Senior Producer (Head of Ad and Sponsor Content)
TokyoHybrid
AI Summary
A senior-level producer who leads and oversees all advertising and sponsor content for DAZN Japan, shaping creative vision, making Go/No-Go decisions, and partnering with sales and production.
About this role
【Why Join DAZN?】
Joining DAZN means becoming part of a global team that is transforming the way fans experience live sports. Across mobile, web, and living room devices, we build and operate a platform that delivers premium sports content to millions of users worldwide.
This role plays a critical part in owning the governance and quality of Media Sales–driven production, acting as a central hub that connects Media Sales Creative, Business, and Production across internal teams, external production partners, and agencies.
DAZNの仲間に加わることは、ライブスポーツの視聴体験を変革しているグローバルチームの一員になることを意味します。モバイル、Web、TV向けデバイスを問わず、私たちは何百万人ものユーザーに届けるプラットフォームを構築しています。
本ポジションは、Media Sales向け制作のガバナンスおよび品質責任を担い、社内制作チーム、外部プロダクション、代理店を横断してMedia Sales Creative × Business × Production を接続するハブとなる重要な役割です。
【The Role】
As DAZN Japan continues to expand its advertising and sponsorship business, we are seeking a senior-level producer to lead and oversee all Ad & Sponsor Content.
This role goes far beyond production management or being a point of contact. You will be involved from the commercial discussion stage with sponsors and agencies, and will be required to instantly assess, translate, and align:
Joining DAZN means becoming part of a global team that is transforming the way fans experience live sports. Across mobile, web, and living room devices, we build and operate a platform that delivers premium sports content to millions of users worldwide.
This role plays a critical part in owning the governance and quality of Media Sales–driven production, acting as a central hub that connects Media Sales Creative, Business, and Production across internal teams, external production partners, and agencies.
DAZNの仲間に加わることは、ライブスポーツの視聴体験を変革しているグローバルチームの一員になることを意味します。モバイル、Web、TV向けデバイスを問わず、私たちは何百万人ものユーザーに届けるプラットフォームを構築しています。
本ポジションは、Media Sales向け制作のガバナンスおよび品質責任を担い、社内制作チーム、外部プロダクション、代理店を横断してMedia Sales Creative × Business × Production を接続するハブとなる重要な役割です。
【The Role】
As DAZN Japan continues to expand its advertising and sponsorship business, we are seeking a senior-level producer to lead and oversee all Ad & Sponsor Content.
This role goes far beyond production management or being a point of contact. You will be involved from the commercial discussion stage with sponsors and agencies, and will be required to instantly assess, translate, and align:
- Rights and compliance
- Production resources
- Talent and IP
- DAZN brand and quality standards
to deliver creative solutions that can only exist on DAZN, quickly and seamlessly.
Moving beyond BAU-style in-program advertising (e.g. L-Shape bars or simple on-screen exposure), this role leads with a fandom-driven creative philosophy, with the aim of:
Moving beyond BAU-style in-program advertising (e.g. L-Shape bars or simple on-screen exposure), this role leads with a fandom-driven creative philosophy, with the aim of:
- Maximizing sponsor value
- Differentiating DAZN Advertising
- Building scalable, repeatable models for advertising creativity
【Not This Role】
・ Production coordination–only role
・A position focused solely on creative expression without business accountability
・Agency-style “work-for-hire” creative execution
・In-house editorial or program production work
・ Production coordination–only role
・A position focused solely on creative expression without business accountability
・Agency-style “work-for-hire” creative execution
・In-house editorial or program production work
*This role is 100% dedicated to Media Sales-driven content.
DAZN Japanでは、広告・スポンサー案件の拡大に伴い、Ad & Sponsor Content全体を統括するシニアレベルのプロデューサーを募集しています。本ポジションは、単なる制作進行や窓口対応ではなく、 スポンサー/代理店との商談段階から関与し、
- 権利
- 制作リソース
- 演者・IP
- DAZNブランド/クオリティ
を即座に判断・翻訳し、「DAZNで行う必然性のあるクリエイティブソリューション」を 早く・スムーズに実現する役割です。既存番組内のBAU型広告(例:L字、番組内露出)を超え、 Fandom起点のクリエイティブ思想を軸に、
- スポンサー価値の最大化
- DAZN Advertisingの差別化
- 再現性のある広告クリエイティブの型化
をリードしていただきます。
【本ポジションではないこと】
・制作進行管理のみの役割
・表現クオリティだけを追う仕事
・Agencyの下請け的クリエイティブ制作
・社内コンテンツ番組制作の業務
*本ポジションは100%、Media Sales向けになります。
【本ポジションではないこと】
・制作進行管理のみの役割
・表現クオリティだけを追う仕事
・Agencyの下請け的クリエイティブ制作
・社内コンテンツ番組制作の業務
*本ポジションは100%、Media Sales向けになります。
Key Responsibilities
A. Creative Vision & Judgment (Highest Priority)
- Define and continuously evolve DAZN Advertising’s creative vision, worldview, and decision criteria
- Make final creative Go / No-Go decisions on key advertising projects
- Clearly articulate what is “on-brand” and “off-brand” for DAZN
- Establish DAZN’s own creative axis, independent of trends or agency-driven logic
B. Creative Strategy & Concept Design
- Design cross-platform creative concepts rooted in client challenges, spanning:
- Video production
- Digital and streaming distribution
- Offline experiences such as events
- Reimagine advertising use cases that add value to existing DAZN content
C. Business / Sales Integration
- Attend client and agency sales meetings as a creative and production authority
- Instantly assess rights feasibility, production and talent resources, and cost structures
- Translate advertiser expectations into realistic DAZN production solutions, presenting win-win outcomes at speed
- Contribute a creative perspective to the development of new advertising products and formats
D. Production Governance & Management
- Own governance and quality control across all ad and sponsor content
- Manage teams, talent, schedules, and budgets
- Select, contract, and quality-control external production companies and freelancers
- Understand and manage rights, including music, likeness, and broadcast usage
E. Team Leadership & Capability Building
- Manage and develop junior producers (approx. 2 persons)
- Build production workflows and team structures that avoid over-reliance on individuals
- Provide creative direction and overall leadership to internal teams and external partners
F. Data & Performance
- Analyze performance through a data-driven lens
- Propose and execute improvements based on KPIs, Brand Lift, and other effectiveness metrics
A. Creative Vision & Judgment(最重要)
- DAZN AdvertisingにおけるCreative Vision/世界観/判断基準の定義・更新
- 重要広告案件におけるCreative最終判断(Go / No Go)
- 「DAZNらしい/らしくない」の明確な言語化
- 流行やAgencyロジックに依存しない、DAZN独自のCreative軸の確立
B. Creative Strategy & Concept Design
クライアント課題を起点に、
クライアント課題を起点に、
- 映像制作
- 配信・デジタルディストリビューション
- イベント等のオフライン体験
を横断したCreative Concept設計。既存コンテンツに付加価値を与える広告活用の再設計。
C. Business / Sales Integration(商談同席・即断)
C. Business / Sales Integration(商談同席・即断)
- スポンサー/代理店との商談への同席
- 権利可否、制作・演者リソース、制作スキーム/コスト感の即時判断
- 広告側の期待とDAZN制作の現実を翻訳し、WIN-WINなSolutionを迅速に提示
- 新たな広告プロダクト/フォーマット開発へのCreative視点での関与
D. Production Governance & Management
- 広告・スポンサーコンテンツ全体のガバナンス・品質管理
- 制作チーム/タレント/スケジュール/予算管理
- 外部制作会社・フリーランスの選定、契約、QC
- 音源・肖像・放映権等を含む権利理解・管理
E. Team Leadership & Capability Building
- ジュニアプロデューサー(約2名)の育成・マネジメント
- 属人化しない制作フロー・チーム構造の構築
- 社内制作チーム・外部パートナーへのクリエイティブディレクションと統括
F. Data & Performance
- データドリブンな視点での効果分析
- KPI/Brand Lift等を踏まえた改善提案・実行
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
- 10+ years of experience as a Producer, Director, or Creative in video and/or digital content
- Extensive experience producing advertising and sponsor-driven content
- End-to-end ownership from creative strategy through execution
- Hands-on experience spanning advertising, production, and rights within a broadcaster, agency, or production company
- Strong leadership and stakeholder relationship-building skills
- Deep understanding of business logic and revenue models
- High adaptability and the ability to make decisions in real time
- A strong passion for sports
- 映像・デジタルコンテンツ領域における10年以上のProducer / Director / Creative経験
- 広告・スポンサー向けコンテンツ制作の豊富な実績
- Creative Strategy〜Executionまで一気通貫での判断・責任経験
- TV局、代理店、制作会社いずれかでの広告×制作×権利を横断した実務経験
- 強いリーダーシップと関係構築力
- ビジネスロジック・収益構造への高い理解
- 高い柔軟性と即応力(その場で判断できる力)
- スポーツへの強い情熱
Benefits
· Social security included (Health care insurance, Employee pension scheme, Employment insurance, Labour personal accident insurance)
· Annual Health Exams
· Defined Contributions Plan (DC)
· Annual paid leave of 15 days (pro-rated depending on the start date)
· Benefit One – employee benefit package (access to more than 50,000 services such as discounts in sports clubs, leisure facilities and physical exams)
· Company doctor (monthly inspection of office as well as stress check)
· Free subscription on DAZN
· Access to free tickets for every J-league game and occasionally for other sports
· Paid commuting allowance up to 30,000 yen a month
· 各種保険(健康保険、厚生年金、雇用保険、労働災害保険)
· 確定拠出年金制度
· 年次健康診断
· 年次有給休暇15日(入社初年度は入社月に応じて付与します)
· ベネフィットステーション – 従業員福利厚生パッケージ (スポーツクラブ、レジャー施設、 健康診断の割引など、50,000以上のサービスへのアクセス)
· DAZNの無料視聴
· Jリーグの全試合の無料チケット、他スポーツの無料チケット権利
· 通勤手当 ※月3万円まで
Skills
Cross-platform Creative StrategyDAZN Brand StandardsProduction Resource PlanningRights And ComplianceSponsor AdvertisingStakeholder RelationshipTalent And IP ManagementVideo Production
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