Account Director (CF-34016193)

World's global leading market intelligence agency specializing in analysis of consumers, markets, new products and competitive landscapes while providing a unique perspective on global and local economies. Clients range across all industries. Dominating the market fo about 50 years and spread across 12 global cities.

Job Description

• Content publishing
• the key issues facing global and domestic trends, manufacturers, suppliers and retailers
• Responsible for overseeing whole process of report publishing
  • Define the report scope, upon trade interview results
  • Design and execute consumer quantitative research together with Research team
  • Gather primary and secondary data related to global trend both from open sources & internal assets
  • Analyze all information, develop inferences, and generate insights with solid business implications
  • Construct and write the contents in Japanese
  • Work with Digital Publishing team for final publication preparation (copyedit, design, translation etc.)
• Responsible to manage 2-4 analysts in the team, who execute the above specified operations
• This role involves networking with our global category analysts to stay updated about the latest information
• Team Management
• Oversee the category team's schedule, ensuring that Reports are produced in a timely manner and keep good communications with different teams and stakeholders
• Provide editorial support to improve the quality of the content, client and marketing work produced by junior members of the team when needed
• Train and coach the members to develop their functional capability as well as people skills
• Proactively engage in projects/discussions that impact the long term, work closely with Head of Consumer Reports, Japan on strategic development of content, and contribute ideas that will improve the way we work
• Client Support

As a Category Specialist

• Handle client service requests related to the contents
• Support commercial team to proactively share insights with clients & prospects
• Promote our brand in the marketplace by supporting marketing and PR activities, i.e. keynote speech in tradeshow/conference events

Person Specification

• Bachelor's degree
• Minimum five years working experience in any of below functions
  • consumer research, marketing intelligence
  • marketing, strategic planning
  • communication, promotion planning
• Experience of people management / coaching
• Strong motivation for contents writing in the subject area
• Competent with quantitative consumer data analysis
• Constructive & logical thinker
• High level of attention to detail
• Self-starter who can work independently
• Great interpersonal skills with open & global mindset
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously & to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Excellent Japanese writing and speaking
• Business level of English