Japanese Account Manager / Loc. Project Manager
- Location
- Remote job
- Work mode
- Remote
- Employment type
- Contract
About the job
The Account Manager (AM) is the main point of contact with internal business partners to gather project requirements and implement execution strategies to meet the business objectives. As a business partner, the AM reviews the business strategy, objectives and facilitates the initiation of the creative process. Serving as the manager within the Account team, this role ensures client satisfaction, the cross functional process management within B&D and oversees the creative execution of projects from concept through completion. Working with the brand leaders, ensures the creative solution meets the partner’s strategy, schedule and budget expectations while ensuring brand and legal standards have been met are critical responsibilities of this position.
- Will support the client’s wide Sales and Marketing, and will handle Owner Services, Legal and external M&S partners.
- Support and work closely with Marketing and Sales teams in North America and Asia-Pacific (APAC) regions.
- Work closely with teams on the creation of marketing/sales materials and communications in English and Japanese.
- Work with external vendors in North America and Asia including, but not limited to, translators, photographers, digital marketing agencies, direct mail houses, etc.
- Work with external Marketing and Sales partner vendors in North America and Asia to create content and co-ordinate direct mail and/or email campaigns.
- Work with sales center technology department to add all new necessary translations in Japanese upon updated English version.
- Work with owner communication department to create and update all owner communication in Japanese include how to use guide, after the purchase, welcome email and all letters send to owners.
- Work with training and development department to create all Sales and Marketing materials in Japanese.
- Works with sales, marketing and brand teams to secure briefs and document project requirements
- Ensures all stakeholders are aligned prior to project initiation
- Creates project plans, including setting targets for milestones and meeting deadlines
- Communicates with senior leadership on high profile project timelines and status
- Identifies requests that require higher level brand input
- Adheres to client service level agreements in concert with the business and tracks results
- Directly manages and delivers on customer communications needs on time and on budget
- Implements communications execution strategies through the standard department processes
- Builds strong relationships across functional teams built on respect and trust
- Has solid knowledge of businesses, products and brands
- Manages project schedule templates in workflow system
- Minimum of 3-5 years advertising agency account management, in-house communications, project management or equivalent experience required
- Process development and management experience a plus
- Must be fluent and English and must be a native Japanese speaker or have native level fluency as the position requires reading/writing/speaking/translating Japanese
- Work with Global Brand Strategy & Creative Delivery to create owner testimonial videos and arrange all necessary items in Japanese including communication with owners
- Experienced in creating materials in all mediums including print, video and digital.
- Marketing or sales experience a plus
- Ability to understand business strategy to build a project and action plan
- Willingness to travel occasionally
- Demonstrated ability to manage several projects simultaneously, involving various operational units
- Bachelors Degree
From Transperfect's careers page (Recruitee), checked 31 Oct 2026.
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Posted 21 Sept 2026 · checked 31 Oct 2026 · Report this job
