Generalist, Anchorstar (Tokyo, Japan)

Work With Us.

We are a small team in Tokyo. If you would like to know more about what we do, our For Partners page has the full story.

This page is about a role we call Generalist.

Why "Generalist."

Most of the work at Anchorstar does not fit inside a single job title. In one week, you might help prepare materials for a meeting with the CEO of a major Japanese corporation, join a workshop we are running for next-generation leaders, write a summary of something we learned on a trip to Copenhagen, and fix a slide deck that needs to be ready by morning.

We have tried calling this role other things. None of them were accurate. "Generalist" is honest. The job requires range.

What the work actually looks like.

Here are some real examples of things our team members have done:

We helped Kodansha, Japan's largest publisher, work with a brand studio in Brooklyn on their first full rebrand in 112 years. That meant coordinating across time zones, translating intentions that do not translate easily, and making sure both sides felt heard. Our team was in the middle of all of it.

When Too Good To Go began exploring the Japanese market, we helped them understand how Japanese companies and consumers think about food and waste. That required research, conversations, and a lot of listening.

We regularly take Japanese business leaders abroad — to New York, to London, to conferences and companies they would not visit on their own. Someone on our team is always there, taking notes, making introductions, and helping make sense of what we saw together afterward.

There is no typical day. But there is a pattern: you will spend your time connecting people, ideas, and cultures that do not usually meet.

What we are looking for.

We are not looking for a specific background. People on our team have come from consulting, media, publishing, startups, and large Japanese corporations. What they have in common is not where they came from.

It is this: they are curious about the world, they work hard, and they do not need someone to tell them what to do next.

If you can write clearly, think carefully, and stay calm when things are not perfectly defined — you will probably be comfortable here.

A few practical things.

Location: Tokyo. We work in person. Being together matters to us.

Languages: You need to be able to work in both Japanese and English.

Experience: A few years of professional experience helps, but we care more about how you think than how long you have been working.

Travel: We travel internationally, often.

Compensation: We will have an honest conversation about this when we talk.

How to reach us.

We mostly hire through referrals and introductions. If you know someone at Anchorstar, please talk to them first.

If you do not know anyone here, you are welcome to send a short note about yourself to the address on our Company page.

What we believe in.

Our vision is Envision More — keep looking further than what is right in front of you.

Our mission is Momentum for Progress — every step forward is progress, even when it does not feel like it yet.

And inside the team, we share three values. They are simple, but we take them seriously.

ちゃんと (Do things right.) Keep your promises. Be prepared. Deliver what you said you would deliver. Be the kind of person you would want to hire yourself.

センスよく (Good sense.) For us, "sense" means the ability to imagine what will happen next — accurately. It means always questioning your own judgment, and always trying to sharpen it. Not taste. Not style. Accuracy of imagination.

ドライブする (Drive.) Create motion. Do not wait for someone to give you a task. Find the work that needs to be done, and do it.

One last thing.

Working at Anchorstar is not always easy to explain to other people. The work changes. The projects change. The countries change. Some weeks are very intense. Some weeks are quiet. There is no manual.

But if you want to be part of a small team that is trying to do something meaningful between Japan and the rest of the world — and you are okay with figuring things out as you go — we think you might like it here.