Brand Marketing Manager - Japan

Brand & PR Manager

Speak is looking for a Brand & PR Manager to help shape our identity and expand our reach in Japan. This role is both strategic and hands-on - you'll define the roadmap for how we earn attention and trust in one of our most important markets.

We're not looking for someone to "coordinate." We're looking for someone to own the outcome: to lead, execute, and share back what we're learning — so we get better, faster, together.

What you'll be doing:

• Own and evolve Speak's brand in Japan
• Build trust and awareness through Brand, PR/Media, and Owned Social
• Define clear messaging and creative direction
• Research, evaluate, and test channels with a data-first approach (e.g., TVCM, OOH, Digital)
• Engage media, journalists, and a PR agency to earn exposure
• Analyze brand performance and campaign impact using both qualitative and quantitative data
• Plan and test localized, high-impact social content
• Share findings and updates clearly with internal stakeholders

What we're looking for:

• 5+ years of experience in brand marketing / PR, with a proven track record of delivering measurable impact
• Exceptional storytelling skills to shape brand narratives across multiple channels
• Strong data fluency to evaluate brand investments and extract actionable insights
• Demonstrated ability to manage media relationships and secure earned coverage
• Strong capabilities in content planning
• Operates independently, with urgency and ownership
• Native Japanese & Business English is mandatory

Nice to haves:

• Start-up experience is strongly preferred
• App marketing experience

Why work at Speak:

1. Join a fantastic, tight-knit team at the right time: we're growing very quickly, we've most recently raised our Series C from some of the top investors in the valley, and we've achieved product-market fit in our initial markets. You'd join at a magical time when a single person could significantly change the course of the company.
2. Do your life's work with people you'll love working with: we care strongly about our craft and want every person at Speak to feel like they're growing every day. We believe in the idea that working with people you both enjoy and have respect for makes everything better. We hire thoughtfully and only work with people we admire deeply.
3. Global in nature: We're live in over 40 countries and launching in a number of new markets soon. We have dedicated offices in San Francisco, Ljubljana, Seoul, and Tokyo, and you'll have the opportunity to talk to users in each of these regions on a regular basis as well as travel.
4. Impact people's lives in a major way: Learning a language is one of the single most life-changing skills one can learn, and right now 99% of people never achieve their goal because the process is broken. We're helping millions of people achieve their goals and improve their lives.

Speak does not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.