Jobs at Netflix in Japan, Tokyo

The Ads Marketing team shapes our core advertising positioning and drives the go-to-market strategy to bring this positioning to life through compelling, differentiated messaging and narratives. By activating these messages across both sales channels (presentations, materials, talking points, events) and broader non-sales channels, the team builds widespread awareness and excitement among our key advertising partners. You will report to the Head of Ads Marketing, APAC, based in Singapore.

As theAPAC Ads Marketing Programs Manager, you will coordinate the execution of Netflix Ads’ B2B marketing strategy across the region, ensuring alignment between country-level and global objectives. This role requires a strategic marketer with strong operational expertise, skilled at building processes that facilitate seamless collaboration with international and cross-functional partners. You’ll be responsible for coordinating marketing initiatives, managing timelines and resources efficiently, and setting up frameworks that support consistent, high-impact marketing initiatives across diverse markets. You will project manage multi-market, multi-channel initiatives; and conceptualize, develop, and execute marketing programs to enable the growth of the APAC Ads business.

Core Responsibilities:

• APAC-wide Stewardship:Orchestrate regional marketing programs and initiatives that drive Netflix Ads’ B2B growth across Japan, Korea, and Australia, working in tandem with country marketing managers to ensure successful local activation. Ensure best-in-class marketing execution.

• Program Scaling & Implementation:Design and develop scalable marketing programs and adapt global initiatives to meet regional needs. Represent the voice of the region in global ads marketing forums and serve as a conduit between global teams and country marketing managers. Build effective systems that help scale and land global initiatives in APAC with a focus on long-term impact and regional cohesion.

• Strategic Initiatives:Partner closely with APAC Ads cross-functional partners on piloting and scaling marketing programs aligned with key business growth levers. Operationalise strategic marketing programs leveraging diverse marketing channels and tactics to cover multiple audiences. Address immediate opportunities and anticipate future needs in line with the APAC Ads strategy.

• Project Management & Coordination:Oversee pan-regional projects, managing timelines, budgets, and resources to ensure on-time delivery and high standards of executional excellence across initiatives.

• Best Practice Sharing:Gather and share best practices and operational insights to elevate marketing standards across all regions.

• Market Intelligence & Insights:

Qualifications:

• At least 7 years of experience in B2B marketing, project management, or marketing operations, ideally within an international or multi-market setting.

• Strong operational expertise with a proven track record of developing scalable processes and frameworks that drive efficient execution and cross-functional alignment.

• Experience leading and managing regional or multi-market marketing programs, with a focus on scaling initiatives across diverse local markets.

• Exceptional project management skills, including the ability to manage budgets, coordinate resources, and oversee multiple projects with tight deadlines.

• Skilled in cross-functional collaboration, with experience working closely with sales, product, content, and local marketing teams to create cohesive and impactful campaigns.

• Demonstrated ability to balance regional and global objectives, ensuring programs align with overall business goals while addressing specific market needs.

• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret data, assess program performance, and make data-informed adjustments.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, adept at sharing best practices, providing training, and supporting regional teams in program activation.

• Familiarity with digital marketing channels, regional market dynamics, and industry trends within APAC is a plus.

• You have an entrepreneurial mindset and are eager to flourish in our unique(see

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We are seeking an experienced Manager for our Unscripted Live Action Creative team to help build and execute the original slate strategy for Japanese live action unscripted productions. This role will carry projects from a creative perspective from pitch / development through to final delivery. Responsibilities will include establishing and growing strong partnerships with creative partners in the market to source and commission great content. This role will also lead the execution of the shows working with internal cross functional partners such as Production Management, Post Production, VFX, Marketing and Publicity.A successful candidate will have a strong sense of narrative structure, a regional sensibility and ability to guide a project from pitch/idea through to delivery. They will be self-motivated, proactive, quick-thinking, flexible, able to pivot when necessary, thorough and able to juggle multiple and diverse responsibilities across projects at varying stages from development through to delivery. At all times, an unwavering attention to creative detail is necessary. They will have excellent problem solving skills, with the ability to think about the best solution in the best interest of the company as they arise. This is a demanding and fast moving position that requires someone who is a proactive and positive thinker, is able to exercise sensitivity, good judgment and initiative while working with a high volume production slate and a diverse range of creative/production partners.

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Development/Pre Production/Setup of Show
• Work closely with producers, writers and external creative team to develop projects and assess for long-term viability
• Work with finance, legal, product, post and external production teams on establishing key schedules and workflows while maximizing budget to spend as much on screen as possible
• Develop and foster relationships with a multitude of producing partners/third parties
  

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience as live action unscripted production executive management, both in the field and/or on a network/studio level
• 10+ years of experience in development of Japanese unscripted content, and experience leading a project from pitch/development to post launch
• Strong relationships with creators, production partners, and talent
• Ability to handle a fast paced environment simultaneously supervising several projects in various phases of production (from evaluation to production through delivery)
• Ability to respond after hours for important, timely or urgent matters
• Team-player who operates in a fast paced team-oriented setting
• Ability to be discrete and maintain confidential information
• Understanding of how to prioritize and respond accordingly while being an effective communicator
• Willingness to continue learning to ensure understanding of current production process
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to multitask
• Ability to take educated risks and think out of the box
• Verbal and written fluency in Japanese is required, and must have curiosity and appetite to learn English

日本の実写作品におけるUnscripted（バラエティ、恋愛リアリティショー等）作品の企画立案と編成戦略の構築と実行をする、Unscriptedの実写クリエイティブ・チームのマネージャー（エグゼクティブ・プロデューサー）を募集しています。このポジションは、作品の企画・開発から最終的な納品まで、クリエイティブな観点からプロジェクトを遂行します。クリエイティブ・パートナーとの強力なパートナーシップを確立し、成長させることで、優れたコンテンツを調達し、依頼することも含まれます。 また、プロダクションマネージメント、ポストプロダクション、VFX、マーケティング、パブリシティといった社内のクロスファンクショナルパートナー（コンテンツに関わる様々な部署）と協力し、番組の制作をリードします。
成功する候補者は、物語構成に対する強いセンス、地域的な感性、プロジェクトをピッチ／アイデアから納品まで導く能力を備えています。自発的で、積極的で、頭の回転が速く、柔軟性があり、必要なときに軌道修正することができ、徹底して、開発から納品までのさまざまな段階のプロジェクトにおいて、複数の多様な責任をこなすことができます。常に、クリエイティブな細部への揺るぎない注意が必要です。 優れた問題解決能力を有し、問題が発生した際には、最善の解決策を考えることができます。 このポジションは要求が高く、動きが速いため、積極的かつ前向きな思考を持ち、大量の制作枠や多様なクリエイティブ／プロダクション・パートナーと仕事をしながら、感受性、的確な判断力、主体性を発揮できる人材が求められます。

具体的な職務は以下の通りですが、これらに限定されるものではないです：

• 作品の開発／プリプロダクション／セットアップ
• プロデューサー、総合演出、構成作家など、外部のクリエイティブ・チームと密接に協力し、プロジェクトを開発し、長期的な実行可能性を評価する
• 財務、法務、製品、ポストプロダクション、外部プロダクションチームと協力し、主要なスケジュールとワークフローを確立する
• 多数のプロダクション・パートナーとの関係を構築し、育成する

応募資格：

• 10年以上の、実写Unscriptedの番組における、現場またはスタジオレベル（発注者として）のエグゼクティブプロデュースおよびマネジメントの経験
• 10年以上の日本のUnscriptedコンテンツの開発経験、ピッチ/開発からローンチ後までプロジェクトをリードした経験
• クリエイター、制作パートナー、タレントとの強い関係
• 制作の様々な段階（評価から制作、納品まで）にある複数のプロジェクトを同時に監督し、ペースの速い環境に対応する能力
• 重要または緊急の案件について、柔軟に対応する能力
• テンポの速いチームワークを重視するチームプレーヤー
• 慎重であり、機密情報を保持する能力
• 効果的なコミュニケーターでありながら、どのように優先順位をつけ、それに応じて対応するかを理解する
• 現在の制作過程を確実に理解するため、学び続ける意欲があること
• 文書および口頭でのコミュニケーション能力に優れ、マルチタスクをこなす能力
• リスクを負い、既成概念にとらわれない思考ができる
• 流暢な日本語を話すことができ、英語を学ぶ好奇心と意欲があること

The Ads Marketing team shapes our core advertising positioning and drives the go-to-market strategy to bring this positioning to life through compelling, differentiated messaging and narratives. By activating these messages across both sales channels (presentations, materials, talking points, events) and broader non-sales channels, the team builds widespread awareness and excitement among our key advertising partners. You will report to the Head of Ads Marketing, APAC, based in Singapore.

As theAPAC Ads Marketing Programs Manager, you will coordinate the execution of Netflix Ads’ B2B marketing strategy across the region, ensuring alignment between country-level and global objectives. This role requires a strategic marketer with strong operational expertise, skilled at building processes that facilitate seamless collaboration with international and cross-functional partners. You’ll be responsible for coordinating marketing initiatives, managing timelines and resources efficiently, and setting up frameworks that support consistent, high-impact marketing initiatives across diverse markets. You will project manage multi-market, multi-channel initiatives; and conceptualize, develop, and execute marketing programs to enable the growth of the APAC Ads business.

Core Responsibilities:

• APAC-wide Stewardship:Orchestrate regional marketing programs and initiatives that drive Netflix Ads’ B2B growth across Japan, Korea, and Australia, working in tandem with country marketing managers to ensure successful local activation. Ensure best-in-class marketing execution.

• Program Scaling & Implementation:Design and develop scalable marketing programs and adapt global initiatives to meet regional needs. Represent the voice of the region in global ads marketing forums and serve as a conduit between global teams and country marketing managers. Build effective systems that help scale and land global initiatives in APAC with a focus on long-term impact and regional cohesion.

• Strategic Initiatives:Partner closely with APAC Ads cross-functional partners on piloting and scaling marketing programs aligned with key business growth levers. Operationalise strategic marketing programs leveraging diverse marketing channels and tactics to cover multiple audiences. Address immediate opportunities and anticipate future needs in line with the APAC Ads strategy.

• Project Management & Coordination:Oversee pan-regional projects, managing timelines, budgets, and resources to ensure on-time delivery and high standards of executional excellence across initiatives.

• Best Practice Sharing:Gather and share best practices and operational insights to elevate marketing standards across all regions.

• Market Intelligence & Insights:

Qualifications:

• At least 7 years of experience in B2B marketing, project management, or marketing operations, ideally within an international or multi-market setting.

• Strong operational expertise with a proven track record of developing scalable processes and frameworks that drive efficient execution and cross-functional alignment.

• Experience leading and managing regional or multi-market marketing programs, with a focus on scaling initiatives across diverse local markets.

• Exceptional project management skills, including the ability to manage budgets, coordinate resources, and oversee multiple projects with tight deadlines.

• Skilled in cross-functional collaboration, with experience working closely with sales, product, content, and local marketing teams to create cohesive and impactful campaigns.

• Demonstrated ability to balance regional and global objectives, ensuring programs align with overall business goals while addressing specific market needs.

• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret data, assess program performance, and make data-informed adjustments.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, adept at sharing best practices, providing training, and supporting regional teams in program activation.

• Familiarity with digital marketing channels, regional market dynamics, and industry trends within APAC is a plus.

• You have an entrepreneurial mindset and are eager to flourish in our unique(see

This role requires someone to take on the responsibility of creating and executing Netflix consumer products licensing and retail strategy for Japan, based on the Netflix Japan and Global originals and licensed content slate. This role will report to the Director of Consumer Products, APAC, and will be based in Tokyo, Japan.

What you will do:

• Own retail and licensing strategy for all CP categories (excluding publishing & interactive) in Japan, while collaborating with the LA-based global and regional CP teams on global partnerships.

• Develop local title strategy in partnership with Content and Marketing and go-to-market plans by title (consumer, trade and retail marketing) with Partners, achieving a balance between driving consumer demand (a proxy for fan joy) and delivering meaningful revenue.

• Lead all Japan-related CP efforts and communications internally across Netflix and proactively drive ex-Japan business opportunities for Japanese live action content in partnership with global and regional stakeholders.

• Be an internal and external champion of the opportunity and vision with regards to our licensing strategy and push for innovation in partner selection, product development, line planning, business models, strategic partnerships, etc.

• Develop and implement a retail strategy for cross-channel growth in Japan (including e-commerce).

• Build relationships across the creative collaborator community and be our pulse of product trend culture in Japan.

• Build strong relationships with cross-functional teams.

What we need from you:

• Demonstrated, 10+ years of experience in building and owning the end-to-end licensing and/or retail function at a reputable brand (entertainment studio, retailer, gaming, agency). Cross-functional, merchandising/retail, brand partnership/strategy, or general management experience is also welcome.

• Experience and knowledge of anime CP is a plus.

• Bachelor’s degree or advanced degree (preferred).

• Experience creating and driving end-to-end strategy to build up new businesses from scratch.

• Able to be comfortable with ambiguity and move projects forward independently.

• Ability to work with and innovate in new sales channels and business models.

• Experience in different key categories, including softlines and hardlines, is a plus.

• Robust knowledge of the licensing landscape with a strong network in the Japanese licensing & retail landscape.

• Pop culture, lifestyle experience.

• Must be fluent in verbal and written communication skills in both English and Japanese, including the ability to cultivate internal and external relationships.

Based out of our Tokyo office, you will be the go-to partner and key point of contact for all aspects of Print Production and Servicing: finishing, proof reviews, localization, and adaptation. You value the importance of protecting creative excellence across artwork, static-/image-based assets, while maintaining a logical outlook for project execution. You understand Creative Marketing Production workflows and excel in managing a large volume of assets in a high-speed, high-performance environment. You are a force of calm and good judgment as well as an adaptable person who revels in change. This means that you are nimble, able to balance competing priorities among global stakeholders, and an entrepreneurial production + project management expert who can thrive as a strong individual lead and a collaborative team member in a rigorous environment.

Responsibilities include:

• Manage the finishing, production, localization, and servicing of static artwork assets (key art, key visuals, key poster, adaptations, digital OOH, etc.), ensuring branding, layout, and specs for local and global marketing teams.

• Drive and manage all aspects of static- / image-based print-related production work, including retouching, colour management, creating production-ready finished art/mechanicals, proof reviews, localization, resizes and everything in between.

• Create and modify finished artwork files/mechanicals for a variety of static- / image-based / print-related production needs (static visuals, images, OOH, or custom wraps) for regional marketing campaigns.

• Plan and manage internal and external print production communication and workflow, ensuring effective exchange of campaign information and asset deliverables.

• Shepherd scope, budget, and overall print production resources.

• Liaise between internal and external partners to provide functional guidance and industry best practices on art and print campaign collateral

• Identify and drive initiatives to streamline the print production process

• Support the broader Marketing Production team by consulting and giving context through a print-based / image-based creative and production lens.

Qualifications:

• Ideally, 10+ years of Print Production / Digital-Imaging / Finishing - Retouching experience at a creative production agency, or similar environment.

• Advanced fluency in colour theory, management and regional ICC profiling practices.

• Advanced fluency in the Adobe Creative Suite, specifically Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Acrobat.

• Strong working knowledge of RGB to CMYK print process and the transition between digital to print color.

• Knowledge of advertising and marketing campaign workflows, including translating media plans and delivery standards.

• Understand the difference between a digital comp file and a high-res print finish.

• Fluency in print formats while understanding the fundamentals of assets management, servicing, and trafficking.

• Fluency in digital formats and best practices, know your PPI from your LPI.

• Expert knowledge of the trends and limitations of the evolving Asia Pacific print-based marketing ecosystem, including exposure to/experience with publishers and distribution networks.

• Experience managing a high volume of creative and campaign types in parallel, while working with geographically dispersed teams.

• Experience in retouching, masking, colour correction is preferable.

• Strong design, layout, and finished artwork skills are advantageous.

• CMP or similar certification is favourable.

• English and Japanese fluency is required.

• Please provide an online portfolio where applicable.

Key Attributes:

• and what ouris like.

• You are passionate and curious about all aspects of print marketing production and have an entrepreneurial mindset.

• You are a proactive self-starter, who does not need to be told what to do and will be resourceful in order to find solutions to any challenge. You are not afraid to get your hands dirty.

• You are a natural team leader, with the ability to conceptualize and articulate creative production and trafficking workflow that all will rally around.

• You thrive in a fast-paced and demanding environment, possess a high level of intellectual curiosity, and demonstrate strong judgment in the face of ambiguity.

• You are an agile, goal-oriented personality, driven to succeed and always up for a challenge!

In this role, you will:

• Assist the team with Quality and Efficiency Measurement Solutions: compile monthly quality and efficiency metrics (e.g., how is our BPO time best being spent) and provide areas for improvement. Partner with Ad Operations Managers on building/analyzing a quality dashboard.

• Maintain current training documentation updated throughout the lifecycle of the material

• Manage day-to-day campaign issues or questions with outsourced vendors and be the first tier of technical escalation to troubleshoot

• Partner closely with the Product and Engineering teams to create a pathway to task automation, delegation or elimination

• Own initial escalations from cross-functional partners (i.e., questionable Ad Policy violation running on the platform, test seat campaigns making noise for Eng/DSE, validate creative length experience in X country, etc.)

• Collaborate with Ad Operations Managers to document trafficking/setup, updates, and workflow optimizations.

• Work with Product and Engineering teams to execute testing for product offering enhancements.

• Serve as internal Ad Operations point of contact to investigate campaign setup related to Ads Policy, Campaign Delivery Troubleshooting, Engineering alerts/validation, etc.
  

The ideal candidate has:

• 4+ years of Ad Tech and/or Ad Operations experience supporting Account Management, Sales, Ads Policy/Quality, or Product/Engineering Teams.

• Well-versed in Campaign Trafficking and Execution, including Order and Creative trafficking, Quality Control, Campaign monitoring, pacing, troubleshooting, billing, and reconciliation.

• Knowledge and experience working on advertising campaigns with a strong foundation in executing workflows that support quality and efficiency.

• A background in Advertising Systems and Tools (CRM, OMS, Ad Servers, Task Management, Reporting, etc.)

• Comfortable working with cross-functional teams, including Ads Policy, Product, and Engineering.

• Experience interacting with BPO vendors and managing the vendor's tasks of campaign setup and management, including but not limited to trafficking, QC, and reporting.

• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in ambiguity and willingness to pivot as needed

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and exceptional attention to detail

• Experience supporting multiple regions and timezones

• Fluent in English, Native level Japanese

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Develop and execute strategy for acquiring global rights to desirable TV & Film programming, sourced from outside the major studios
• Oversee local programming for Japan through a deep knowledge of the production landscape - both the creators and the distributors and the ability to identify appealing series and films early in the life cycle
• Develop co-production models to gain access to global content rights from producers and local studios
• Utilize existing relationships with local and regional distributors to enable successful licensing of local content
• Build content pipeline around specific genres and verticals, such as local drama and film
• Participate in all aspects of negotiation (financial analysis and forecasting, contract drafting, security requirements, amendments)
• Represent acquisition team interests across the company (operations, legal, finance, business intelligence/reporting, content marketing) on a regular basis and as needed on a project basis
• Manage and evaluate external accounts through performance tracking and relationship cultivation in an effort to extend/enhance existing deals and identify new opportunities for great programming
• Develop market expertise through continuous focus on and knowledge of the competitive and market environment -- locally, in specific markets, and globally, across all territories

Qualifications:

• BA/BS required, MBA preferred but not required
• 10+ years of relevant work experience is required with 6+ years of negotiation/sales experience
• Prior television, studio, investment banking, management consulting or media-focused technology experience preferred but not required
• Direct knowledge of market-specific players and television programming in Japan
• Communicate market trends and industry shifts, including implications and recommendations, to internal and external partners
• Demonstrated mastery of verbal and written communication skills
• Great analytical and critical thinking skills
• Demonstrated experience in market analysis, competitive analysis and strategic thinking
• Ability to work independently and change direction frequently
• Ability to evaluate content on a creative basis
• Ability to manage and process detailed information while keeping perspective on the bigger picture
• Demonstrated ability to work cross functionally and across multiple geographies and time zones
• Excellent project and time management skills
• Fluency in Japanese is required, and English language proficiency is preferred