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Nao YoshiharaNY

Nao Yoshihara

Digital Strategy Manager

€463/day
London, GB
3-7 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Nao

  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Japanese

    Native or bilingual

Can work on-site
London (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Google
    Partner Operations Manager - APAC YouTube Partner Development Team
    June 2021 - September 2025 (4 years and 3 months)
    Japan
    ○ Provided comprehensive support to 30+ large music partners, including troubleshooting day-to-day YouTube operations and offering expertise in platform optimization, copyright risk mitigation, and operational efficiency. Delivered presentations to executive-level stakeholders and led seminars in collaboration with cross-functional teams and partners.
    • ● Key Projects and Achievements : ○ Awarded within the APAC team for proactively mitigating risks and preventing significant revenue/opportunity loss for a large volume of partners, consistently achieving high satisfaction and rapid response times ○ Led a critical country priority project, establishing and nurturing a successful partnership with Japan's largest music publisher; Collaborated with their top executives and internal senior leadership to deliver impactful seminars for the music publishing industry, reaching 232 atendees with an 88% satisfaction rate ○ Co-led the execution of bi-monthly, comprehensive training programs for 80-100 music industry professionals, significantly enhancing industry-wide skills and knowledge ○ Collaborated with key music partners to build their expertise and optimize their internal processes, enabling us to scale support efficiently to a broader range of long-tail customers ○ Streamlined internal team operations, significantly improving efficiency and productivity; 1) Optimized workload distribution across APAC teams, 2) Co-led a cross-regional training project from content creation to delivery with an EMEA team member
  • Google Customer Solutions Team
    Account Strategist - Small Business Sales
    April 2018 - May 2021 (3 years and 1 month)
    • ● Job Responsibilities : Managed a portfolio exceeding $5M, partnering with up to 120+ Google Ads customers quarterly to drive significant revenue growth through account optimization and new product adoption. Conducted in-depth data analysis and performance measurement to inform strategic recommendations, and regularly led large-scale seminars to educate and engage clients.
    • ● Key Projects and Achievements ○ Consistently surpassed sales targets, achieving over 100% atainment for 8 consecutive quarters ○ Recognized as the APAC No.1 performer in sales atainment ○ Contributed to multiple high-impact projects, driving cross-functional initiatives ■ Developed and implemented scalable processes that significantly improved the efficiency and accuracy of sales activities ■ Designed and delivered targeted training sessions for sellers, demonstrably enhancing their skills and product knowledge ○ Served as a team lead for a group of six sellers (December 2019 - May 2021) ■ Summary : Managed a team of 6, developing and executing strategies that consistently uplifted revenue and optimized overall team sales performance ■ Key Achievements
    ◦ ● Consistently surpassed team sales targets, driving continuous revenue growth
    ◦ ● Won the Internal Revenue Competition by achieving a +5.33% incremental team revenue increase from the beginning of the quarter
  • GRAND MERCI CO.,LTD.
    Digital Strategy Manager
    FASHION AND COSMETICS
    February 2023 - Today (3 years and 4 months)
    London, United Kingdom
    Building Digital Strategy (Main R&R)
    Responsible for proposing and executing digital marketing strategies for aLORS, a Japan-focused brand made in Paris. Tasks include creating and submiting Instagram ad creatives and conducting data analysis to optimize performance.

    Ad-hock Works - Photographing and English/Japanese interpretation
    Photographing products and on-site scenes with a camera, performing retouching, and creating images for online platforms and official Instagram.
    Providing ad-hoc English interpretation during business meetings

    Brand Researching & Buyer (Until 2024)
    Led a project to source and sell exclusive European apparel brands to a membership-based online fashion community in Japan.
    Responsibilities included brand and product research, wholesale negotiations, and hosting live streams or writing blog posts for product presentations.
    Meta Ads Instagram Marketing Google Analytics Shopify E-commerce

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Education

  • Bachelor
    Rikkyo University
    2016
    Bachelor
  • Master
    The University of Tokyo
    2018
    Master

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