【Guinness World Records】Records Manager/ レコードマネジャー - 2015

Guinness World Records™ is the universally recognized ultimate authority in record breaking achievements since 1955. We measure and archive the world’s superlatives and celebrate the world’s best.

Our Records Management Service is a fast growing service we offer our claimants who are looking to break a record or set a new one and involves working within our team to research, create categories and guidelines and review evidence.

We are currently recruiting a Records Manager to join our team in Tokyo. The ideal candidates have superior customer care experience in relation to internal and external customers, speak and write both English and Japanese to mother tongue standard or equivalent, work well within a small team, have an eye for detail, high levels of accuracy and are articulate and well spoken. They must have a flexible and proactive approach and be willing to travel on adjudications when necessary both in Japan and abroad, so an interest in travel is desirable as is the confidence to speak in front of large groups and on camera representing a worldwide brand.

Principal Accountabilities

• Take ownership of all record applications from Japan, including such duties as:



• Research and designate new record categories; write suitable guidelines for the attempts



• Review record evidence, upholding the Guinness World Records standards to maintain fair competition



• Respond to record applications and enquiries, ranging from individual applications to corporate record attempts



• Make appropriate decisions in order to process expedited record inquiries in the specified time frame of our services



• Provide creative brainstorming/research to assist other departments



• Travel to approximately 15 events per year to verify records – mostly in Japan but with occasional opportunities for international travel