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Senior Vice President, Consumer Practice Lead
Tokyo, Japan
About the opportunity:
Weber Shandwick is currently seeking an ambitious and capable business leader to head our Consumer Practice in Japan. As a Senior Vice President, the successful candidate will divide their time equally between managing the practice with a high degree of autonomy, and servicing key clients in the consumer sector. You will report to and work closely with the Managing Director of the Japan office.
The successful candidate will
- Be responsible for the holistic success of the Consumer Practice in terms of employee wellbeing and career development, client satisfaction and service quality, and healthy revenues and profitability.
- Provide leadership and development to your direct reports, and shape a vision for talent evolution across the wider Consumer Practice
- Secure and maintain close relationships with senior clients and provide ongoing counsel to help them navigate the ever-changing business environment
- Manage large, complex accounts and projects, with activities covering research, strategy, planning and implementation
- Review and approve contracts, estimates, proposals, etc., prepared by your team members
- Set and shepherd a vision for innovation of work and proactive business growth – from both new and existing clients in the Consumer Practice
- Effectively navigate Weber Shandwick’s global resources to grow, deepen and optimize client engagements
- Be a change agent and agitator for what’s new and next in consumer communications
Desired Skills and Experience:
- At least 10-15 years of public relations experience, including media relations and digital communications
- Experience dealing with print, broadcast, digital and social media
- Experience working with influencers and key opinion leaders
- Experience holding client events
- Experience procuring and managing vendors and external specialists
- Experience leading successful new business pitch teams
- Creative mindset
- Attention to detail and design
- Collaborative executive team player
- Enthusiastic, professional and highly proactive
- Strong presentation and personal communications skills
- Excellent networker, able to make connections with people across the business and externally with clients
Note from the team
Weber Shandwick is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Weber Shandwick is committed to building a culture where all employees are seen as equal, are respected and where all opinions are heard. We take pride in our inclusive hiring, as well as our diverse workforce and we welcome applications from all qualified candidates.
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