Senior Account Executive
The Hoffman Agency
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Tokyo • Japan
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Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Shape our reputation across markets, bringing leadership, creativity, and strategic clarity
- Advise clients with confidence, offering insights that influence business outcomes and sharpen differentiation
- Craft and execute integrated MarComms strategies across earned, owned, social, and paid channels
- Run regional and multi-market programs, ensuring profitability, quality, and standout work
- Partner with senior leaders to elevate ideas, strengthen programs, and drive campaign excellence.
- Build trusted relationships with clients, including senior and C-suite stakeholders.
- Stay ahead of the narrative, anticipating risks, identifying opportunities, and shaping smarter strategies
- Support new business pursuits, contributing research, insights, and pitch storytelling
- Track industry and media trends, especially in fast-evolving tech sectors, to inform outreach and strategy
- Champion digital-first thinking, integrating modern storytelling and measurable impact into every plan
- Expand media and analyst engagement, exploring innovative and unconventional influencer pathways
- Raise the bar on communication, delivering crisp and compelling writing and presentations
- Apply and evolve Hoffman methodologies to strengthen regional consistency and craft discipline.
- Support team development, contributing to a high-performing, collaborative culture
- Participate in agency initiatives, from off-sites to cross-market knowledge sharing.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, Marketing or a related field; postgraduate or MBA qualifications are a plus.
- Native or near-native fluency in Japanese, and strong business-level English (verbal and written)
- Ability to engage Japanese media is a strong plus.
- 3–5 years of experience in public relations, integrated communications, or marketing — ideally within an agency environment.
- Proven experience supporting regional or multi-market accounts, delivering work that demonstrates measurable business impact.
- Strong understanding of the technology, B2B, and digital ecosystem — able to connect insights across sectors such as IoT, semiconductors, and supply chain.
- Strategic planning capability, able to translate client business goals into compelling, integrated communication campaigns.
- Demonstrated expertise in media relations, storytelling, and stakeholder engagement, including interactions with senior and C-suite audiences.
- Hands-on experience managing cross-functional teams and mentoring mid-level talent toward stronger performance and leadership.
- Fluency in digital and social trends, including analytics and integration of owned, earned, and paid channels.
- Exceptional presentation, writing, and consulting skills — persuasive, articulate, and confident under pressure.
- Entrepreneurial mindset with strong commercial acumen, balancing creative ambition with business profitability.
- Comfort operating in fast-paced, multicultural, and matrix environments across APAC or global markets.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Comprehensive benefits
- Career growth opportunities
- Unique four-week paid sabbatical after four years of service
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
public relationsintegrated communicationsmarketingmedia relationsstorytellingstrategic planninganalyticsdigital ecosystemB2Bcampaign management
Soft skills
leadershipcreativitystrategic claritycommunicationrelationship buildingcollaborationpresentation skillsconsulting skillsentrepreneurial mindsetcommercial acumen
Certifications
Bachelor’s degreepostgraduate qualificationsMBA