This role will function as part of our brand and communications planning capability within the strategy team. It is expected that the individual will be able to lead client strategy projects, support new business, and raise the overall quality of our department through their curiosity and desire for strategic and creative excellence.  

• Quality of brand and communications strategy, enabling client brand to be relevant and distinctive
• Clarity of creative briefs, providing insight and inspiration to creative teams
• Ability to build strong relationship with clients and demonstrate strategic partnership (understanding of their business and sought after for advice and marketing guidance)
• Developing campaign and communications strategies based on business / brand goals
• Representing the team to deliver insight based strategic viewpoint in front of clients
• Leading in creative briefings with agency teams
• Responding to and helping to improve creative work with insights and experience
• Leading the development of strategic communications platform ideas with some guidance
• Developing / Supporting the development of creative channel strategies
• Assist in the creative idea development with trend analysis and case study, to make the creative output more innovative and sharp
• Adapt a flexible style of cooperation with creative team, to deliver very impactive creative content and with strong insight

• Native Japanese, Business English

• 8-12 years experience as a brand planner/strategist within a global creative/communication agency  

• Experience in automotive category a bonus  

• Versed in handling global accounts    

• Well trained in understanding and challenging the client’s market, brand and research data 

• Able to think analytically and creatively 

• Passionate in detecting relevant and fresh category, cultural and consumer insights. 

• Able and eager to co-operate with external panel and partners in doing so. 

• Familiar with requirements of different media channels and touch points

Geometry Ogilvy Japan is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion and strives to recruit a diverse slate of candidates to help us achieve that goal.