Creative Co-ordinator / Producer - APAC
Full-time
Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Posted on Sep 27, 2026
Summary
The App Store is the world’s safest and most vibrant app marketplace, serving hundreds of millions of customers across APAC. Our creative teams bring editorial features, seasonal moments, and brand campaigns to life across Today, Apps, Games, Books, Music, and Podcasts — and we’re looking for a producer who can sit at the center of that work, keeping design, art buying, motion, and production moving in lockstep.
Description
This role supports Art Buying across the App Store APAC organization, helping Designers and Creative Directors choose the right production route for every project and then owning the process that gets it there. You’ll bring structure to ambiguous, fast-moving briefs, coordinate specialist teams at the right moments, and be the connective tissue between creative vision and production reality. This is a global role: you’ll work across timezones with design, art buying, motion, 3D, and business affairs partners.
Responsibilities
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Role Number: 200683440-6482
The App Store is the world’s safest and most vibrant app marketplace, serving hundreds of millions of customers across APAC. Our creative teams bring editorial features, seasonal moments, and brand campaigns to life across Today, Apps, Games, Books, Music, and Podcasts — and we’re looking for a producer who can sit at the center of that work, keeping design, art buying, motion, and production moving in lockstep.
Description
This role supports Art Buying across the App Store APAC organization, helping Designers and Creative Directors choose the right production route for every project and then owning the process that gets it there. You’ll bring structure to ambiguous, fast-moving briefs, coordinate specialist teams at the right moments, and be the connective tissue between creative vision and production reality. This is a global role: you’ll work across timezones with design, art buying, motion, 3D, and business affairs partners.
Responsibilities
- Partner with Art Directors early to assess project complexity and route work appropriately
- Advise on feasibility of creative concepts against timeline and budget before commissioning begins
- Bring in specialist teams (motion, 3D) at the right moment to support evolving creative needs
- Ensure projects are fully prepped before handoff to Art Buyers — briefs reviewed, specs confirmed, timelines validated
- Build and maintain end-to-end production timelines across design, editorial, artists, motion, 3D, and internal review cycles
- Own delivery tracking round by round, keeping artists and internal teams aligned and unblocked
- Flag usage, licensing, and tech-spec requirements early, before external contracts are signed
- Track project spend against forecast and communicate quarterly cost trends to the Managing Producer
- Hold projects together through change — scope, creative, or timeline — realigning stakeholders as needed
- Attend all App Store work shares and feedback meetings
- 3+ years of experience in creative production, project management, or art buying
- Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent projects with competing timelines and stakeholders
- Experience partnering with creative and design teams to translate ambiguous briefs into actionable production plans
- Strong organizational and communication skills; comfortable being the point of contact across cross-functional teams
- Familiarity with production and budget tracking tools (e.g., Airtable, Athena, or equivalent)
- Experience in art buying or working directly with illustrators/animators and external creative talent
- Familiarity with App Store, Books, Music, or Podcasts creative workflows
- Experience managing production timelines that span multiple specialist disciplines (motion, 3D, photo)
- Comfortable operating across APAC timezones and cross-regional teams
At Apple, we believe accessibility is a fundamental human right. You’ll find that idea reflected in everything here — in our culture, our benefits and our digital tools. By welcoming as many perspectives as possible, we help you build a career where you feel like you belong.
Learn about accessibility in Apple’s workplace
Role Number: 200683440-6482