Senior Account Director, Digital (including FMCG Client)

Job Summary

The Senior Account Director is responsible for driving the digital transformation roadmap and delivery for a key client, ensuring measurable business success. Combining deep digital expertise with strategic business acumen, this role translates the client’s marketing and business objectives into scalable, user-centric digital experiences that deliver strong ROI.
As a trusted advisor, the Senior Account Director leads a cross-functional team of digital specialists including Research, UX, Creative, Data Analytics, and Technology experts, to develop and execute innovative solutions. With a strong foundation in Marketing and Customer Experience, along with expertise in marketing technology, the Senior Account Director ensures seamless execution and alignment with the client’s vision.
This role involves working closely with senior stakeholders, internal and network teams to ensure strategic alignment, smooth execution, team and client happiness and long-term success.

Main Responsibilities

• Partner with the team to drive a strategically sound and structured digital strategy and product roadmap for clients leading to positive business impact
• Run workshops and ideation sessions with external and internal stakeholders
• Growth oriented mindset with delivery capability
• Lead the delivery of the program to success while ensuring alignment with requirements and stakeholders’ expectations
• Continuously develop the consulting and delivery methodology, processes and tools
• Mentor junior team members and executives
• Support agency pre-sales efforts of digital platform programs

Requirements

• Bilingual (English and Japanese) skills are preferred but not required.
• Knowledge of marketing technology platforms
• Strong understanding of marketing processes and workflow including campaign execution & content development
• Experience with analytics and data-driven processes/decision making
• Strong understanding of strategy and design process informed by customer centric, “human centered design” thinking
• Possess initiative to drive improvement and streamline processes
• Experience with managing program level scope (change control) and finances
• Experience with client management and account development planning
• Experience with managing localized & regional communications

 

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Work Environment

Flextime

VOJ has flextime in order to achieve work-life balance, allowing employees to flexibly adjust their working hours on a monthly basis which enabling them to prioritize their work independently and build a work style that maximizes performance. This allows employees to prioritize their work independently and create a work style that maximizes their performance. *Core hours for the back office are 11:00-15:00.

Hybrid Work Styles

VOJ offers a hybrid work/life balance that allows you to work from home and in the office according to your work style.
(During work hours, you must be reachable at all times via email, phone, video conferencing, etc.)

Holidays

VOJ encourages to use of paid vacations.
We have a culture that encourages employees to refresh themselves on a regular basis, for example, by planning their vacation time so that they can take five consecutive days of paid leave twice a year.

 

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Welfare

Holidays

• 2 days off per week (Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays)
• Year-end and New Year vacations
• Annual paid leave
• Personal and family care leave
• Benefits and Welfare
• Various types of social insurance
• Defined contribution pension plan
• Various training (WPP Leadership, Business, English, Wellness,
• Digital, Social, External Training Assistance, etc.)
• Relo Club

 

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About Us

VML & Ogilvy Japan GK was established in April 2019 as a partnership between Geometry Global and The Ogilvy Group to enhance our offering to brands in Japan in support of their business ambitions and marketing objectives. We believe in the power of creativity to drive meaningful change that delivers positive business outcomes. Now more than ever the ability for an agency to flex and adapt to clients changing needs is vital in the application of communications, brand experience, commerce and technology. Our blend of global and local expertise and marketing capability is designed to meet the challenges of today while setting our clients up for success from tomorrow and beyond.VML & Ogilvy Japan GK is a WPP company (NASDAQ: WWPGY).