Plan sponsored video and article content for NewsPicks Studios, turning client needs into proposals and coordinating production with sales, directors, engineers, and designers.
About this role
The contracting entity for this position is Uzabase, with assignment to its subsidiary NewsPicks Studios. The role plans and executes video advertising designed to address clients’ business issues and needs. Responsibilities cover strategy through delivery: planning NewsPicks Studios video advertisements, hearing client needs in coordination with sales, preparing planning and proposal materials, presenting proposals, negotiating and aligning details with clients, and coordinating with internal sales and production teams.
NewsPicks Studios produces, distributes, and directs economic and business video content. Its content is distributed on platforms including YouTube. The position is intended to strengthen the organization’s video advertising production capability and is suited to someone interested in the video advertising business who can think and act independently.
Applicants must have experience in at least one of the following areas: planning or editing for print or web media, video advertising planning, or planning or strategic planning at an advertising agency. Required skills and capabilities include creating materials with G Suite, PowerPoint, and Excel; being comfortable with text communication using Slack and similar tools; communication ability; flexible responses to changing circumstances; the ability to expand the role in line with the business phase; willingness to regularly take in video content; and an interest in economic trends.
Preferred experience includes working with economic or business media and content, client-facing work, and regularly engaging with NewsPicks articles and videos while analyzing and understanding their characteristics.
This is a contract engagement with an expected workload of approximately 60 to 80 hours per month. The hourly rate is approximately JPY 3,000 to 4,000 and is determined according to experience. Full remote work and full flextime with no core hours are available. Daytime communication and responses may be required for client interactions. Attendance at recording locations may occasionally be necessary, with flexible handling according to the contractor’s circumstances. The listed location is Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, and the possible work locations include the contractor’s home, the head office, or another company-approved location. The posting states a two-day weekly holiday system including public holidays and the year-end and New Year period, possible separate transportation expenses when necessary, and provision of a PC. Smoking is prohibited in workspaces, with smoking limited to a designated smoking room in the office building; no work is performed in areas where smoking is permitted.
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