Hybrid Senior Digital Account Executive

at Edelman

• Job title: Senior Digital Account Executive
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Tokyo, Japan

About the role

• Senior Digital Account Executive at Edelman, leading digital marketing and PR strategies in Tokyo. Building client relations and delivering actionable insights across campaigns.

Responsibilities

• Building relationships with influencers
• Build trusted advisor–level relationships with clients.
• Organize and lead effective brainstorming sessions.
• Clearly and thoughtfully articulate points of view.
• Organize and lead client meetings with confidence.
• Operations
• Serve as the day-to-day lead on client accounts.
• Deliver high-quality work on time and within deadlines.
• Advise on vendors and venues, manage negotiations, and coordinate with multiple stakeholders.
• Develop budgets and prepare quotations.
• Take events from concept through to execution.
• Provide basic guidance on utilization and efficiencies to AAE/AE team members.
• Prepare and manage invoices.
• Turning data into insights
• Accurately compile and translate media monitoring reports.
• Conduct thorough media monitoring and research.
• Interpret data to recommend follow-up actions.
• Identify issues and provide recommendations to client accounts.
• Prepare final client-ready reports.
• Digital
• Conduct online monitoring and reporting.
• Demonstrate awareness of core digital platforms (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, YouTube).
• Suggest practical digital solutions, ideas, and approaches.

Requirements

• University degree in business administration, marketing, communication, or a related field.
• 2–3 years (or more) of hands-on experience in digital marketing post-graduation.
• Minimum 2–3 years of digital marketing experience after postgraduate study, or 5–7 years after undergraduate study.
• Strong understanding of client accounts—their business, products, markets, teams, and external influences—and the ability to communicate this clearly to media and account teams.
• Solid grasp of traditional public relations tools, with the ability to recommend a variety of strategies and tactics to clients.
• Capable of working effectively with junior client contacts and providing sound, actionable counsel.