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Western Digital

Makes hard drives for cloud and AI data centers

PR Manager

PR & CommunicationsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeFujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan¥8.5M - ¥12M /yr

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Communications, Marketing, or a related field is required; an advanced degree is a plus.
  • At least six years of communications leadership experience within a global technology company or agency is required.
  • A strong background in B2B or enterprise technology is required.
  • Demonstrated experience leading integrated regional campaigns across Asia Pacific, specifically Japan, is required.
  • Experience creating and managing multichannel communications campaigns for enterprise and consumer technologies is required.
  • Ability to interface with stakeholders at all levels, across departments and geographies, and act as a strategic advisor to senior leadership is required.
  • Understanding of Western Digital's strategic and competitive position is required.
  • Ability to handle multiple projects in a fast-paced, dynamic environment is required.
  • Exceptional communications, writing, and presentation skills are required.
  • Fluency in English and native-level Japanese are required.
  • Excellent listening skills and diplomacy are expected.
  • Outstanding judgment and creative problem-solving skills are required.
  • A metrics-based approach and strong commercial acumen are required.
  • A keen understanding of and interest in new technologies, especially in the data storage sector, is required.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee the PR strategy for Japan and manage and guide the regional agency team.
  • Work with international communications and regional marketing and sales leads to deliver integrated communications programs and campaigns across earned and paid media.
  • Manage regional agencies to execute regional activities against agreed KPIs.
  • Support a reviews and awards program.
  • Develop and oversee PR and communications plans.
  • Manage and assist with regionalizing and distributing product and company news, and work with agencies to generate local content.
  • Develop and manage relationships with key business and trade media.
  • Manage communications around key regional events.
  • Execute creative campaigns to build momentum outside the main news cycle.

Desired Qualifications

  • An advanced degree is a plus.

About the Company

Western Digital

Makes hard drives for cloud and AI data centers

Western Digital, which goes by WD, designs and makes hard disk drives, mostly the high-capacity models that cloud and AI data centers use to store huge amounts of data cheaply. In 2013, its HGST unit shipped the first helium-filled hard drives, which fit more disks into each drive and use less power. Its drives store data on stacks of spinning magnetic disks, and the lineup runs from Ultrastar data center drives to WD Red and WD Purple drives for home servers and security cameras. WD makes its money selling these drives to cloud companies, PC makers, and retail shoppers. Western Digital was founded in 1970 and is based in San Jose, California, and in 2025 it spun off its flash memory business as Sandisk.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
San Jose, CA
Founded
1970

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