Job offer: ASICS is hiring a webmaster

There’s an open position in my team at ASICS Europe: webmaster. Do you think you have what it takes? Send your resume and cover letter over to hrm@eu.asics.com and let us hear from you!

We’re based in Hoofddorp, near Amsterdam’s airport, and you can read more about the company at asics.eu.

Tasks description

• Regular content updates to the web sites.
• Ongoing industry intelligence and reporting.
• Project management and coordination of ongoing projects like:
  • Unification of the look and feel of the websites of our subsidiaries and distributors.
  • Creation of an interactive and interesting online experience that will attract new customers and make existing customers want to come back.
  • 4 times a year collection management.
• Activity divided between Onitsuka Tiger (50%) and ASICS (50%).

Results areas

1. Gather content both from within the company as from external parties like i.e. advertising agencies. Oversee translation when necessary. Oversee content timing and publication.
2. Oversee the technical maintenance (outsourced) of Onitsuka Tiger and ASICS intra- and internet sites, press room, assets bank. Service supervision: identify problems and find solutions.
3. Start new (and seasonal) projects on the intra- and internet (e.g. catalogue updates).
4. Coordinate the use of a Content Management Tool by the ASICS organisations and support of local ASICS staff.
5. Gather ideas from ASICS organisations and look into possible ways to implement them into our CMS.
6. Coordinate the development of local sites based on European templates, and maintain the European database.
7. Coordinate front-end activities (web design and building) with suppliers.
8. Maintenance of product catalogue and retailers list.
9. Maintenance of press room and assets bank in cooperation with the Onitsuka Tiger and ASICS teams.
10. Perform analysis of traffic statistics and prepare regular reports on online trends.
11. Perform industry intelligence and prepare regular reports on competitive environment.

Relation pattern

Internally:

• Communication with following departments: marketing (especially lifestyle marketing and performance marketing, PR), product marketing, retail, and sales. Role in those contacts is to share information, get feedback and gather content.

Externally:

• Communication with subsidiaries and distributors. Role in those contacts is advising, coordinating and supporting.
• Communication with (creative) web agencies. Role in those contacts is coordinating and executing.

Job requirements

Must have

1. Organized, get-things-done attitude
2. Affinity or experience with digital media
3. Affinity or experience with content creation and maintenance

Should have

1. Sense of fashion and style
2. Good communication skills
3. Practice or ability to learn basic HTML, image manipulation for web publishing
4. Participation in social networks (Twitter, blogging, etc.)
5. Fluent in English

Like to have

1. Fluent in other European languages (esp. German, Spanish, Italian)
2. Sneakerhead
3. Long-distance running