2019-01-07

Managers being recruited for Keyakizaka

Seed & Flower, the Sony company that manages both Keyakizaka groups, has announced that it is recruiting managers for the groups.

Experience favored but not required. Monthly salary Y300,000 (just under $3000). Hours of work 11am to 7:30pm. All social insurance fees paid, two days off a week, three-month trial period, transport costs paid, annual vacation after six months' employment.

English-speakers are not the target audience here, but I have translated the recruitment call, just to let people dream. I'll talk about it more after the translation.

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  • Major recruitment call for staff of quickly advancing idol groups Keyakizaka46/Hiragana Keyakizaka46!
  • Seeking candidates overflowing with ambition, with or without experience, who are interested in the entertainment world, and will convey excitement to fans.
  • Those who will spare no effort in dealing with people and who take careful pains in doing their work are especially welcomed.
  • Management and administrative personnel are also being recruited.
  • Those with experience especially welcomed.
  • Large recruitment of managers for Keyakizaka46/Hiragana Keyakizaka46!
  • Those with experience especially welcomed.

 

Requirements

position: artist manager (contract employee)

how to apply: by postal mail

duties:
  • Keyakizaka46 artist management (contract employee)
  • Responsibilities include management of group and individuals.
  • Range of responsibilities will vary according to skill and experience.
  • Seeking sincere, ambitious, highly motivated individuals to whom matters can be entrusted without concern, and who would like to manage projects in the future.

career skills and qualifications sought:
  • able to communicate actively
  • familiar with basic business etiquette
  • able to use a computer (Word, Excel, etc.; Mac users welcome)
  • cheerful, hard-working, healthy, physically strong
  • detail oriented
  • interested in the music and entertainment business
  • those with experience especially welcomed
  • those who can start their duties on 1 March 2019 especially welcome!!
  • this is not new-graduate recruitment
  • no students

form of employment:
  • contract employee
  • trial period 3 months

location of employment:
  • Tokyo, Chiyoda-ku, Rokubanmachi 4-5

transportation:
  • JR Ichigaya station 4 minutes' walk; JR Yotsuya station 8 minutes.
  • Tokyo Metro Yurakucho/Namboku line subways, also Shinjuku line subway, to Ichigaya station, 4 minutes' walk.
  • Tokyo Metro Yurakucho line to Koujimachi station, 6 minutes' walk.
  • Tokyo Metro Marunouchi/Namboku lines to Yotsuya station, 8 minutes' walk.

working hours:
  • 11:00 am to 7:45pm (with one-hour break)(will change according to schedule)

salary:
  • monthly income Y300,000 (basic salary plus supplement)
※experienced employees may earn more, based on skill and experience, according to company regulations
※supplement will include pay for work on rest days. other extra work will be paid separately.
※annual supplement according to performance
※salary raises
※3-month trial period (at the same pay)

compensation and conditions:
※all social insurance paid
※transportation costs provided, according to regulations

days off
  • 2 days a week off (normally Sat, Sun and Holidays), with year-end holidays and annual vacation (after six months' employment). compensatory days off [for extra days worked].
required documents:
  • resume (with photo)
  • work history (format not stipulated)
  • personal PR (format not stipulated)
  • Please send the above three documents in the same envelope to the address below, to arrive no later than Monday 28 January.
※please be sure to clearly include mobile number and e-mail address in the resume
※please indicate type of work desired clearly in red on the upper left of the work history


address to send to:
〒102-8353
東京都千代田区六番町4-5
Seed & Flower合同会社 人事係

Seed & Flower Limited  human resources dept.
Tokyo Chiyoda-ku Rokubanmachi 4-5
〒102-8353

※please be sure to include postal code

application deadline
  • must reach us by 28 January 2019

selection schedule:
※after preliminary selection based on the documents, only those who passed this stage will be informed.
※selection will be cut off when the required number of personnel is reached

important notes:
※application material will be used only for this hiring, and without applicants' agreement will not be used for any other purpose, or passed on to a third party.
※please do not make telephone or written inquiries
※results may be announced ahead of schedule
※because inquiries are numerous, no reply can be given to questions about things clearly stated in these announcements, or to questions not related to this recruitment.

announcement date:
  • 2019/02/04
  • results may be announced before this date


When applying, please be sure to read the information on this site: Qsicman 利用規約
For inquiries regarding this recruitment, please use this form.

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This the fifth recruitment for Keyakizaka managers. Others were in March 2016, January and July 2017, and May 2018. Compensation has risen Y228,000 - Y234,500 - Y234,500 - Y300,000 - Y300,000.

Starting with this recruitment, the chairman of Seed & Flower is announced as Konno Yoshio, who has been Sony's man on the spot for both Nogizaka and Keyakizaka:


In the end, he and Aki-P are likely the ones who make the decisions for both Nogi and Keyaki, and Konno-san may have the last word, as Sony's representative.

One 5channel poster suggests that managers are required for the new members now, and that Hiragana's activities will increase in May. I suggest that there may be a Hiragana single in March or before, requiring new staff, and that sometime this year a third generation may be added to the group. This is what is likely to happen if Konno-san and Aki-P have decided to really go ahead with Hiragana as a separate group with its own singles, and an increased number of members for handshake sessions. The recruitment wants people able to start March 1.

But when the recruitment announcement refers to the two groups, it does so in a somewhat ambiguous way that could be calling them two groups or lumping them together as one. They are both under Seed & Flower, so this may not mean anything.

One interesting thing in the recruitment announcement is a map showing the location of the Sony Music Entertainment building that is Seed & Flower's home. That large green area to the east is the Imperial palace, and Nippon Budoukan is at the very north end of the green area. Budoukan really is Hiragana's home ground.


























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