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About the Role

The Project Manager will work closely with the client's Program Owner, Producers, and external vendors to cross-functionally manage projects across Marcom and Segment Marketing. This role ensures the readiness of multiple mini-projects with respective deliverables and activities leading up to a unified launch. Steady project management skills, attention to detail, high-level view, flexibility, and proactive communication in both Japanese and English are essential.

Responsibilities

Own client service basics including creating and updating agendas, timing plans, resource management, and contact reports.
Discuss weekly project status with Client Producers and Program Owner, noting milestones and flagging potential delays or missing items.
Communicate briefs to production teams and ensure correct creative direction.
Identify deliverable requirements and provide additional instructions on briefs.
Coordinate with internal teams and third-party vendors on brief specifications, project requirements, and resource availability.
Assign tasks based on timeline and provide clarification as needed.
Act as a brand QC/Guardian, ensuring brand guidelines, QC checklists, and procedures are followed.
Write, prepare, and present project documentation, presentations, and reports.

Requirements

A minimum of 3 years of experience in project management and/or account management, with experience on global retail and/or shopper accounts from creative development to final production.
Good knowledge of print, digital artwork, and photo/video production processes and best practices, including website builds, POS, motion graphics, and email marketing.
A flexible, creative, solution-oriented self-starter with a hands-on, can-do approach to problem-solving.
Excellent communication skills, written and verbal, in both Japanese and English.
Attention to detail, analytical thinking ability, and passion for the work.
Ability to prioritize and work quickly and efficiently within tight timeframes.

Skills

Project Management
Account Management
Client Service
Retail Marketing
Shopper Marketing
Creative Development
Production
Print Production
Digital Artwork
Photo Production
Video Production
Website Builds
POS
Motion Graphics
Email Marketing
Brand Guidelines
Quality Control
Documentation
Presentation
Reporting
Japanese Language
English Language

Location

Global

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

3+ years

About the Company

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands.
We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth.
We work with the world's most valuable brands and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise.
Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow.
WPP Production is the unified global production company that brings together all of WPP's content producers, studios and craft experts into one connected organisation.
We combine world-class human craft with next generation technology to originate, design, and deliver multi-channel content systems at scale.
Built for borderless collaboration and powered by deep craft expertise, we are the production engine designed for today's always on, AI driven marketing world.

Equal Opportunity

WPP is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.