Legal Operations Manager

Company Overview:

Crazy Maple Studio is a fast-growing company based in the Bay Area and Los Angeles, focusing on mobile gaming, reading, and streaming. We are proud to have a global team that drives our innovation and success across diverse markets.

Our flagship platform, ReelShort, is the #1 vertical streaming app in the U.S., with over 3 million DAU, delivering bite-sized episodic content that keeps viewers hooked. Other standout products include Chapters, where users shape immersive stories across drama, fantasy, and romance, and Kiss, a platform for consuming and creating serialized romance.

Position Overview:

In this role, you will provide hands-on support and lead key legal operations workstreams and projects. You'll be responsible for supporting Crazy Maple Studio's Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) processes, managing various legal operations projects, and supporting our Legal Affairs team's strategic goals.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and optimize our CLM system, ensuring smooth, efficient contract workflows across Crazy Maple Studio's platforms
• Provide daily support and administration for our CLM system, handling critical workstreams for our essential contracts
• Collaborate with our business and finance teams to support deal processes, ensuring compliant, streamlined contract execution
• Manage and enhance legal tech solutions and systems, including legal automation and AI-driven contract review
• Oversee relationships and negotiate fee arrangements with external law firms
• Lead and coordinate legal operations projects, engaging with stakeholders across Crazy Maple Studio to ensure successful outcomes
• Develop and implement efficient frameworks to support Legal Affairs in strategic legal work, aligned with Crazy Maple Studio's business goals
  
  
  

Requirements

• 5 years of experience in a legal operations role, ideally within an international company or law firm
• 3 years managing contract management processes and a CLM system
• Strong grasp of legal, contract management, and corporate governance policies, roles, and procedures
• Experience managing external law firm relationships and fee negotiations (preferred but not required)
• Ability to bridge technical, legal, and business teams, aligning legal and business needs with technical requirements
• Proven track record of successfully delivering complex projects across teams, ideally in a multi-time-zone environment
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to present complex information clearly
• A proactive, inquisitive mindset, consistently seeking opportunities to enhance processes and streamline workflows
  
  
  

Desired Skills and Characteristics:

• Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships across a wide range of personalities and cultural backgrounds
• A proactive, "can-do" attitude with flexibility and eagerness to contribute to a rapidly evolving business environment
• Ability to handle a high volume of work efficiently, manage competing deadlines, and exercise sound judgment with minimal supervision
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills to assess priorities and recommend practical solutions
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with a keen eye for detail
• Interest in entertainment, gaming, digital media, technology, and intellectual property law
• Ability to work collaboratively across multiple time zones to support our global operations
  
  
  

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits
  
  

Crazy Maple Studio, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.