Posted by Danny Choo
Events & Retail Manager (Tokyo/Full Time)Job Requirements
The Events & Retail Manager (ERM) manages the production of merchandise and is also responsible for the planning and execution of events which promote our brand and sell Mirai Suenaga merchandise.
Events include Culture Japan Night, Culture Japan Convention and booths that we organize in events across the globe which include Anime Expo and Anime Festival Asia.
Is expected to liaise with all parties concerned in event planning including sponsors, talent agencies, customs, construction, shipping and printing companies.
ERM is required to travel globally which can be a few times a month for extended periods of time.
Will generate relationships with retail stores and other local resources while they oversee booth rollout in each locale.
Work with retail stores domestically in Japan and abroad to ensure they are up to date with the latest information of products.
Manage logistics for domestic and global distribution of our products.
Manage POP & promotional material (Stickers, tarpaulin banners, Itasha etc)
Inventory Management using the up and coming online Culture Japan store.
Oversee the up and coming World Wide Anime Retail Store Directory.
Required Skill Set
Have a good command of SketchUp to design and render booth and hall layouts. If you dont know what SketchUp is then you can learn how to use it in 10 mins – and its free.
Photoshop and Illustrator skills is desired but not a requirement.
Equivalent to JLPT N3 or above is required for this position to be able to articulate ideas and instructions to various parties in Japan.
Excellent organisational skills to manage multiple events at a single time.
If you are interested in this position
Take a look at the following map for an up and coming event > note.io/14k18PD
The arrows show the flow of people from the entrances. The red square is the location of our booth which will be 6 meters x 6 meters in size.
We will be selling Moekana, Moekanji, Moekana T-shirts x 4 types, Mirai posters x 8 types and Smart Doll x 1 type.
There will also be 1 large screen to show commercials for Smart Doll.
Given the above requirements, use SketchUp to create a design of the booth – no need to worry about budget for this test.
Make sure to take into consideration of flow of people and clearly mark on your SketchUp submission which way the booth is facing.
Render various views of the booth and zip up the images together with the SketchUp file. Then move onto the next test.
We also want to see what your inventory management skills are like. Create a Google doc spreadsheet which you will use to manage the inventory of our products before our ecommerce system is up. Lets presume that we have the following products to manage:-
Moekana 7000 cartons (36 packs per carton)
Moekanji 15000 cartons (40 packs per carton)
Smart Doll (600 units)
Moekana T-shirts (2000 pcs)
Mirai Carry Case (1000 pcs)
Share the Google document that you created with jobs at mirai dot fm.
The final test is to see if you know how to ask Google Sensei stuff – identify what Japan or anime events outside Japan you think we should participate in during 2014. List up all the information that you think I would need to make a decision as to whether we should attend these events – I’ll leave it to you to decide what that information should be.
All test material should be sent to jobs at mirai dot fm.
Together with your application, create a resume outlining what ninja foo you can do.
Also include a write up in Japanese on how you discovered Japanese culture and why you want to live and work in Japan – this can be as long as you want. If you already live in Japan, write how you came over instead.
View more at www.dannychoo.com/en/post/26971/About+Culture+Japan.html
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