SAMANSA

Short-film streaming · Content licensing · Shibuya, Tokyo

SAMANSA is a short-film streaming service from Shibuya-based SAMANSA Inc., founded in April 2021. It gathers short films of up to 30 minutes from more than 120 countries, adds subtitles and promotes them, and has expanded to theatrical releases and in-flight screenings.

For businesses it offers corporate group-account plans, content for places with tablets or monitors such as aircraft, salons and hotels, and film distribution to cinemas, TV stations and VOD services. In September 2025 it announced a ¥740 million Series A round, including bank debt, which brought cumulative funding to about ¥1.1 billion. The company had 26 employees.

Remote or hybrid
43%
Most requested
Common areas
  • Backend engineering 4
  • Frontend engineering 4
  • Marketing 3
  • UI/UX design 2

Measured from the 7 listings Ranked has live for SAMANSA. Japanese level, visa signal and skills are AI-graded from each posting and can be wrong — confirm against the employer's original posting before applying.

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Freelance

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Marketing

Social Media

Digital Mkt

Lead overseas social media marketing across North America, the UK and Asia. Manage regional accounts and Meta ads, build local partnerships, analyze results, and shape expansion strategy.

Freelance

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Video Edit

Social Media

Graphic

Plan, edit, and manage social media content for TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and X, tailoring short-film promotion to each platform, reviewing engagement, and refining creative work with the team.

Full-time

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Remote

Frontend

React

Handle frontend engineering for SAMANSA, a short-film streaming app, using React and related web technologies, with remote work except for a weekly office day.

Full-time

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Remote

Mobile

iOS

Develop the SAMANSA short-film streaming service’s iOS and Android apps with Flutter, collaborating in a global startup environment. Work remotely except for one office day each week.

Full-time

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Remote

Rails

Backend

Develop the SAMANSA short-film streaming service as a backend engineer, using Ruby on Rails and related web, mobile, and AWS technologies to support a global entertainment product.

Full-time

EN preferred

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Frontend

Backend

Lead development and continuous improvement of the SAMANSA short-film streaming platform across backend and frontend, using user data to shape features, operations, technical direction, and team development.

Internship

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Social Media

Marketing

Digital Mkt

Supports a short-film business through social media, ad analysis, editorial work, operations improvement, original-content planning and crowdfunding, with assignments shaped by skills and interests.