VML & Ogilvy | Creative Director, Japan

WPP
Tokyo
Workplace: HybridFull-timeFunction: Executive & General ManagementSkills: ["Leadership","Presentation","Communication","Collaboration","Creativity"]

A Creative Director leading strategy and execution for key clients across Beauty, Feminine Care, and Tech in Japan. You’ll shape integrated campaigns from concept to delivery, guide multidisciplinary teams, and manage client relationships through compelling storytelling in Japanese and English, leveraging data and AI-enabled marketing to drive creative effectiveness and business impact.

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VML & Ogilvy | Creative Director, Japan

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Job Summary

A Creative Director leading strategy and execution for key clients across Beauty, Feminine Care, and Tech in Japan. You’ll shape integrated campaigns from concept to delivery, guide multidisciplinary teams, and manage client relationships through compelling storytelling in Japanese and English, leveraging data and AI-enabled marketing to drive creative effectiveness and business impact.
Location: Tokyo
Workplace: Hybrid
Job Function: Executive & General Management
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead the development and execution of creative strategies and concepts for clients across Beauty, Feminine Care, and Tech.
  • •Take ownership of creative leadership for a major Feminine Care business, leveraging strong TVC production experience and production control capability.
  • •Drive innovative ideation across PR, activation, digital, and commerce.
  • •Lead creative work across social media and content production, driving strong performance and creative effectiveness.
  • •Partner with strategy, data, media, and marketing platform teams to translate insights (including data/AI learnings) into effective creative solutions.

Key Requirements

  • •Experience in an agency or in-house creative organization at Lead / ACD / CD level.
  • •Strong creative leadership in Beauty and/or Feminine Care categories; Tech experience is a plus.
  • •Proven experience leading TVC production and managing production control (quality, timelines, stakeholders).
  • •Ideation and execution experience across PR, activation, digital, and commerce.
  • •Deep understanding of social media and content production (not only campaign decks); confident presentations in both languages.
Skills:LeadershipPresentationCommunicationCollaborationCreativity
Languages:EnglishJapanese
Tech Stack:Adobe Creative SuiteKeynotePowerPointGenerative AIAIData analyticsTVC production

Company Brief

WPP
Global marketing and communications services group offering advertising, media investment management, branding, public relations, and digital services to multinational clients across industries.
Industry: Advertising Media Groups
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 1971
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