Job Description

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Rakuten International oversees 7 businesses with over 4,000 employees globally. The brand is recognized for its leadership and innovation in e-commerce, digital content, advertising, entertainment and communications, bringing the joy of discovery and access to more than 1 billion members across the world. Our teams deliver on the company's mission to delight merchants and customers through innovation, optimism, and teamwork.



Rakuten Rewards is a leading e-commerce company that enhances the way people shop by offering Cash Back, deals and rewards from more than 3,500 merchants. Founded in 1999, Rakuten has grown to become the go-to shopping destination for consumers, having paid out nearly $2 billion in Cash Back to its 15 million members. The company also operates ShopStyle, a leading fashion discovery destination, and Cartera Commerce, a top rewards platform for airlines and banks. For more information, visit www.rakuten.com.

Job Summary:

Rakuten Rewards Canada is seeking a Contract Project Manager to join our growing Marketing team. We are looking for a highly motivated, creative team player, who is innovative, and can convey our Brand personality. You will be working cross functionally, with the Creative, Email, Content, Promotions, Retention, Social, and Media Buying teams, to ensure that our communications are cohesive, and on-brand. This role requires a well-rounded individual that can write clear, concise and grammatically correct content.

In this role, you will be responsible for work across multiple areas of accounting including ensuring compliance with financial transaction recording standards (e.g., general ledger, accounts payable/collections, tax transactions, etc.), control/reconciliation of accounts and records (balance sheet, P&L, bank accounts, etc.) and accounting reports/schedules for internal audiences (management reporting). You may also be responsible for reporting to external audiences (compliance reporting) including consolidation of financial statements, cash flow reporting, budget reporting, etc.).



Key Responsibilities:

Building the promotions calendar quarterly Providing quality control on assets for promos Providing quality control on marketing emails Coordinating kickoff and post-mortem for anchor events


Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Experience in the creation and execution of integrated marketing program creatives Creates ideas and executions that work best for their specific mediums (print vs digital vs video, for example) Team player Proactively identifies problems and challenges and suggests solutions. Thrives in a fast-paced work environment. Gets excited about trying something new and venturing into uncharted waters Knowledge of brand & design standards Retail, E-Commerce, or CPG experience a plus

Minimum Requirements:

Degree or diploma in an Advertising Copywriting program, or related field 3+ years of experience in marketing communications/advertising Strong understanding of grammar, syntax and ways to create and leverage tone of voice.

Five Principles for Success

Our worldwide practices describe specific behaviors that make Rakuten unique and united across the world. We expect Rakuten employees to model these 5 Shugi Principles of Success.



Always improve, Always Advance - Only be satisfied with complete success - Kaizen

Passionately Professional - Take an uncompromising approach to your work and be determined to be the best

Hypothesize - Practice - Validate - Shikumika - Use the Rakuten Cycle to succeed in unknown territory

Maximize Customer Satisfaction - The greatest satisfaction for our teams is seeing their customers smile

Speed!! Speed!! Speed!! - Always be conscious of time - take charge, set clear goals, and engage your teamRakuten provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. Rakuten considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, provincial or local laws.