Sales Planner

This sales-planning role develops and executes video advertising strategies for major companies and advertising agencies. It involves hearing client challenges, combining multiple video platforms and data, proposing suitable marketing plans, managing delivery after an order, measuring results, and preparing reports. The role also contributes to new advertising menu and service planning based on customer needs, including initiatives such as introducing Netflix Ads.

Depending on experience, suitability, and career preferences, the position is assigned either to the platform team or the media team. The platform assignment uses PremiumView to make proposals across TVer, ABEMA, Netflix, and other platforms. Responsibilities include detailed delivery design, requesting execution from the operations team, progress management, effectiveness analysis, and reporting. The media assignment specializes in selected media such as ABEMA, Netflix, DAZN, and Lemino. It develops proposals based on each medium’s characteristics, including program tie-ups and delivery design, exchanges information with media companies, shares updates and successful examples with internal sales staff, supports proposal strategy, and joins presentations when needed.

The work is in the video advertising and digital marketing field, where viewing habits are shifting from television to smartphones and connected TVs. Industry knowledge and practical video advertising experience are not required at entry. Relevant named platforms and skills include TVer, ABEMA, Netflix, DAZN, Lemino, YouTube, PremiumView, advertising data, DSPs, ad technology, digital advertising, marketing planning, client proposal sales, project coordination, schedule management, and problem solving. The company states that the role may lead to future paths such as sales specialization, management, support for broadcasters, or media planning.

The required background is either at least two years of corporate sales experience for intangible services, such as IT, web, advertising, recruiting, training, or finance, or experience coordinating multiple stakeholders to move a project or operation forward through internal and external adjustment, schedule management, and problem solving. Experience in digital advertising at an advertising agency, media company, or operating company; video advertising work; knowledge of advertising data, DSPs, or ad technology; solution-oriented sales; and project leadership are welcomed.

Employment is full-time with no fixed contract term and a three-month probation period with unchanged conditions. The expected annual salary is JPY 4.5–6.5 million. Monthly pay consists of base salary of JPY 221,364–339,182, a JPY 55,000 life-plan support allowance, fixed overtime pay for 45 hours of JPY 97,200–138,600, and fixed late-night pay for 15 hours of JPY 6,480–9,240; excess hours are paid separately. A performance-based year-end bonus and incentives may be provided, and pay is reviewed twice a year.

The workplace is in Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo. The stated working hours are 9:30–18:30, with eight scheduled working hours and a 60-minute break. A super flextime system is available, with no core time and a flexible period from 6:00 to 22:00. Overtime may occur. The scope of possible workplaces includes remote work and assignment locations. Holidays include weekends, public holidays, year-end and New Year holidays, annual paid leave, condolence leave, bonus leave, and wellbeing accumulated leave.

The employee is hired by CARTA HOLDINGS and seconded to CARTA ZERO, with no change to employment conditions or benefits. Benefits include transportation reimbursement up to JPY 50,000 per month, insurance programs, dental examinations, subsidized brain screening for eligible employees, babysitter discounts, Apple and Lawson Ticket discounts, housing discounts, an optional defined-contribution pension plan, career development programs, online low-dose-pill support, resort hotel membership, and access to Kanto IT Software Health Insurance facilities. First and second interviews may be held online, while the final interview is expected to be in person. An aptitude test, an HR meeting, and a background check may be included during the selection process.