Senior Client Account Manager

Title: Sr. Client Account Manager - CPG

Location: Tokyo, JP

Job Description:

About Pinterest:

 

About Pinterest:

Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product.

Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible.

About this role:

This is an exciting Senior Client Account Manager opportunity in the Pinterest Japan Enterprise team where you will be tasked to nurture existing and establish new relationships across the CPG beauty/luxury portfolio.

What you’ll do:

• Deliver sales targets through key account management.
• Provide your clients with optimisations and recommendations to ensure campaign success using insights and campaign reporting to build your recommendations.
• Determine short and long range sales revenue plans and track progress closely via account management, optimisations and upsells.
• Represent Pinterest with a high level of integrity and knowledge, acting as an advisor to your clients and their media agencies.
• Manage existing and develop new relations with clients and media agencies in person and virtually.
• Work with some of Japan’s largest Enterprise brands.
• Strong internal collaboration skills working with your peers support teams such as measurement, creative strategy to deliver against client needs/goals.

What we’re looking for:

• 5+ years experience in digital, social or media agencies.
• Understanding of ad platforms such as Pinterest Ads Manager or similar.
• Experience working closely with brands and agencies.
• Demonstrated ability to consistently meet/surpass sales targets and generate revenues.
• Strong analytical/insights abilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong attention to detail, and good follow-through.
• Ability to interact with a broad set of businesses and present both over the phone and in person.
• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, a related field or equivalent experience.
• Business English skills.

Relocation Statement:

• This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.

In-Office Requirement Statement:

• We let the type of work you do guide the collaboration style. That means we're not always working in an office, but we continue to gather for key moments of collaboration and connection.
• As such, this role will need to be in the office or in front of our customers for in-person collaboration, typically 2 days per week, and therefore needs to be in a commutable distance to our Tokyo City based office.

About Pinterest:

Pinterest is a platform visited by over 400 million people around the world every month, helping people find inspiration and plan for their interests, from home improvement to new recipes, fashion and beauty ideas, and travel. In your role, you will help drive the Pinterest community forward, with the goal of "bringing inspiration to life," which is Pinterest's mission. While you enrich the lives of many people through the inspiration you find on Pinterest, you will also be able to hone your own humanity and improve your abilities.

As an Account Manager, you'll build and nurture relationships with advertisers and agency partners from the ground up, helping them solve their business problems and achieve great results on Pinterest. You'll partner with advertisers on key initiatives, guiding them on the path to success and acting as the main point of contact for our most important advertisers.

We're at an exciting time as we expand our team in Japan to work closely with brand advertisers and retailers to effectively reach and engage their audiences on the Pinterest platform. We're currently looking for an Account Manager to join our sales team for major advertisers, so if you're interested, please apply here.

Note: The interview for this position will be conducted in both Japanese and English, so please submit your resume in English.

job description:

• Strive to maintain and expand multiple areas of value for our advertiser and agency partners, thereby increasing Pinterest's revenue
• Use insights and campaign reports to optimize and provide recommendations to advertisers and agency partners for successful campaigns
• Determine short-term and long-term sales revenue plans and closely track progress through account management, optimization and upselling.
• Accurately understand the advertiser's business goals, translate them into compelling stories and actionable insights, and make proposals to support the advertiser's success.
• Maintain and further develop existing relationships with advertisers and media agencies
• Collaborate with supporting teams such as measurement and creative strategy to meet advertiser needs and goals.
• Collaborate across multiple teams across the company, including measurement, insights, product marketing, and creative strategy, to advocate for solutions that drive sustained business results for advertisers.
• Represent Pinterest with a high level of integrity and knowledge and act as an advisor to our advertisers and their agencies.

Eligibility:

• 5+ years of experience in marketing/advertising/digital with search, data and measurement acumen
• Deep understanding of advertising platforms such as Pinterest Ads Manager and other media, and advertising management experience
• Experience in working with advertisers and agencies to help maximize advertisers' business
• High level of teamwork, operational rigor, digital acumen and business excellence ensure success in a fast-paced, changing environment
• Business English Conversation Skills

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Our Commitment to Inclusion:

Pinterest is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We want to have the best qualified people in every job. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you require a medical or religious accommodation during the job application process, please complete this form for support.