Client Coordinator

DENTSU ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Dentsu Asia Pacific PTE. LTD. seeks a Client Coordinator to manage Japanese brand clients across APAC marketing activities and sports marketing initiatives.

You will connect with dentsu APAC teams, DSA, DS&E, and related sports units to support client servicing, business development and operations. The role involves coordinating client development activities, preparing bilingual materials, and supporting sales and pitches across multiple regions while ensuring timely delivery and quality client

Qualifications

• Bilingual (Japanese–English) materials preparation and communication
• Strong project management and cross-regional coordination
• Proactive client development support and sales assistance

Responsibilities

• Coordinate all client development activities from a project management perspective, driving planning, cadence and efficiency
• Develop and manage detailed project plans and work-breakdown structures with proper forecasting
• Establish and expand relationships with key client contacts as the go-to contact for project execution
• Prepare and circulate periodic Client Development status reports
• Project manage client development initiatives, including timelines and budgets across workstreams
• Support day-to-day commercial activities, including sales support for Japanese brand clients in sports sponsorships
• Prepare bilingual pitch decks, proposals and reports for client pitches
• Conduct market and rights-holder research to support pitches and strategic discussions
• Coordinate meetings across regions and time zones
• Support contract documentation, approvals and post-campaign summaries
• Provide operational and administrative support to ensure effective delivery
• Manage RFP responses from kickoff to submission
• Create and publish project plans, RACI’s and timelines for RFIs/RFPs/presentations

Job description

About Dentsu

Led by Dentsu Group Inc. (Tokyo: 4324; ISIN: JP3551520004), a pure holding company established on January 1, 2020, the Dentsu Group encompasses two operational networks: dentsu japan network, which oversees Dentsu’s agency operations in Japan, and dentsu international, its international business headquarters in London, which oversees Dentsu’s agency operations outside of Japan.

With a strong presence in approximately 145 countries and regions across five continents and with 65,000 dedicated professionals, the Dentsu Group provides a comprehensive range of client-centric integrated communications, media and digital services through its five leadership brands—Carat, dentsu X, iProspect, Dentsu Creative, and Merkle—as well as through Dentsu Japan Network companies, including Dentsu Inc., the world’s largest single brand agency with a history of innovation. The Group is also active in the production and marketing of sports and entertainment content on a global scale.

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Job Summary

As the Client Coordinator, you will be responsible for managing dentsu APAC’s Japanese brand clients across their marketing activities and sports marketing initiatives throughout APAC. The role will also serve as a key connector across dentsu APAC, dentsu market teams within APAC, Dentsu Sports Asia (DSA), Dentsu Sports & Entertainment (DS&E), dentsu Sports Tokyo, and Dentsu Sports International (DSI), facilitating effective collaboration and coordination to support client servicing, business development, and operational activities.

Existing Business and Projects

• Coordinates all client development activities from a project management perspective; driving the planning, the cadence and efficiency of such activities
• Develops, implements and manages project plans, with the ability to create detailed work break-down structures. Ensures that proper forecasting is being done for all projects on assigned accounts. Sets up and runs all necessary key touch-point meetings in the process
• Establish and expand relationships with key client contacts becoming their go-to contact for project execution
• Prepares and circulates periodic Client Development status reports
• Project manages all client development initiatives, including orchestrating teams to ensure delivery of project milestones, managing project timelines and budgets across all workstreams, updating key stakeholders on status, risks and assessments, etc.
• Support day-to-day commercial activities, including sales support for Japanese brand clients exploring sports sponsorship and partnership opportunities, alongside broader multi-market client initiatives.
• Prepare and adapt materials, including bilingual (Japanese–English) pitch decks, proposals, and reports.
• Conduct market, industry research, and rights-holder research to support client pitches and strategic discussions.
• Coordinate meetings, schedules, and follow-ups across regions and time zones.
• Support contract documentation, approvals, internal processes, reporting and post-campaign summaries.
• Provide operational and administrative support to ensure effective commercial delivery.
• Incremental business – Pitch support
• Provides project management, directional and strategic oversight to pitch/resource teams, while executing against tight timelines
• Establishes relationships built on credibility, trust and service-minded approach to solve problems
• Manages the RFP response process from kickoff to submission
• Creates, manages, enforces and publishes project plans, RACI’s and timelines when responding to RFIs, RFPs and presentations to prospective clients

Dentsu Values

Will live the dentsu 8 Ways at all times: We Dream Loud, We Inspire Change, We Team Without Limits, We All Lead, We Make It Real, We Climb High, We Choose Excitement, We Are A Force For Good

Inclusion and Diversity

We’re proud to be different and that starts with our people. We believe in equal opportunities for everyone. We won’t define people by their race, gender, sexual-orientation, age or disability. Individuality is what makes us great, we want everyone to bring their full self to work and create something amazing. That’s what we care about.

So, whether you’re joining us, or looking to move to a different part of the business, we work hard to make sure we create equal opportunities for everyone.

Keeping connected

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www.dentsu.com