Job: Ambassador to Japan at Riot Games (Santa Monica and Tokyo)
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LA-based JET alum Janelle Jimenez (who is also a previous JETAANY officer) just posted this unique job listing with the company she works for, Riot Games. Please note you would not actually become the USA’s Ambassador to Japan if hired. I think this is meant more figuratively. :-) Posted by blogger and podcaster Jon Dao (Toyama-ken, 2009-12). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
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Overview:
As Ambassador for Japan, you’ll represent Japan’s interests in Santa Monica and own the relationship between regional Rioters in Tokyo and the central teams. While focusing on leveling up Riot’s global communication, the players will remain at the front of your mind. You’ll gain an in-depth understanding of players and cultural differences in the region that’ll help you champion projects and initiatives that deliver an awesome experience to players in Japan.
- Be the strategic consultant for the Japan Country Manager and the entire Riot team in Tokyo, and be their primary advocate and representative in Santa Monica
- Manage multiple communication channels, making sure the right people see the right info at the right time and that Rioters in Tokyo are able to communicate and collaborate effortlessly with HQ
- Be a subject matter expert across all disciplines from a local perspective
- Stay in constant contact with international teams to better embed their international perspectives in your day-to-day
- Incorporate local insight throughout the design, development and execution phases to make sure all initiatives, products and features are locally resonant
Requirements:
- Experienced: you’ve spent over five years in a strategy/consulting role and back that XP with an MA or MBA
- A trusted advisor: you thrive as a consultant and you know how to provide not just information or context, but thorough and actionable guidance
- Culturally astute: you’re comfortable forging alliances across language and cultural barriers to drive player focused initiatives across the finish line
- Intellectually adaptable: you’ve earned a bachelor’s degree, but consider life the ultimate higher education, as your thirst for learning is unquenchable
- A diplomat: you excel as a liaison between people even if they’re on opposite sides of the world or hold different perspectives and priorities; your charismatic personality and ability to strike the right tone for the right situation helps others trust you as an advocate for their initiatives
- A team player: you don’t just play well with others, you strive for alignment in a collaborative environment; you know that working with the team and incorporating other perspectives creates the biggest win for players
- A detailed strategist: you employ a holistic approach to set ambitious, but attainable goals, and carefully balance short-term solutions with long-term vision; not even the finest detail escapes your notice, and you take every variable into account, including: project scope, scheduling, redundancy planning, risks, and mitigation
- Fluent in Japanese: you’re fluent in Japanese with the cultural context to understand and interpret the wants and needs of players in Japan and the player-focused initiatives of teams in Tokyo
Application:
Apply online here
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