Digital Marketing Account Executive

The Account Executive serves as a primary contact for advertiser clients and supports their marketing from strategy through execution. The role covers acquiring new projects, consulting with existing clients, understanding their needs, forming hypotheses about their challenges, and helping them achieve their marketing goals. Responsibilities include hearing client issues, developing digital marketing strategies, planning promotional initiatives, preparing proposals and presentation materials, presenting plans, aggregating and analyzing data, and reporting results.

Applicants must have at least two years of experience in one of the following areas: proposal sales of intangible products to individuals or businesses; sales or retail experience in cosmetics or apparel; digital advertising sales; public relations using social media; or work involving public relations for an in-house brand. Experience in digital marketing and sales experience at an advertising agency are welcomed, as are an interest in social media and an interest in the cosmetics or apparel fields. The posting does not specify an education requirement.

The named skills and work areas include digital advertising, digital marketing, influencer marketing, social media promotion, proposal development, presentations, data aggregation, data analysis, reporting, and the use of internally developed tools for data-driven proposals. The business operates influencer-related services and tools, including Fanicon, iCON Suite, RIPPLY, and iCON CAST, as well as online marketing consulting. The role may work with creators on campaigns whose content is viewed worldwide.

This is a full-time position based in Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, at Sumitomo Fudosan Harajuku Building. The annual salary range is JPY 4.5 million to 6.0 million as a guideline, with possible adjustment based on experience, previous salary, and ability. Salary is reviewed annually, and a financial-results bonus is available. The probationary period is six months.

Working hours use a flextime system with core hours from 11:00 to 15:00 and an estimated eight-hour workday. Average overtime is stated as 20 to 40 hours per month. A specialist discretionary work system is also introduced. Benefits include social insurance, commuting transportation expenses, influenza vaccination, babysitter ticket subsidies, support for study sessions, training, and books, freee welfare benefits, and full support for installation and use of a company-designated high-speed home internet line. The office has open spaces and themed meeting rooms. Holidays include a complete two-day weekend system with Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays off, year-end holidays, annual paid leave, bereavement leave, sick leave, marriage leave, maternity leave, childcare leave, and nursing-care leave.

The stated selection process is document screening, a first interview, a second interview followed by a personality aptitude test, a final interview, and an offer. The process may change, and the aptitude test alone is not used to determine the result.