Art Director

About the opportunity: 

Weber Shandwick is seeking an experienced and ambitious Executive Vice President (EVP) for Healthcare in Japan. This pivotal role involves spearheading public relations and communications strategies for our esteemed international and domestic clients within the healthcare sector.

 

Responsibilities:

Client Management:

• Serve as a primary point of contact and trusted advisor for our Healthcare clients based in Tokyo, working closely with the Head of Healthcare, Japan.
• Develop and maintain strong, long-lasting client relationships, ensuring client satisfaction and retention.
• Act as the primary point of contact for senior client communications, providing strategic counsel and guidance on PR and communications initiatives.
• Collaborate with clients to understand their business objectives and align communication strategies to meet their goals.
• Monitor and evaluate client feedback and performance metrics to continuously improve service delivery.
• Ensure that client expectations are met or exceeded, fostering trust and long-term partnerships.
• Lead client presentations, pitches, and strategic planning sessions to drive client success.
• Work closely with Weber Shandwick regional and global account leads within Healthcare, ensuring global client relationships are maintained.

Strategic Planning and Execution:

• Develop comprehensive strategic communication plans for healthcare clients, aligning with their business objectives and target audiences.
• Oversee the execution of PR campaigns, product launches, medical education programs, and events to ensure alignment with strategic goals.
• Monitor industry trends, competitor activities, and regulatory changes to inform strategic planning and decision-making.
• Evaluate campaign performance and ROI, making data-driven recommendations for optimization and improvement.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless execution of integrated communication initiatives.
• Drive thought leadership initiatives and industry partnerships to enhance the agency’s reputation and visibility in the healthcare sector

Team Leadership and Mentoring:

• Provide strong leadership and mentorship to a team of healthcare communications professionals, fostering a collaborative and high-performing work environment.
• Set clear expectations, provide guidance, and empower team members to excel in their roles.
• Conduct performance evaluations, identify training needs, and facilitate professional development opportunities for team members.

Industry Expertise and Thought Leadership:

• Stay abreast of industry trends, best practices, and emerging communication strategies within the healthcare and pharma sectors.
• Act as a thought leader, representing Weber Shandwick and sharing insights at industry events, conferences, and through thought leadership content.
• Contribute to the development of intellectual property, research, and whitepapers that showcase Weber Shandwick’s expertise in healthcare PR & communications.

 

PERSON PROFILE

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with fluency in Japanese and English.
• Strong business acumen and strategic thinking, with the ability to drive growth and deliver impactful results for clients.
• Extensive experience in healthcare communications, with a proven track record of managing PR campaigns, client relationships, and team leadership within an agency setting.
• Demonstrated experience in developing and executing integrated communications strategies within the healthcare sector.

 

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Weber Shandwick is one of the world’s leading global communications and marketing solutions firms with offices in 79 cities and a network extending to 120 cities on 6 continents. In the Asia Pacific region, the firm operates in 18 markets including owned as well as affiliates and representative firms in other locales – spanning Greater China, Japan and Korea, India and Southeast Asia.  Our heritage in Asia Pacific stretches back more than 60 years.

Weber Shandwick was named Asia-Pacific PR Consultancy of the Year 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020 by PR Awards Asia, the ICCO Regional Network of the Year Asia Pacific in 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019, Asia-Pacific Consultancy of the Year 2017 and 2019 by Provoke and Regional Network of the Year in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018 by Public Affairs Asia.  We were also named PRWeek Purpose Awards Agency of the Year 2020 and 2021, Global PR Agency of the Decade at the 2020 Global Sabre Awards by Provoke Media. Also, in 2023 Weber Shandwick Tokyo was named Campaign’s Japan PR Agency of the Year – Gold.

More than ever, organisations need to solve for unprecedented challenges born of technology-driven disruption. We fuse global teams grounded in technology, digital innovation and analytics to help clients. As we live in an always-on world, our brand positioning reflects this need to engage with our always-on audience, just as we advise our clients to do. We inspire. We incite. We shape ideas and conversations, and we activate our global reach for local causes and multinational brands alike, and we’re always ready for more problems to solve.

 

Our Values: 

CURIOSITY – We cultivate curiosity and challenge convention. Because solving any problem begins by asking the right questions.

INCLUSION – We foster teams and environments built on belonging and openness to possibility. Because the best ideas have no bias.

COURAGE – We stand up for what we believe in. Because being comfortable with the uncomfortable is how progress is made.

IMPACT – We strive to make a meaningful difference in everything we do. Because we owe it to our people, or clients and the world.

 

A note on inclusion

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Weber Shandwick is committed to building a culture where all employees are seen as equal, are respected and where all opinions are heard. We take pride in our inclusive hiring, as well as our diverse workforce and we welcome applications from all qualified candidates.

 

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会社概要

ウェーバー・シャンドウィックは、119の都市に拠点を持ち、世界中に広がるネットワークを有する、世界最大級のグローバルPRエージェンシーです。

アジア太平洋地域では、日本を含む18の都市にオフィスを持ち、今後さらに多様化する市場で、戦略的に拠点の拡張を続けています。

当社は、これまでのPR会社の枠組みを超え、クライアントの目標達成を実現するために活動する、新たな「エンゲージメント・ファーム」へと進化し続け、最先端のテクノロジーを駆使したデータドリブンな戦略やインサイトを生み出し、様々な業界のビジネスソリューションを提供しています。

社員には、多種多様な専門分野のスペシャリストを擁し、多様なクライアント企業や組織に対して、広範囲なコミュニケーション・サービスを展開しています。

当社での経験を通じて、より複雑化する社会を切り拓き、世界中のクライアントを引き付ける、情熱と独創性に溢れた革新的なサービスの提供者としての活躍を期待しています。

 

ポジションについて

PR (Client Experience)チームにおいて、主に外資系企業のPR、製品PR、市場啓発キャンペーン等の企画・立案・実施、戦略執行の為の各種コミュニケーション プランの実行、プロジェクト管理およびメディア・リレーション業務などを行っていただきます。

 

【業務内容】

• 国内外の企業広報・PR戦略においてコミュニケーションプランの企画立案及び執行サポート
• ニュース・リリース、インタビュー等メディア・リレーションズ業務
• Web、SNS イベントなどのダイレクト・コミュニケーションの企画・実施

 

【必須条件】

• 言語：日本語母国語、英語ビジネスレベル以上（目安、TOEIC800点以上）
• 1-2年以上の社会人経験
• コミュニケーション能力、プレゼンテーション・スキル
• ビジネス文書作成能力
• 出社可能なエリアにお住まいの方

 

【歓迎条件】

• 実務におけるコンテンツ、プレゼンテーション資料の作成経験
• メディア（含、ソーシャルメディア）に関する知識
• 海外留学経験者
• 大学でコミュニケーション、Marketing, Media 論など関連する学位を取得されている方

 

 

Note from the team

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Weber Shandwick is committed to building a culture where all employees are seen as equal, are respected and where all opinions are heard. We take pride in our inclusive hiring, as well as our diverse workforce and we welcome applications from all qualified candidates.

 

Personal data held by Weber Shandwick relating to employment applications will be used in accordance with our Privacy Statement, which is available on our website.

 

• Due to the large number of applications received, we apologize if we are unable to provide a response or feedback on unsuccessful applications. We appreciate the time taken to apply for the role and your recent interest in Weber Shandwick.

 

 

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Senior Art Director, Health

 

Weber Shandwick Boston is looking for a rockstar Senior Art Director, Health to join their growing creative team and help push the craft across several high-profile healthcare accounts. They will help to spearhead the creative work alongside a team of creative directors, copywriters, and designers. The ideal candidate should have 5+ years of experience in the digital/social space and be both a conceptual thinker as well as a talented designer.

 

If there’s a medium that gets people engaged in our brands’ stories, get ready to play in that space. Whether driving a big project (a multi-channel campaign) or overseeing social creative, this candidate will be expected to deliver exciting, cutting-edge, brand-focused visuals.

 

The candidate must be comfortable directly engaging with clients and bringing their creative ideas to life. Working with some of the most talented copywriters and designers, this candidate must meet the following criteria:

 

 

RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Help lead design across a wide range of assignments, including identity work, campaign creative, social content, video, mockups, infographics, presentations.
• Experience in designing for social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, LinkedIn and YouTube.) with an advanced understanding of best practices for creative, design, and layout.
• Ensure all visual design adheres to existing brand guidelines.
• Create design solutions that meet or exceed strategic objectives.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across teams.
• Help develop long-term creative plans and recommendations for client objectives.
• Join client meetings, brainstorms and planning sessions for ongoing projects.
• Build and maintain strong rapport with creative team colleagues, client leads and project managers

• Cultivate an inclusive culture as a part of the team that values trust, honesty, and team accountability towards defined goals and results

 

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of art direction and/or design experience in a related agency department or industry (advertising, digital, social media, publishing/content or public relations).
• Prior healthcare/public health experience.
• Must have a portfolio.
• This role will be required to work onsite in our Boston office two days per week.
• Be curious, self-motivated, hard-working, well-organized, thick skinned and resilient to ever-changing timelines, requests, and deliverables.
• Ongoing drive to learn and incorporate new and emerging techniques, trends and philosophies in design, technology, interaction and social media.
• Knowing what makes for compelling work – be it on social platforms, in video, or in launch ideas that get talked about, reported on, and pointed to by other agencies with an “I wish we’d thought to do that” envy.

• Ability to work quickly, efficiently, and accurately within all required aspects of the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator) as well as presentation software (PowerPoint); any After Effects animation skills will be utilized.
• Bonus skills: illustration, photography, retouching, filmmaking, videography, editorial, animation, HTML.

The Weber Shandwick Collective recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. This is why we offer a full suite of benefits including:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k (with employer match)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Juice Money – $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health, mind, body, and soul
• MyDays – Flexible holiday schedules
• Short-Term Disability
• Paid Employee Family Leave
• Family Building Benefit

Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.

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