Jobs / Web Director (Creative strategy organization of whole group) - Creative Design Strategy Department, Marketing Division
Jobs at Rakuten

Web Director (Creative strategy organization of whole group) - Creative Design Strategy Department, Marketing Division

Rakuten Tokyo

Listing expired

Sorry, this job listing is no longer available!
Browse our new job listings here
Language
EN: business
JP: fluent
Salary
Employment Type
Full time

Job Description


The Promotion Group supports the Creative Strategy Department in promoting various initiatives and projects, mainly through project management. This includes project management for various Rakuten Group events such as Optimism, one of the largest business conferences in Japan hosted by the Rakuten Group, and planning and production related to the Kashiwa Sato exhibition, as well as supporting the project promotion of each team in the Creative Strategy Department and promoting strategies for the entire department.

We also support the promotion of each team in the Creative Strategy Department and promote the strategy of the entire department. We are involved in promotion activities in a wide range of areas, not limited to project management. In addition, as a department, we support the production activities through a wide variety of creative and touchpoints, both online and offline, so there are many opportunities to be involved in production planning too.

Responsibilities


  • Lead the development/revamp projects’ overall process: Planning, UX design, Direction, QA, Launch

  • Analysis of current issues of our owned media, initiatives new communication channels and revamp website projects

  • Persona Design, User Survey-based Scenario Design, and User Needs Extraction

  • Contents planning aligning with UCD/brand strategy

  • Coordination of various inside and outside departments and vendors.

  • Manage development schedule, budget, and vendors, KPI setup

  • Preparation, presentation, and coordination of materials for stakeholders

  • Access analysis, identification of issues based on data, proposals for improvement, and implementation of PDCA

Mandatory Qualifications


  • 3+ years of experience in web or smartphone app direction, project or product management

  • Experience with existing site revamp projects

  • Experience in IT & digital-related industry. Analysis of global brands, market trends, and Technological trends

  • Skills to collaborate with stakeholders and agencies

  • Trend sensitivity to various age groups, countries and regions, industries, and cultures that serve as points of contact between Rakuten and society

  • Strong desire to develop and grow in knowledge and experience

  • Basic knowledge of HTML/CSS/JavaScript and information technology 

Desired Qualifications


  • Experience in launching new services and sites (Lean Startup Experience: Launching New Services)

  • Experience in website planning, from concept to completion.

  • Experienced planning and promoting brand strategy and communication strategy 

  • Experiences in extracting issues from data analysis, proposing improvements, and executing PDCA

  • Experience and knowledge in the development of Smartphone Apps

  • Knowledge and experience on the server-side such as Apache, JAVA, PHP, frameworks

  • UX design (persona, customer journey, user test, prototyping) experience, knowledge

  • Experience in web performance, SEO, EFO, LPO, and access analysis

About Rakuten


In Japanese, Rakuten stands for ‘optimism.’ It means we believe in the future. It’s an understanding that, with the right mindset, we can make the future better by what we do today. So we challenge ourselves to evolve, innovate and experiment, to create a better, brighter future for everyone.

Today, our 70+ businesses span e-commerce, digital content, communications, and fintech, bringing the joy of discovery to almost 1.3 billion members across the world.