Japan Head of Communications

With the best voice in the band, the Communications team speaks to an audience of millions every day. We’re storytellers, tasked with bringing what Spotify stands for to life on the global stage. Wherever and whenever our voice is heard, we ensure it remains authentic to the brand and supports business growth. Your work will impact the way our stakeholders in Japan understand and learn about Spotify’s product offering, our local business and all news that is relevant for Japan.

We are now hiring for a new band member to lead Communications - Corporate, B2B, Consumer & Influencer PR - for Japan, a priority market in one of Spotify’s fastest growing regions. The successful candidate will be a strategic and a hands-on implementer, leading proactive and reactive communications across our earned and owned editorial channels. We are also looking for a strong storyteller who can demonstrate both traditional, as well as non-traditional channels to amplify the Spotify brand and apply perception to build FOMO with key audiences in the local market.

This role will be a direct report to Spotify’s Head of Communications for Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa (i.e. JAPAC & SAMEA), who is based in Singapore.

What You'll Do

• Lead both external and internal communications for Japan, covering all aspects of our business - including consumer, creator (music & podcasts), corporate, industry (music and advertising), crisis and employee comms
• Regularly engage with and drive consensus with team members across the business, including leading as trusted communications counsel for our Spotify Japan MD and local leadership, and more broadly to the global communications team
• Manage external agencies (across traditional PR and influencer), setting strategy while ensuring efficiencies of time and resources, and maximising business impact. Build and maintain strong relationships with key media and influencer contacts in the market, i.e. be the face of Spotify Japan to these targets
• Be adept at managing multiple projects and engagements that focus on thought leadership and creating talkability for the brand
• Work across functional team members, global, regional and local, to ensure that messaging themes for Japan are consistent across all external facing channels
• Leads editorial calendar and content production for spotifynewsroom.jp
  
  

Who You Are

• Minimum of 10+ years of relevant communications experience in media, digital, entertainment, tech or music industry comms in the Japan market
• Business level written and spoken English and fluency in Japanese
• Consistent track record of developing and driving strategic PR & influencer campaigns, with experience with creatively working with media and existing relationships with influencers/KOLs a plus
• Motivated self-starter with hands-on solutions-focused demeanor; happy to adopt a bit of uncertainty and be part of change
• Ability to multitask and work in an extremely fast-moving industry and environment, without sacrificing attention to detail
• Collaborative individual who enjoys partnering closely across teams and departments to create and distribute the most impactful communications possible
• Strong project management and agency leadership skills, with ability to balance short- and long-term priorities
• Ability to translate sophisticated concepts into clear communication
• Strong strategic problem solver and resourceful problem-solver
• Great teammate who thinks locally, regionally and globally
• Ability to work across time zones and travel domestically and internationally
• Of course, an ever-enthusiastic representative of the Spotify brand!
  
  

Where You'll Be

• This position will be based in Tokyo office
  
  

We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and background will lead to a better environment for our employees and a better product for our users and our creators. This is something we value deeply and we encourage everyone to come be a part of changing the way the world listens to music.

Spotify is an equal opportunity employer. You are welcome at Spotify for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what’s playing in your headphones. Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be forward-thinking! So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s in our differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way the world listens.

Spotify transformed music listening forever when we launched in 2008. Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the chance to enjoy and be passionate about these creators. Everything we do is driven by our love for music and podcasting. Today, we are the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service.