MyAnimeList's front end—its databases, forums, news articles, social media pages—have been moderated by volunteers since MAL first began. They are community members who both want to give back to the website with their time and to personally challenge themselves in different role than they are used to.
We are currently looking for new moderators in a variety of roles.
If you are interested in one of these positions, please read through the requirements and consider applying following the steps within the spoilers. The following is listed in order of current need.
Forum Moderator (High)
We recently separated community moderators from forum moderators, and are still looking for more people to round out our new team.
Forum Moderators must:
Be at least 18 years old.
Have good communication skills and a community-oriented attitude.
Possess a high level of patience and be able to withstand angry complaints without being ruffled.
Enjoy reading and/or posting in MAL's forums, ideally in multiple boards.
Time(s) of the day you can commit to moderating (e.g. morning, afternoon, evening, night).
Which boards you frequent most (reading/posting).
What you feel is an appropriate amount of time to spend moderating (daily/weekly).
A number of paragraphs (use your own discretion on length) addressing:
-- why you think you are qualified for this position;
-- what you feel you will bring to the team and community;
-- what you feel the existing team and community is currently lacking;
-- what you would do if one of your friends was reported and/or you viewed them breaking the guidelines;
-- how you might improve/moderate specific boards you frequent now; and
-- any other (non-code) improvements you would like see made; for example, to MAL policies.
Any concerns you may have about meeting at least one year of active moderation.
You can demonstrate your enthusiasm and skills beyond an open application by conducting yourself in a manner befitting a Forum Moderator, and submitting abuse reports for threads/posts which break major forum rules (i.e. abuse, not every single spam post).
SNS Moderator (High)
We're looking for people familiar with Instagram and Facebook, and are passionate about using our databases to create interesting posts for the community!
If you're studying for a social media job and are looking for some experience for your resume, I'm always happy to write references upon request.
Social Media Moderators must:
Be at least 18 years old.
Possess good English skills, with the ability to write engaging posts from scratch.
Have enough time to create at least 5 well-thought posts per week.
English writing skill level (beginner, intermediate, advanced, native).
A list of which social media sites you currently use (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, etc.)
Some anime/manga industry related pages on those sites you monitor frequently (e.g. MAL).
A few sentences/paragraphs describing why you are interested and why you feel you are well-suited for this position. This should include:
-- which demographics and/or genre of anime/manga you primarily watch
-- which aspects of MAL's Social Media pages you may like to see improved.
Manga Moderator (Medium)
If you applied before June 2022, please re-apply. We have just finished updating our Manga Test and are getting ready to send out second round applications.
We primarily need people with some Japanese proficiency (even being able to read hiragana is an asset!).
However, we are also interested in people who are knowledgeable in these areas: BL, hentai, obscure manga, Korean works.
Manga Moderators must:
Be at least 17 years old.
Have good communication skills and an eye for detail.
Be capable of using Google Translate to search and find information in Japanese(!). Copying from MU/Mangadex/etc. is not sufficient!
Have submitted at least 5 manga entries to the database in the last year, doing your best to closely follow the Manga DB Guidelines. If you haven't yet, you can do this before applying.
A few sentences/paragraphs describing:
-- yourself as a person
-- why you are interested in the position (should include more than just "I saw you needed people")
-- why you feel you are qualified
-- why you are self-motivated to commit to volunteering for the community for a minimum of 1 year
-- which aspects of MAL's Manga Database you feel you could help out with the most (this does not include the Character Database)
-- which demographics and/or genre of manga you primarily read (e.g.: shounen, hentai)
-- how you read manga (i.e.: raw, scanlations, licensed)
You can demonstrate your enthusiasm and skills beyond an open application by contributing edits and additions to our databases regularly.
News Moderator (Medium)
We are looking for people who are passionate about news!
Japanese is not a requirement if you have very high amounts of enthusiasm about news to replace it.
News Moderators must:
Be at least 17 years old.
Have good communication skills and a passion for writing.
Be capable of using Google Translate to search and find news in Japanese.
English writing skill level (beginner, intermediate, advanced, native).
Japanese reading skill level (non-existent, beginner, intermediate, advanced, native).
A list of news sources/websites/RSS feeds you currently follow.
A few sentences/paragraphs describing why you are interested and why you feel you are well-suited for this position. This should include:
-- which demographics and/or genre of anime/manga you primarily watch
-- how you watch anime/read manga (i.e.: raw, fansubs, licensed subs, dubs)
-- which aspects of MAL's News section you may like to see improved.
Review Moderator (Medium)
We need people who can actively moderate the Interest Stacks section (searching for guideline-breaking stacks and moderating them without reports).
Review Moderators must:
Be at least 18 years old.
Possess very good English skills.
Have good communication skills, a community-oriented attitude, and a genuine interest in helping other users.
Possess a bottomless well of patience and be able to withstand angry complaints without being ruffled.
A number of paragraphs (use your own discretion on length) addressing:
-- why you are interested in this position;
-- why you think you are qualified for this position;
-- what you feel you will bring to the team and community; and,
-- what you feel the existing team/community/guidelines are currently lacking.
Any concerns you may have about meeting at least one year of active moderation.
You can demonstrate your enthusiasm and skills beyond an open application by engaging writers in a positive manner (giving constructive feedback), writing reviews yourself, and/or submitting reports for reviews/recs which break the guidelines.
Anime Moderator (Low)
We are just finishing an active recruitment round. Only in need of highly experienced individuals familiar with our Anime DB Guidelines.
Anime Moderators must:
Be at least 17 years old.
Have good communication skills and an eye for detail.
Be capable of using Google Translate to search and find information in Japanese.
Have submitted at least 3 anime entries to the database in the last year, doing your best to closely follow the Anime DB Guidelines. If you haven't yet, you can do this before applying.
If you are proficient in any languages other than English (esp. Japanese/Korean/Mandarin)
A few paragraphs describing:
-- yourself as a person
-- why you are interested in the position (should include more than just "I saw you needed people")
-- why you feel you are qualified
-- why you are self-motivated to commit to volunteering for the community for a minimum of 1 year
-- which aspects of MAL's Anime Database you feel you could help out with the most (this does not include the Character Database)
-- which demographics and/or genre of anime you primarily watch and how (e.g.: raw, subs, dubs)
You can further demonstrate your enthusiasm and skills by contributing edits and additions to our databases regularly.
Character Moderator (SoonTM)
If you're mostly interested in Characters rather than Anime/Manga, please wait to apply!
We look forward to reading your applications :) If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to PM me.
This topic is locked but applications are still OPEN.