Google welcomes people with disabilities. Minimum qualifications: + Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience. + 4 years of marketing experience in trend analysis or content curation related to internet video, pop culture, music or technology, for an editorial brand or platform. + Experience working cross-functionally with various stakeholders and teams. + Ability to communicate in Japanese and English fluently to support client relationship management in this region. Preferred qualifications: + Experience working in breaking news environments, editorial platforms or social media companies, with a remit to track and identify memes, songs, and trends. + Ability to build collaborative partnerships with partners and cross-functional teams. + Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously in a dynamic and evolving context. + Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and experience publicly speaking in a professional capacity. + Passion for web video/YouTube ecosystem and digital culture, and strong knowledge of the web content landscape in Japan. YouTube Marketing’s mission is to know our users, and to connect them to the magic of our products and creators. We make YouTube successful by shaping people’s perceptions of YouTube and inspiring them to engage with us. We’re also responsible for all of YouTube’s marketing activities to consumers, creators, and key opinion influencers. As YouTube Japan’s Culture and Trends Manager, you will be a YouTube expert on the latest video trends in Japan, with a focus on understanding and building one of the web's creative ecosystems. You will join the YouTube Culture and Trends team, which uses data to track trends and connect YouTube stories and content to people. This includes community-focused initiatives, as well as projects built around popular content across numerous verticals, including entertainment, gaming, music, memes, and more. You will oversee projects around trends, channels and videos, develop content strategies, and leverage data to create positive, engaging user experiences. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams (across Marketing, Product and Partnerships) to tell stories that bring context to what's happening on YouTube and represent YouTube as a spokesperson on local trends. This role requires a pop culture super-fan immersed in the YouTube community and daily social media conversations. Know the user. Know the magic. Connect the two. At its core, marketing at Google starts with technology and ends with the user, bringing both together in unconventional ways. Our job is to demonstrate how Google's products solve the world's problems--from the everyday to the epic, from the mundane to the monumental. And we approach marketing in a way that only Google can--changing the game, redefining the medium, making the user the priority, and ultimately, letting the technology speak for itself. + Manage local programming efforts, reviewing videos and channels while taking into account policies and considerations. Assess and make decisions about the appropriateness of different content for Japanese audiences, providing expert guidance on cultural sensitivities. + Serve as an in-house expert on YouTube videos, creators, and fandom in Japan. Track the latest memes, songs, and trends for both long-form and short-form video on a daily basis through deep research. + Conduct analysis of trends data to identify patterns and cultural insights to drive program strategies and support marketing and communication initiatives with data-driven recommendations. + Create trends based narratives for tentpole YouTube moments in Japan and represent YouTube occasionally as a spokesperson on emerging trends for internal and external audiences. + Contribute to the global development of resources and tools to improve trend identification and analysis. Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also https://careers.google.com/eeo/ and https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/OFCCP_EEO_Post.pdf If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form: https://goo.gl/forms/aBt6Pu71i1kzpLHe2.