Marketing Specialist at MDPI in Tokyo, 東京都, JP

MDPI is seeking a proactive Marketing Specialist to join our Japan Marketing team. This role will support strategic marketing efforts in Japan through customer support, creation of Japanese-language materials, market research, and promotion to academic institutions. The Marketing Specialist will also collaborate with global teams and help strengthen MDPI’s presence in the Japanese academic community.

We welcome candidates who take initiative and are eager to propose and implement new ideas. This position offers the opportunity to serve as a bridge between researchers in Japan and the global scholarly community, making a meaningful impact.

The position is based in our Tokyo (Nihonbashi) office and involves frequent domestic and international business travel. Due to data security requirements, remote work is not permitted.

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Tasks & Responsibilities

• Providing customer support (including creating Japanese-language materials)

• Domestic market research

• Promotions for universities, research institutions, and academic societies

• Strategic planning and execution

• Communicating, visiting, and building relationships with academic societies, universities, research institutions, and other academic societies in Japan

• Communicating and collaborating in English with partner offices and colleagues around the world through our global network

主な業務内容

• お客様へのサポートの提供（日本語資料作成など含む)
• 国内のマーケット調査
• 大学・研究機関・学協会向けのプロモーション
• 戦略の立案と実行
• 日本国内の学会、大学、研究機関、学会等との連絡・訪問・関係構築
• グローバルなネットワークを通じ世界各地のパートナーオフィスや仲間と英語でのコミュニケーション・協力

Requirements

[Required Requirements]

• Interest in academic publishing and the editorial process
• Japanese language proficiency and business-level English proficiency (native Japanese speaker or JLPT/N1 level)
• University graduate or above

[Preferred Requirements]

• Graduate school (Master's and PhD degrees welcome)
• One or more years of work experience at a company
• Permanent resident visa holder (non-Japanese nationals)

What we offer

• Vacation/Holidays: Over 120 days per year
• Full 2-day weekend, Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, 6-day New Year's holiday
• Paid vacation: Up to 20 days in the first year depending on the month of hire
• Paid vacation: Up to 25 days from the second year onwards
• Prorated leave
• Sickness and Injury Leave
• Childcare Leave
• Condolence Leave
• And more

If you are interested in this position, we look forward to receiving:

• A motivational letter (EN/JP) that briefly describes your motivations for joining MDPI
• A resume (EN/JP) including personal information, past & current education,
• If available: reference letters and certificates.

About MDPI

A pioneer in scholarly open access publishing, MDPI has supported academic communities since 1996. Our mission is to foster open scientific exchange in all forms, across all disciplines. We operate more than 400 diverse, peer-reviewed, open access journals supported by over 66,000 academic editors. We serve scholars from around the world to ensure the latest research is openly and broadly available.

MDPI is headquartered in Switzerland with additional offices in Europe, Asia and North America. We are committed to ensuring that high quality research is made available as quickly as possible. We also support sustainability projects, with sustainability as a key theme in many journals and through the MDPI Sustainability Foundation.

Initiatives

At MDPI, we develop and maintain various platforms in order to better serve the scientific community. Please find here-below a list of our main platforms:

https://www.mdpi.com/

https://www.mdpi.com https://www.mdpi.com/books/ https://sciprofiles.com https://sciforum.net https://www.scilit.net https://www.preprints.org https://encyclopedia.pubhttps://encyclopedia.pub/

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