Creative Director Job at AKQA (Tokyo)

Creative Director

AKQA

Location:
Japan , Tokyo

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Job Description:

As a Creative Director and the leader of the AKQA Tokyo studio’s Creative department, you will create and inspire work that is distinctive, unfamiliar, effective and truly remarkable to make a difference to consumers’ behavior through ideas, creativity and the use of interactive media. You will inspire and lead a team to raise their bar even higher, mentoring a team, leading by example and championing the discipline in the wider agency and beyond.

Job Responsibility:

Contributes to strategic development of a well-defined creative brief and any additional briefing documents, speaking with the client directly when necessary
Leads by example to consistently inspire creative colleagues to originate world- class, pioneering ideas that conceptualize world-class solutions
Creatively leads new business pitches
Selects most appropriate supplier for required task
Manages creatives as direct reports
Successfully manages multiple suppliers, partners and customers to ensure the best outcome for both customer and AKQA
Understand client business goals and ambitions

Requirements:

Deliver and inspire award-winning work from both yourself and others who work with you, influencing where appropriate a dramatic change through ideas, creativity and the use of interactive media
Lead, direct and manage cross-disciplinary and culturally diverse set of talents, both internal and external to AKQA to deliver successful solutions and high-quality works to clients on time
Create ground-breaking work that positively impacts our clients, our teams and the world
Foster and line-manage creatives that are eager to grow their craft in art direction, copywriting or design
High level of accuracy and attention to detail
Learn new skills and stay abreast of technical and digital design developments, and successfully apply them to work practices to help improve processes and procedures
Act as the creative representative of the Tokyo studio within and outside AKQA network, in Japanese and in English
Work with other AKQA network creatives collaboratively on joint initiatives
Work closely with the strategy teams to shape briefs that empower our teams to deliver work that pushes our client's brand to the forefront of their global audience's minds
Seen as a transformational leader in the industry who is capable of driving change throughout an organization
Able to articulate a compelling business case and can galvanize the team to action in face of change
Able to deftly manage most senior client expectations, particularly those that conflict with the company’s recommendations, and can drive successful outcomes while maintaining (or even growing) the relationship
Possesses a strong bias to action and is able to consistently deliver high quality work within required timeframes
Possesses highly advanced writing skills to effectively present a point of view, using logic, fact and a compelling storyline via any medium
Commands the attention of the audience and can manage group dynamics during presentations to effectively engage audiences, counter objections and sell recommendations

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Job Posted:
January 06, 2026

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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