VML & Ogilvy | Senior Account Executive (Open X), Japan

The role

You will work as Senior Account Executive on the Studio X Integration team, managing the Coca-Cola Japan account. You will handle daily client communication, project management and support for integrated marketing campaigns across media, digital, social, events and content.

What you will do

• Act as the day-to-day client contact for your assigned brands and pass needed information to the team in time.
• Understand client briefs and requests and manage project progress with the team.
• Write accurate meeting reports (minutes and action items) and share them with stakeholders.
• Support project planning for scope, schedule, budget, purchasing and billing, and track progress to delivery.
• Send regular progress and issue reports to the client and the internal team.
• Support execution of integrated campaigns with Account Director and Integration Lead.
• Coordinate with internal and external specialists such as Creative, Production, Media and data analysis.
• Check creative output for brand guideline and brief compliance.
• Spot delays and risks early and escalate to your manager when needed.
• Support multi-channel production, including social content, press and PR materials and offline event logistics.

Required qualifications

• 3 or more years of agency work experience (general, digital or communications agency).
• At least 2 years of account management or client service experience.
• Experience running projects that combine several channels, such as media, digital, social, events and in-store activity.
• Experience managing complex projects with many stakeholders, including clients, internal teams and external partners.
• Native-level Japanese.
• Everyday conversational English.
• Advanced practical skills in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• University degree or higher.

Nice to have

• Project management knowledge in scheduling, budgeting, scope definition, risk management, and purchasing and billing.
• A degree in marketing, communications, advertising or a related field.

Before you apply

• Visa sponsorship is not mentioned in the posting.

About the company

VML & Ogilvy Japan GK is a WPP company, formed in 2019 as a partnership between Geometry Global and The Ogilvy Group. The agency says it embraces diversity and inclusion and is an equal opportunity employer.