Japanese speaking Licensing & Esports Liaison Officer

An interactive entertainment company is currently recruiting a Japanese-speaking Licensing & Esports Liaison Officer to work in their London office.

In this role, you will be responsible for assisting the Commercial Director and supporting the company’s commercial team in developing effective communication and building meaningful relationships, to ultimately facilitate the licensing and Esports strategies and delivery of business objectives.Native level of Japanese language skills will be required for this role.

TYPE: Permanent, full-time

WORKING HOURS: 9:00-17:00 from Monday to Friday

SALARY: £35-£42k depending on experience

LOCATION: WestLondon (Hammersmith, office-based role)

Licensing & Esports Liaison Officer Main Responsibilities:

• Assisting the Commercial Director in interfacing with the HQ in Japan, mainly from English to Japanese but including Japanese to English as required, for Licensing and Esports business activities
• Assisting the Commercial Director and the Commercial team in strategic tasks
• Facilitating information-sharing and communication including production of high level and strategic presentations
• Working with and on behalf of the Commercial team to get approvals on new contracts, product and event designs and managing related asset requests
• Liaising with the Finance team, Esports team, Licensing team, and R&D on reporting and approval requirements
• Assist where required in conversations with external vendors and suppliers related to ongoing business opportunities in the region
• Facilitating visits from internal colleagues, events, and business trips as required
• Working proactively as a member of the Commercial team to cooperate with and support the other roles in the business
• Building and fostering great working relationships with their HQ in Japan, in particular their Licensing and R&D teams

Licensing & Esports Liaison Officer Ideal Candidate:

• Educated to bachelor’s degree level, or similarly qualified by experience and ability
• Japanese language skills to native speaker level
• Excellent spoken and written English language skills
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word/Excel and PowerPoint)
• Experience with business translation and interpretation would be an advantage
• Exposure to Licensing related activities preferred
• Experience working in the video games or entertainment industries is an advantage
• An understanding of project management methodologies is an advantage

** All applicants for the Licensing & Esports Liaison Officer must have the right to work in the country as the Company is not able to offer visa support.

If your application is successful, you will be contacted within two business days. We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs.