Live Events Manager - Pikmin Bloom

- Proven ability to produce live event programs, both small and large consumer-facing events in the tech or gaming space. - Strong project management and organizational skills. - Excellent verbal and written communication in Japanese and English. - Passion for building communities and connecting people in meaningful ways. - Hands-on experience using AI tools to improve event planning, production workflows, logistics management, reporting, or vendor coordination. - Willingness to travel and work an aggressive schedule to support the international live events team structure. - Ability to work in a fast-paced hybrid environment and handle stress appropriately and/or ability to solve practical problems and be sufficiently adaptable to handle dynamic situations with little advance notice. - Experience working closely with vendors to oversee the development of high quality physical event assets. - Experience with cross-functional teams with the ability to communicate effectively through written and verbal communications, including asynchronous interactions with others. - Passion for Niantic products (Pokémon GO, Pikmin Bloom, Monster Hunter Now and Ingress). - Experience working within strict brand and legal guidelines. - Experience building, managing, and/or supporting grassroots live event programs. - Experience building repeatable AI-assisted templates, trackers, reporting workflows, or lightweight internal tools for event production. - Experience with project management tools such as Asana. - Proficiency in G Suite. - Proficiency in Chinese.