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Description
Our Japan office is looking to hire a versatile Digital Producer to execute and lead the production of middle to large creative campaigns, which include TVC commercials, Online video & still / photography assets, social content, (Digital) Out Of Home and Digital Display content from pitch to press release. If you're keen to work as part of a global team of Monks to produce integrated work for a world-class client, this job represents the sweet spot.

This hands-on role requires client-facing experience in digital production, digital video & still production and a thorough understanding of what is needed to make cutting-edge projects come about and what is needed to make great projects come off successfully.

What You'll Do

• As a producer, you are a project's pace- and peacemaker, and principally responsible for its timely-and-terrific delivery.
• As the nexus between the idea and execution, you'll work in close collaboration with our clients, who seek Monk's expertise in the production of their digital projects and campaigns.
• You set up new projects by responding to briefs and RFPs, leading pitches, treatments and production proposals.
• Together with our creatives, you'll help to shape these projects into a joint success by leading the production on our behalf.
• Your role is to bring all of our in-house talent & and teams together and make sure great work is done across all levels of production.
• Working at Monks means you get to produce projects that engage with new and innovative uses of technology that require you to lead the way on uncharted paths of production.
• You'll be the interface between our Project Managers and Production Leads and our client's contacts. This is a crucial part of the role as client management requires attention to detail, planning, scheduling, and acting as the advisor/consultant to the client.
• As a producer, you are also responsible for scoping and quoting projects as well as timing, planning & managing production work. You help to establish what gets done and make sure projects are profitable and doable.
• You will be reporting to our local Executive Producer.

What You'll Bring

• For this senior role, you need to have at least 5 years of client-facing experience working as a producer in digital advertising or creative production.
• You need to be confident with producing a wide variety of digital projects, ideally covering video & still productions, e-commerce assets, Landing pages and websites, rich media assets
• You have a network of local creative freelancers to tap in to for our projects and are up-to-date with the latest Film Directors, local Prodution houses & Photographers.
• Your experience in a similar capacity has made you fabulous at dealing with stress and (stressed-out) clients.
• You are capable of communicating both verbally and in writing in Japanese (business level), speaking a bit of English is a plus, but not a must.
• Leading the production of multiple campaigns is no easy task and requires someone with superb planning and communication skills, as testified in your insanely good emails and communiques.
• We need a true-born team player who can successfully work across teams, time zones and technologies.
• Client management experience and is willing to be the liaison between the client and Monks.

Why You'll Love It Here
You'll be part of a
global network of Monks
, working on high-profile campaigns that push creative and technological boundaries. This is a unique opportunity to gain hands-on production experience, learn from some of the industry's best producers, and contribute to the making of innovative work that resonates across platforms and cultures.

About Monks
Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world. Its integration of systems and workflows delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise-grade technology and data science fueled by AI—managed by the industry's best and most diverse digital talent—to help the world's trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.

Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave: Global Marketing Services. It has remained a constant presence on Adweek's Fastest Growing lists , ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies and is the only partner to have been placed in AdExchanger's Programmatic Power Players list every year In addition to being named Adweek's first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks has been recognized by Business Intelligence in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories: the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning and AI Product for its service Monks.Flow. Monks has also garnered the title of Webby Production Company of the Year , won a record number of FWAs and has earned a spot on Newsweek's Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.

We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.