Japanese Marketing Internship

Job description

Butterfly Consulting are a media agency working with multi-national publishers seeking to expand their international business.
Our clients are leading international book and magazine publishers, including the UK's biggest newspaper publisher, Trinity Mirror, and Future Publishing.
The ideal intern is a Japanese speaker who likes using the telephone and is a good conversationalist, with excellent written and spoken English and Japanese.
The person will be responsible for finding new companies to work with in Japan, particularly children's and educational publishers.
The person will offer publishers the opportunity to license Butterfly represented brands in Japan and may also be responsible for setting up meetings for the Butterfly MD with interested companies.
Butterfly operates from a home-based office. Dorian Silver has owned media businesses for 25 years and has used interns successfully in all businesses. The business also uses the global contact network Dorian has established through his previous businesses.
The home office includes two sausage dogs, so a liking of small dogs is useful though not essential.
We also encourage home and remote working so you will not have to come into the office every day.
Unpaid position, expenses for travel and lunch supplied.

Butterfly Consulting Clients

Butterfly represents leading global publishers, including –
• Future Publishing, are the UK's biggest games and technology publisher.
• Trinity Mirror, the UK's largest newspaper group.
• DeAgostini, Italy's leading children's publisher.

Desired profile

No formal marketing qualifications are required.
The right person is a good conversationalist with an interest in the media, who enjoys using the phone.
A good command of English and Japanese, both written and spoken is essential.
A command of basic computer programmes is required and the ability to organise and research information.
Unpaid position, expenses for travel and lunch supplied.