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About Us
Niseko jobs available with Sea And Summit Collective – media house, guiding, Hokkaido travel services and destination marketing. We are always looking for experienced guides, creatives, marketing and operations staff to join our team. Our company provides epic guided outdoor experiences for Hokkaido visitors as well as commercial photography, video production, travel services, digital marketing consulting and destination marketing for the travel & tourism industry in Hokkaido.
From deep powder winters to temperate summers, our goal is to share the beauty of Hokkaido and provide unforgettable experiences for visitors from overseas, and to help our commercial clients tell stories through high-impact visuals and strategic digital marketing campaigns.
Role Overview
We’re seeking full-time mountain guides to join our team for the 2026-2027 winter season in one of the most epic snow destinations on the planet. The Mountain Guide is responsible for leading clients safely in the resorts, lift-accessed backcountry, alpine and backcountry environments during winter operations. The role requires expert technical skills, strong risk management, excellent guest service, and the ability to operate within Japanese regulations and company safety protocols.
Key Responsibilities
- Assess avalanche conditions, weather, terrain, and group ability
- Plan safe routes and objectives
- Conduct daily hazard assessments
- Manage pacing, terrain choices, and group dynamics
- Deliver high-quality customer service to international clients
- Manage emergency situations and potential evacuations
- Carry and maintain required safety equipment
- Perform avalanche rescue if necessary
- Enforce safety rules with clients
- Make conservative decisions when conditions deteriorate
- Complete incident reports when required
What We’re Looking For
- Recognized guiding certification (e.g., JMGA, IFMGA, NZMGA, ACMG, etc.)
- Avalanche training (minimum Ops Level 1 or Pro 1 equivalent)
- Current wilderness first aid certification or equivalent
- Strong skiing/snowboarding ability in off-piste terrain
- Experience guiding in alpine or backcountry environments
- Fluent English (Japanese or other languages advantageous)
Nice to Have
- Previous Experience working in Niseko and Hokkaido
- Knowledge of Niseko area resorts, lift-accessed backcountry and backcountry routes and terrain
- A valid International Driver’s Permit
- Passion for sharing the joy of skiing/snowboarding with private guests
Why Work With Us
- Join a small, passionate team in one of Japan’s most inspiring locations with the most consistent, high quality snow on earth
- Competitive, above-average pay for the region
- Ability to work with our team of creatives and industry brands
- Opportunity to grow with a dynamic and evolving company
Role Overview
We’re seeking full-time creatives for the 2027-2028 winter season to provide our guest services for resort and lift-accessed backcountry guided photography or videography as well as and assist in our destination marketing efforts to promote Niseko and Hokkaido to overseas visitors.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide epic guest experiences such as guided on-mountain, resort and lift-accessed photography and/or videography for Hokkaido visitors
- Private portrait, event and other guest services photography and videography
- Capture and edit high-quality photo and video content to support Sea and Summit Collective’s brand, experiences, internal and client campaigns for website, youtube, Instagram posts, Reels, stories, blogs, and EDMs and our travel agent partners
- Collaborate with the marketing team to plan campaigns with high quality visuals
- Identify potential projects and and maintain a robust and organized media library
- Help supply the company’s website and SNS channels with fresh images, visual storytelling, and new content for @seaandsummitcollective (experience provider) and @nisekojapan (destination marketing account)
- Participate in shoots, location scouting, and on-assignment field work across Hokkaido
What We’re Looking For
- Proven experience and portfolio in photography, videography, and creative, short-form video editing
- Proficiency with tools such as Davinci Resolve, Lightroom, Premiere Pro (after effects)
- Design experience with Adobe Suite, Canva, or similar to create graphic designs and image carousels
- Portfolio that demonstrates creative visual storytelling, particularly in travel, lifestyle, or adventure
- Strong understanding of Instagram, Reels, trends, YouTube and short-form video content
- For winter work – Expert-level skiing or snowboarding skills and the ability to operate camera gear in cold, snowy conditions, both in resort and in the backcountry in a range of weather conditions
Nice to Have
- Drone, gimbal, POV/Follow Cam Experience
- Experience working on-snow and/or with outdoor and adventure brands, ski resorts, or travel & tourism companies
- Passion for outdoor travel, adventure, and Hokkaido’s unique lifestyle
- For winter – Avalanche safety and Wilderness Medicine/Advanced First Aid training/certifications
Why Work With Us
- Join a small, passionate team in one of Japan’s most inspiring locations
- Explore one of the best outdoor and adventure destinations in Japan, and one of the snowiest places on the planet
- Apply your own creative style to tell compelling visual stories
- Opportunity to contribute and grow with a dynamic and evolving company
Role Overview
Sea & Summit Collective is a Niseko and Hokkaido travel services provider, outdoor guiding company and media house. We design and deliver curated, access-driven journeys for international travelers, we partner with travel advisors and agents around the world who sell those journeys, and we run the destination marketing and commercial media production that puts Niseko and Hokkaido in front of the people most likely to visit.
We are looking for a Marketing Specialist to own the marketing that drives all of it, based here in Niseko and working directly with our founder and in-house creatives. This is a hands-on role for someone who sits where marketing meets content, and who wants to help build a travel brand, not just maintain one, in one of the most beautiful and snow-sure places on earth. This role focuses on strategy, messaging, execution, and communication.
Key Responsibilities
- Market our travel services and curated Hokkaido journeys to international travelers, turning interest into planning enquiries and bookings
- Build and run our marketing to the travel trade: the advisors, agents and OTAs who sell our journeys, including partner communications, sales collateral and our travel advisor partner kit
- Plan and run seasonal marketing campaigns across web, email (EDMs) and social that serve both our direct travelers and our trade partners
- Manage and grow our two Instagram brands: @seaandsummitcollective (experiences and journeys) and @nisekojapan (destination marketing)
- Write and send regular blogs and email newsletters that promote our journeys and experiences and showcase Niseko and Hokkaido to overseas visitors
- Keep the website current across our journeys, experiences and trade pages (WordPress)
- Brief and plan visual content with our in-house photographers and videographers, and create some of your own where it helps you move quickly
- Run our SEO and track performance across channels, reporting clearly on what drives enquiries and bookings
This is a broad role at a growing company. You will wear several hats across consumer and trade marketing, and help us decide where to focus.
What We’re Looking For
- A creative background is a major advantage. If you can capture and create your own original content, photo and video, you will move faster, own social and short-form trends directly, and lean less on pulling our creatives off assignment. Marketers who shoot and edit, or content creators who market, will stand out
- 2+ years in digital marketing, ideally within travel, tourism or hospitality
- An understanding of how travel is sold and distributed, both direct to travelers and through advisors, agents or OTAs. This is central to the role
- Hands-on social and content skills: you create, schedule and grow Instagram and short-form video, and you understand what performs and why
- A confident writer in English who can speak to both travelers and trade partners, persuasively and without the hard sell
- Comfortable in WordPress and an email platform (we use Mailchimp)
- Working knowledge of SEO and analytics (Google Analytics, Search Console)
- Self-directed: you can take a project from idea to live without daily oversight
- Fluent English (Japanese is a strong plus given our market and partners)
Nice to Have
- Experience marketing a DMC, tour operator, hotel or travel brand, especially to the trade
- Background in snow sports, outdoor brands or adventure travel
- Design skills (Canva or Adobe) for carousels, collateral and simple graphics
- Familiarity with Meta Business Suite and basic video editing
- Comfortable using AI tools to work faster and smarter
- Strong skiing or snowboarding, and a genuine love of the mountains. You will be marketing a place you should want to explore
Why Work With Us
- Help launch and grow the marketing for a locally based Hokkaido DMC, with real influence over how it is built
- Market genuinely premium, access-driven journeys in one of the world’s best winter destinations
- Live and work in Niseko, home to some of the most reliable, high-quality snow on the planet
- Two brands and two audiences, travelers and the global travel trade, means broad and real marketing ownership
- Small, capable team with a constant supply of world-class in-house visuals to draw from. Your work ships fast and you see its impact
- Above-market pay for the region, plus season pass / subsidized accommodation support and other benefits
- Real room to grow as the company grows
The Details
- Location: On-site in Niseko, Hokkaido
- Type: Full-time, year-round
- Eligibility: Open to applicants eligible for a Japan Working Holiday Visa, and to candidates we can sponsor for a work visa. Working Holiday applicants, please include your visa validity dates in your application
- Compensation: ¥215,000 – ¥347,000 per month (based on experience and specific work hours) plus the benefits above
- Start date: Summer 2026
Role Overview
We’re seeking part-time creatives for the 2026 summer season to capture and create compelling still images, video edits and SNS content, to assist in our marketing efforts – promote Niseko and Hokkaido at large and our travel services.
Key Responsibilities
- Explore everything on offer in Niseko and Hokkaido during the green season. Capture and create unique and compelling visual imagery
- Capture and edit high-quality photo and video content to support Sea and Summit Collective’s brand, experiences, internal and client campaigns for website, youtube, Instagram posts, Reels, stories, blogs, and EDMs and our travel agent partners
- Collaborate with the marketing team to plan campaigns with high quality visuals
- Identify potential projects and and maintain a robust and organized media library
- Help supply the company’s website and SNS channels with fresh images, visual storytelling, and new content for @seaandsummitcollective (experience provider) and @nisekojapan (destination marketing account)
- Participate in shoots, location scouting, and on-assignment field work across Hokkaido
What We’re Looking For
- Proven experience and portfolio in photography, videography, and creative, short-form video editing
- Proficiency with tools such as Davinci Resolve, Lightroom, Premiere Pro (after effects)
- Design experience with Adobe Suite, Canva, or similar to create graphic designs and image carousels
- Portfolio that demonstrates creative visual storytelling, particularly in travel, lifestyle, or adventure
- Strong understanding of Instagram, Reels, trends, YouTube and short-form video content
- Understanding of AI tools to assist in content creation and marketing campaign creation
Nice to Have
- Drone, gimbal, POV/Follow Cam Experience
- Experience working with outdoor and adventure brands, summer sports, or travel & tourism companies
- Passion for outdoor travel, adventure, and Hokkaido’s unique lifestyle
Why Work With Us
- Join a small, passionate team in one of Japan’s most inspiring locations
- Explore one of the best outdoor and adventure destinations in Japan, and one of the snowiest places on the planet
- Apply your own creative style to tell compelling visual stories
- Opportunity to contribute and grow with a dynamic and evolving company
