Expert Fashion (Japanese Speaking)

ファッションエキスパート Expert Fashion

Catawiki

At Catawiki, every day brings the extraordinary! Whether it’s Daniel Ricciardo’s Formula 1 Car, a Woolly Mammoth’s Skeleton, Lady Gaga's Jumpsuit or Usain Bolt’s running shoe, we encounter exceptional objects every day. We’re a one-of-a-kind marketplace for buying and selling special objects. Each week, more than 100,000 unique items are auctioned, all carefully curated by our passionate in-house experts. Having sold over 25 million unique objects, our mission is to become the world’s most popular destination for special objects. As a growing, diverse and sustainable scale-up, we proudly live by three core values. If these values resonate with you, we’d love to explore how you can join us. * Taking ownership and driving impact  * Being open to change and feedback * Being passionate about our mission and our customers.  YOUR MISSION As an experienced Fashion Expert specialising in Luxury Pre-Owned and Brand Fashion, you drive the quality and growth of Catawiki’s Fashion auctions in Japan. You combine deep market knowledge with commercial awareness to curate compelling auctions that attract engaged bidders and trusted sellers. You play a key role in strengthening our presence in the Japanese fashion market by ensuring authenticity, transparency and strong seller relationships. WHAT YOU’LL DO * Evaluate submitted lots by reviewing descriptions, images and details, and provide fair market value estimates * Curate and optimise weekly fashion auctions to maximise quality, bidder interest and sell-through * Build and manage relationships with sellers in Japan, guiding them to create strong and compliant listings * Identify and onboard high-quality sellers through your professional network, trade fairs and fashion communities * Safeguard authenticity, transparency and platform standards across all listings * Support Customer Service in dispute cases and partner with Marketing and Sales to increase visibility and engagement * Contribute to strategies that expand Catawiki’s footprint in the Japanese fashion market WHAT YOU’LL BRING * Deep knowledge of the Japanese and international fashion market, particularly within the luxury bags category * Experience in luxury fashion retail, appraisal or curation in a commercial or customer-facing role * Strong understanding of valuation and authenticity within luxury pre-owned fashion * Native-level Japanese and professional proficiency in English, both written and spoken * Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to act diplomatically in user disputes * Solid computer skills and ability to work efficiently with digital tools * Clear passion for fashion and maintaining high quality standards WHERE YOU'LL BE: This is a 100% remote role based in Japan, with daily collaboration with teams in Japan and across Europe. 応募概要  * 給与: 要相談 ※経験やスキルに応じて決定します。 * 雇用形態: 契約社員・EOR（雇用代行） * 試用期間: 6ヶ月（待遇に差異はありません） * 勤務時間: 1日実働8時間・完全週休2日制 (土日)・有給休暇 20日 * 福利厚生:  * PC支給 * 社会保険 * 厚生年金 * 出張手当 など * メンタルヘルスサポート制度 WHY YOU'LL LOVE WORKING WITH US * Create a visible impact by working at scale in a global organisation serving millions of customers across 80+ categories. In our flat structure, every role has a broad scope and directly impacts both our customers and the business. * Learn and grow through our Learning & Development initiatives, including clear development plans and mentorship programmes to support your career progression. * A culture of connection defines us. We’re a passionate, diverse team of 800+ Catawikians representing 60+ nationalities. We foster an inclusive and queer-friendly environment where everyone is encouraged to bring their full self to work. * Celebrate life’s moments with us. You’ll receive a €100 Catavoucher when you join, a €50 Catavoucher on your birthday, and an extra day off each year to “Pursue Your Passion”. We also offer additional leave for key work anniversaries and important life events. Benefits may vary by location. OUR OFFICES AND WAY OF WORKING Our vibrant offices in Amsterdam and Lisbon are designed to inspire collaboration. Most Catawikians operate in a hybrid setup, combining office-based and remote work, with a minimum of two days per week in the office, unless a role is explicitly stated as fully remote or fully office-based. INTERESTED? Apply with an English CV and Cover Letter. By applying, you agree to Catawiki’s Applicant Privacy Policy. If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Japanese Language Specialist

WGSN

The role   We are looking to hire a remote-based Japanese Language Specialist in Japan to join our Localization team.   This is a remote role based out of Japan.     Working at WGSN Together, we create tomorrow    A career with WGSN is fast-paced, exciting and full of opportunities to grow and develop. We're a team of consumer and design trend forecasters, content creators, designers, data analysts, advisory consultants and much more, united by a common goal: to create tomorrow.    WGSN's trusted consumer and design forecasts power outstanding product design, enabling our customers to create a better future. Our services cover consumer insights, beauty, consumer tech, fashion, interiors, lifestyle, food and drink forecasting, data analytics and expert advisory. If you are an expert in your field, we want to hear from you.       Role overview    The role of Japanese Language Consultant is a full-time position. The primary duty of the role is to oversee WGSN's Japanese localised content and site updates, acting as a strategic arm of Content, and collaborating with Marketing, Design and Product departments to localise assets for digital publishing on WGSN product sites – Fashion, Interiors, Beauty, Food & Drink, and Consumer Tech – for the Japanese language market. This position will also work closely with the Tech team to incorporate machine translation systems for optimising localisation workflow. This is a hybrid role based in Hong Kong that requires working onsite 3 days a week.      The team   Our mission is to bridge markets through crafting intuitive, user-friendly localized content that drives engagement across every touchpoint. We empower WGSN to establish credible voices globally, ensuring content connects authentically, while maintaining brand integrity and honoring cultural nuances.   Enable Market Growth: By removing language and cultural barriers, we open doors to new markets and strengthen presence in existing ones  Build Trust: We safeguard and elevate brand equity that establish genuine connections with audiences, capture cultural subtleties, and creates distinctive product differentiation  Drive Engagement: We ensure consistent brand messaging while allowing for necessary cultural adaptation, calibrate content that reflects local realities, generating higher engagement and conversion rates  

Associate Director

Research Partnership

About us:   We invite you to come grow with us.   Inizio Ignite, Research Partnership   Inizio Ignite is the global advisory partner for health and life sciences, encompassing connected expertise across Research Partnership, Putnam, Vynamic, and STEM. Guided by purpose, passion, and precision, we collaborate with clients to ignite impact, accelerate performance, and deliver lasting change for patients. By uniting strategy, insights, and innovation with a unique depth and breadth of expertise, we drive transformation and shape the future of health.   Our Research Partnership healthcare market research team provides research and insights to inform and power healthcare decisions. Serving a variety of clients across the lifecycle, our expertise includes data, research & insights (proprietary syndicated and custom research) and brand tracking (ATU). Proudly part of Inizio – the market-leading commercialization partner for health and life sciences. From early-stage development to loss of exclusivity, we simplify complexity, unlock value, and make collaboration seamless at every pivotal moment – supporting confident, insight-driven decisions that move innovation forward.    About the team:   Our Custom Research team partners with global pharmaceutical and biotech clients to enable them to solve marketing, brand, advertising and communications problems through a mixture of innovative qualitative and quantitative market research techniques.   The team is not split into silos by client or therapy area, so you will be empowered to develop broad expertise across the healthcare landscape and will have the opportunity to work with a wide range of expert senior researchers and gain exposure to the full suite of research tools and techniques covered by the team.   The Singapore team operates as an APAC hub, working alongside colleagues in our international offices in Europe and Asia. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with people from across the global business.   Your primary role:   * The purpose of this role is to partner with the existing Directors to help lead, plan and manage clients and projects, and to ensure the growth, development and management of the team * You will play a leading role in delivering a major quantitative brand tracking project for a regional client * To provide leadership direction and management expertise in terms of growing and sustaining the business through the development and execution of group strategies, product development and sales growth plans * Line management of midlevel staff * Involvement in talent acquisition and assessing potential new staff   About You…   Your skills and experience:   * At least 7 years of experience in primary market research, including within the healthcare industry * Have significant experience in leading projects and client management * Capable business developer and relationship manager with new and existing clients * Expertise with both qualitative and quantitative research techniques * Fluency in Mandarin Chinese or Japanese is highly desirable   Ideal profile: * You are proactive, dedicated and enthusiastic, with a ‘can do’ attitude and approach * You demonstrate a high level of accuracy and attention to detail, as well as strengths in organisation and prioritisation * You are a collaborative team player who works well with colleagues * You communicate ideas and issues in an effective, straightforward fashion * You are highly motivated and want to seize opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career   Life at Research Partnership:   We love what we do and continuously strive for innovation and creativity. We believe everyone should continuously be learning and provide:   * A comprehensive training and development programme, providing both structured and hands-on training in order for you to develop and build your career as a pharmaceutical market researcher * A relaxed, non-bureaucratic, friendly working environment where employee performance is recognised and rewarded * Social events - including team day out and end-of-year party, along with social events after office hours   Further information:   This is a full-time role, working in a hybrid pattern (2 days per week in the office) at our fantastic location in Singapore.   Our Pledge   At Research Partnership, we value inclusivity, recognize the power of diversity, and inspire the next generation of change-makers. We are an equal opportunities employer. We believe in creating a work environment that values diversity, equity, and inclusion. We aim to recruit from a diverse slate of candidates and foster an environment that provides the right conditions for long-term success. We welcome all applications regardless of race, colour, religion or belief, gender, gender identity, age, national origin, marital status, military veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation and physical or mental disability.   #LI-JF1 Don't meet every job requirement? That's okay! Our company is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you're excited about this role, but your experience doesn't perfectly fit every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this role or others.