My client is the pre-eminent name in gaming! Currently they have a role open in their Licensing team for someone with gaming experience and fluency in Japanese. As this role is integral to supporting between their HQ's in Japan and Europe excellent linguistic and written skills and fluency in Japanese and English are required. Licensing experience is desired but not essential.
Work will be conducted from their offices in London.
If successful you will be assisting the Director in interfacing with HQ's in Japan, mainly from English to Japanese but including Japanese to English as required, for Licensing and Esports business activities including but not limited to:
Translation of documents
Presenting proposals / plans / designs
Assisting with negotiation deals
Seeking approval for ideas.
•Assisting the Commercial Director and the Commercial team in strategic tasks such as organisation of meetings and preparation of relevant materials as instructed.
•Facilitating information-sharing and communication including production of high level and strategic presentations.
•Working with and on behalf of the Commercial team to get approvals on new contracts, product and event designs and managing related asset requests.
•Liaising with the Finance team, Esports team, Licensing team and R&D on reporting and approval requirements.
•Assist where required in conversations with external vendors and suppliers related to ongoing business opportunities in the region.
•Facilitating visits from internal colleagues, events and business trips as required.
•Working proactively as a member of the Commercial team to cooperate with and support the other roles in the business.
•Experience working in the video games or entertainment industries an advantage.
•An understanding of video games and the video games market highly desirable.
•Exposure to Licensing related activities preferred.
•Experience with business translation and interpretation an advantage.
•Japanese language skills to native speaker level.
•Excellent spoken and written English language skills.
•Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word/Excel and PowerPoint).
•An understanding of project management methodologies an advantage.
•Educated to bachelor’s degree level, or similarly qualified by experience and ability.
TBC
