Director

Position Summary

• Employment type: COMPANY MEMBER (Regular Staff)

• Base: Nagoya Head Office

• Application deadline: None

• Base salary: From 252,800 yen per month (with additions for experience and skills), plus an overtime allowance for actual hours worked

Job Description

The Director takes charge of direction across the whole of HITOHATA's business, including projection mapping, immersive art museums and immersive shows. It is a role in the fields of experience production, business development, content direction and storytelling.

Mission: Oversee the concept of an entire space and give concrete form to the value of the experience. Explore the history and culture of a region, devise the plan that becomes the core of the story, and lead the whole process from creative direction through experience flow design to schedule management.

• Business production, creative production and concept direction for projection mapping, immersive art museums and immersive shows

• Spatial design, zoning, interior design supervision, construction planning and management, fixture selection and object fabrication

• Music and sound effect selection, attending MA studio sessions, and audio editing

• Planning and outsourcing management of interactive content

• Arranging documentary photography and video, screening and revision, compiling visitor numbers, measuring effectiveness and preparing reports

• Negotiation with clients such as national and local government bodies, new business proposals, and preparation of quotations and invoices

• P&L planning, ticketing strategy, business planning, income and expenditure planning and KPI setting

• Application for and management of subsidies and grants from the Japan Tourism Agency, the Agency for Cultural Affairs and local governments

• Writing and distributing press releases, influencer marketing and campaign planning

• Reform and improvement of operations through the use of AI and DX tools

Required Skills

• Interest in projection mapping, immersive art museums and immersive shows (no experience required)

• Standard PC skills, AI skills and communication skills

• A standard driving license (if you do not hold one, you may obtain it after receiving an offer or after joining)

Preferred Skills and Qualifications

All of the following are for reference only. No specific experience or qualification is required.

• Qualifications such as Event Business Manager, General Travel Services Manager or PR Planner

• Professional experience producing or running projection mapping, events or exhibitions

• Professional experience in client negotiation, sales or presentation

• Professional experience applying for subsidies and grants

• Business-level English (as a guide, TOEIC 700 or above)

Number of Openings

A small number of positions.

Application Requirements

• Aged 18 or over

• Able to work at the Nagoya Head Office (your current place of residence does not matter)

• Willing to accept the possibility of future relocation, secondment or change of role in Japan or overseas. In such cases the decision is made with full consideration of your work situation and family circumstances, and with respect for your wishes.

• Able to work on event preparation and live operation including Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays and late at night, and able to travel domestically and internationally

How to Apply

You can apply either through our entry form or by sending your resume by email. Please choose whichever is more convenient for you.

Applying through the entry form

The details you enter in the form serve as your resume, so there is no need to prepare one separately. You are also welcome to attach a photograph, a portfolio, or a resume file you already have.

Go to the entry form

Applying by email

Please send your resume (any format, 10MB or less) to the following address.

To: recruit@hitohata.jp (HITOHATA, Inc. Recruiting)

Deadline: none

Applications are screened in the order in which documents are submitted. Recruitment may close once a successful candidate has been decided.

Example items to include in your resume

• Full name (with reading), date of birth (and your age as of the date of writing), gender, photograph, current address

• Family home address (if you have a family home you can live in), and contact details (email address and mobile phone)

• Education, work history (if any), licenses (with date obtained), qualifications (with date obtained)

• Reason for applying, self-introduction, desired position, and any other personal requests (including circumstances requiring special consideration)

Please apply after agreeing to the HITOHATA, Inc. Privacy Policy, which sets out our rules on the handling of personal information.

Selection Process

• Entry (submission of resume)

• Notification of document screening result (by email, within about three weeks of submission)

• Aptitude test (SPI3), for candidates who pass document screening

• Interview, held at our office or online, for candidates who pass document screening

• Practical test, for candidates who pass the interview

• Final interview

• Job offer

Emails may fail to reach us because of size limits or spam filtering. If you have not heard from us more than three weeks after submitting your documents, please contact us via the inquiry form.

Interviews and selection tests may be held more than once depending on your experience, skills and abilities.

Travel costs for the first interview are at your own expense. Travel and accommodation costs for the practical test and final interview are covered by the company.

It can take up to about three months from the closing date or your entry until the final offer or rejection is communicated.

Inquiries About This Position

Please email recruit@hitohata.jp. Making an inquiry will not affect your selection either favorably or unfavorably, so please feel free to get in touch with any questions.

Compensation and Benefits

Employment type

COMPANY MEMBER (Regular Staff)

Salary, bonuses and allowances

• Monthly salary from JPY 252,800 (Grade 3, Professional, or above; determined with consideration of experience, skills and achievements)

• [Estimated annual salary] From JPY 4.04 million. Calculated from base salary plus bonuses of 4.0 months (FY2024 actual). Housing allowance and overtime allowances are not included

• [Model annual salary] Approx. JPY 5.16 million (Grade 3, with 28 hours of overtime per month). Monthly pay JPY 341,260 (base salary 252,800 + housing allowance 30,000 + overtime allowances 58,460) x 12 months + bonuses of 4.0 months, JPY 1,011,200 + business-trip per diem JPY 50,000. Overtime allowances are estimated for 28 hours per month (12 hours overtime, 8 hours overtime at late night, 8 hours on non-statutory holidays)

• There is no fixed overtime allowance. Overtime, late-night work and holiday work allowances are paid in full, calculated by the minute, as required by law

• Incentive scheme: incentives based on individual and team results, such as winning proposal and competition projects or meeting visitor-number and sales targets, are paid together with the bonus

• Base salary: from 252,800 yen per month

• Grade: from grade 3 (professional grade)

• The figures above assume a graduate of a four-year university in Japan, aged 22 at the time of joining

• Base salary and grade are determined with consideration of experience, ability and achievements

• Overtime, holiday work and late-night work allowances are paid separately, calculated by the minute

• Bonuses twice a year (June and December)

• Base salary and grade review once a year (July)

• Housing allowance: 10,000-30,000 yen depending on your residential area, paid where renting a property in your own name is recognized as necessary

• Commuting expenses covered in full

• Business trip per diem (tax exempt): 2,500 yen per day, paid for overnight business trips or day trips of eight hours or more, on working days and holidays alike

• New graduate relocation allowance of 200,000 yen where relocation is required on joining, for those within three years of graduation

• Loan of a work PC you can take with you (a MacBook in principle)

Working hours, holidays and leave

• Working hours: 10:00-19:00 (one hour break, eight actual working hours), with a flextime system available

• Holidays: Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays and the year-end and New Year period (December 29 to January 3) in principle

• 123 days off per year

• Annual paid leave: 10 days granted in the first year, six months after joining, increasing by one to two days each subsequent year up to a maximum of 20 days per year

• Leave can be taken as full days, half days or by the hour

• Special leave: three days granted in the first year only, separate from annual paid leave, three months after joining

• Refresh leave: after five years of service, 10 consecutive days of paid leave separate from annual paid leave, granted at the start of the business year and available within that year, and granted again every five years thereafter

• Other leave systems including maternity leave, childcare leave and nursing care leave

Probation period

Six months. There is no reduction in salary or allowances during the probation period.

Primary work location

Nagoya Head Office. There is a possibility of future relocation, secondment or change of role within Japan.

Other benefits

• Full social insurance: employment insurance, workers accident compensation insurance, health insurance, employees pension insurance and nursing care insurance

• Regular health check-up once a year, with optional examination items designated by the company also covered by the company

• Subsidy for book purchases, training and study groups for skill development, where approved by the company and up to a set limit

• Outside activities such as lectures, writing and presenting your own work are permitted where approved by the company

• Further benefit programs are being introduced progressively

Training programs

A range of required and optional programs is available, including business etiquette training, logical thinking training, mentor training, communication training, time management training and leadership training.