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Editor in Chief, Google Play APAC

Location: Tokyo

Team: Marketing and Communications

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This position is based in Tokyo, Japan.

The area: Marketing

Know the user. Know the magic. Connect the two. At its core, marketing at Google starts with technology and ends with the user, bringing both together in unconventional ways. Our job is to demonstrate how Google's products solve the world's problems--from the everyday to the epic, from the mundane to the monumental. And, we approach marketing in a way that only Google can--breaking the rules, redefining the medium, making the user the hero, and ultimately, letting the technology speak for itself.

The role: APAC Editor in Chief, Google Play

As the Asia Pacific Editor in Chief you will drive editorial and programming for Android Market and future related initiatives. You will hire and direct the efforts of full-time and freelance Merchandising Managers in multiple territories, creating compelling promotions across a range of digital content types. You will own the editorial calendar, schedule features, and assign tasks, ensuring that new content is promoted as it becomes available, and catalog content is presented in a unique and engaging manner. You will coordinate cleanups of and additions to the content metadata that powers dynamic and personalized programming. You will continually draw on your strong editorial and creative skills, deep industry knowledge in one or more digital content verticals, and experience in editorial or merchandising for a media-related online business. You will report to the Head of Global Content Programming.

Responsibilities:

  • Hire and direct the efforts of category experts in multiple territories throughout APAC
  • Drive day-to-day editorial and programming in Google Play
  • Assign content packaging, metadata cleanup/population, and content QA tasks to full-time and freelance employees
  • Analyze internal data, market research and industry trends to optimize team’s programming efforts
  • Advise content licensing team on content portfolio strategy and opportunities to expand the offering to meet the needs of local users

Minimum qualifications:

  • BA or BS Degree (In lieu of degree, 4 years of relevant work experience)

Preferred qualifications:

  • Extensive experience in an editorial/merchandising role for an APAC-based mobile or online digital content business with a deep understanding of the online media industry.
  • Experience working with partners on co-promotion or cross-promotion strategies and campaigns and a familiarity with differences in consumer behavior across multiple territories.
  • Strong editorial and creative skills -- ability to craft messaging and work with design and production resources to drive creative execution.
  • Knowledge of and experience with online merchandising best practices; ability to advise on strategies and product requirements to enhance platform-level merchandising capabilities.
  • Ability to analyze research or performance data and apply that analysis to optimize merchandising strategy while working across functions and divisions to deliver measurable results.
  • Oral and written fluency in English plus one or more East Asian languages.

The Big Picture

Tokyo office

Home to Googlers from diverse backgrounds seeking to make major impacts on the world of technology and business alike, Google Tokyo lets you bring your whole self to work. We work on core Google engineering projects as well as with sales clients in Japan, across the Asia-Pacific region and all over the globe.

Location: Tokyo

Marketing and Communications

Be the voice of our people and our products.

Team: Marketing and Communications

Editor in Chief, Google Play APAC

Location: Tokyo

Team: Marketing and Communications

Apply now

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