Our Culture

• Degree(s):BS Economics
• Location:Tokyo
• Job title:Analyst
• Group:Global Client Group - International

My role is to increase awareness of BlackRock products among our Japanese distributors by producing marketing materials such as newsletters, market reports and booklets on specific funds.

A Rewarding Role

My position is motivating because I can influence the sales of our funds through my work and it is rewarding to see the articles on our products in magazines and newspapers. Communication skills, analytical skills, language skills and global thinking are important criteria for my position. My basic understanding of economics is definitely useful in my role as well, since most of the products I cover are closely related to the global equity market.

“One BlackRock” Culture

I am proud of our team-oriented, “One BlackRock” culture. I believe BlackRock is unique in this industry due to the flat nature of the firm’s culture. My interaction with senior management is valuable because even though they are busy, they take the time to listen to and answer any question I may have.

I Can Utilize My Skills

I chose to work for BlackRock because I believe the financial industry is where I can best utilize my language and communication skills and educational background, but most of all, the people at BlackRock are proud of what they are doing and are great to work with.

7:35 a.m. – Check in/Check the markets. Arrive at the office. Read newspaper. Check out what happened to the global market. I pay close attention to natural resource-related equity markets.

8:30 a.m. – Morning meeting. Morning meeting begins.

9 a.m. – Projects. Meeting ends. Start working on a project; gathering the data of Japanese ITM industry and analyzing what kind of mutual funds were released in the last month.

10:00 a.m. – Answer calls. Answering the calls from individual investors about our products.

11:00 a.m. – Prepare. Prepare a weekly report on Latin America market.

12:30 p.m. – The market. Check what’s happening in the market.

1:00 p.m. – Develop booklets. Prepare special booklets on Natural Resource equity fund and Gold equity fund. Write content for the booklet.

3:00 p.m. – Work on survey. Start another project; Latin America Equity survey. Prepare questions for the survey.

4:00 p.m. – Prepare. Practice Latin America Equity presentation for the survey.

6:00 p.m. – Send reports. Send out Latin American report to Sales department, who will send the reports to our clients.

7:00 p.m. – Emails. Check emails and see if I missed anything.

8:00 p.m. – Leave the office.