Salary: up to £65K depending on experience
Location: London
Work hour: Mon to Fri, 9:00 - 17:30 *this is a 5 days office based role.
An international entertainment company is looking for Japanese speaking Event Manager.
Japanese speaking Event Manager - Main Responsibilities
*Leading the co-ordination and local execution of events, including real-world exhibition of games at conventions, and online digital events.
*Being responsible for communication between all relevant team members across oversea branches (between Japan and several of European offices) with the goal of efficient and transparent co-ordination of events.
*Developing detailed project plans that outline timelines, milestones, deadlines and resource allocation including budgets when appropriate.
*Communicating between stakeholders to ensure alignment and address any challenges.
*For physical events, co-ordinate logistics such as venue selection, vendor management, and technical requirements between local PR and marketing teams, and development and marketing teams in Japan.
*For digital events in particular, liaising between departments to set and efficiently follow asset approval, localisation and online streaming schedules
*Establishing event KPIs, collating relevant reporting data, and sharing across relevant teams.
*Continuously gather, analyse and share post-event feedback to inform future project planning and improvements, both within own team and across others.
*Manage the team, including working on KPIs and approving absences and expenses.
*Liaising with the finance team on reporting requirements.
*Facilitating visits from internal colleagues, press tours, events and business trips as required.
*Working proactively as a member of the Business Services team to cooperate with and support the other roles.
*Other duties as assigned by the heads of relevant business divisions or executives.
*To perform other duties as and when required
Japanese speaking Event Manager - Requirements:
*Previous experience in Video games industry
*Fluency in Japanese is essential.
*Experience with EN/JP and JP/EN translations is also necessary
*Project Management skills
*Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word/Excel and PowerPoint).
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