' can trigger a Request for Evidence. Work with your employer's immigration counsel to ensure the LCA reflects the strategic, degree-requiring nature of the role.
Browse sponsoring employers on Migrate Mate before applying broadly
Not every employer hiring for internal communications will sponsor a visa. Searching Migrate Mate filters directly for roles where sponsorship is confirmed, saving weeks of outreach to companies that won't move forward with international candidates.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does an Internal Communications Manager role qualify for H-1B sponsorship?
Generally yes, but it depends on how the role is defined. USCIS requires that the position normally requires a bachelor's degree in a specific field, not just any degree. If the job description reflects strategic communications, organizational messaging, or executive advisory work tied to a communications or PR degree, it qualifies. Roles framed as general administrative or 'writing support' face more scrutiny and higher denial risk.
What degree do I need to get sponsored as an Internal Communications Manager?
A bachelor's degree in communications, public relations, journalism, organizational communication, or a closely related field is the standard requirement. Marketing degrees are generally accepted when paired with relevant experience. Degrees in unrelated fields make sponsorship harder, your employer's immigration attorney may need to argue equivalency using a combination of education and progressive work experience, with three years of experience substituting for one year of education.
How likely is H-1B approval for this role, and are there common denial reasons?
Approval rates for communications-related H-1B visa petitions are moderate but not guaranteed. USCIS has issued Requests for Evidence arguing that communications roles don't require a degree in a specific specialty. Common denial triggers include vague job descriptions, degree fields that don't clearly map to the listed duties, and salary levels inconsistent with a specialty occupation. Strong supporting documentation, organizational charts, examples of strategic deliverables, and degree-to-job mapping, significantly improves outcomes.
Are there visa options beyond H-1B for this role?
Yes. Australian citizens can pursue the E-3 visa, which has no lottery and a much faster timeline. Canadian and Mexican citizens may qualify under the TN visa if the role fits a qualifying USMCA occupation, though communications managers are not always a clean fit and require careful framing. O-1A is an option for candidates with documented extraordinary achievement in the field, published work, industry awards, or advisory roles at prominent organizations can support that case.
Where can I find Internal Communications Manager jobs that offer visa sponsorship?
Most general job boards don't filter for visa sponsorship, which means you'll spend significant time applying to roles where the employer won't move forward with international candidates. Migrate Mate is built specifically for this, every role listed confirms the employer sponsors visas, so you can focus your search on opportunities that are actually viable for your situation.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Internal Communications Manager jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.