Recruitment of experienced experience design professionals

「Although the Company continued from the previous fiscal year to promote monetization of the value provided by highly specialized personnel and improve profitability through in-house production, operating profit and ordinary profit for the three months ended in the first quarter of the current fiscal year were below the same period of the previous year, due mainly to a decline in Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic projects.」

「Operating profit, ordinary profit, and profit attributable to owners of the parent exceeded the previous consolidated fiscal year, as the Company was not affected by low-revenue-margin large-scale projects for government offices and organizations, and continued to promote the monetization of the value provided by highly specialized personnel, securing appropriate profitability by strengthening the production-management function, and improving profitability through in-house production.」

「Operating profit, ordinary profit and profit attributable to owners of the parent exceeded the same period of the previous year because there was no impact from low-margin large-scale projects for government agencies and organizations, and because the company continued to promote monetization of the value provided by highly specialized personnel, securing appropriate profitability by strengthening the functions of the production management division, and improving profitability through in-house production.」

「Operating income, ordinary income, and net income attributable to owners of the parent were affected neither by low revenue from large projects for government agencies and organisations nor by other factors, and improved as the Group continued to promote the monetisation of the value provided by highly specialised personnel, securing appropriate profitability through the strengthened functions of its production management division, and improving profitability through the in-house production of work.」

「Operating profit, ordinary profit and profit attributable to owners of the parent exceeded the same period of the previous year because there was no impact from low-margin large-scale projects for government agencies and organizations, and because the company continued to promote monetization of the value provided by highly specialized personnel, securing appropriate profitability by strengthening the functions of the production management division, and improving profitability through in-house production.」

「The Company newly established the Customer Experience Marketing Office, a multidisciplinary team comprising a wide range of professionals, including strategic planners, promotion planners, data scientists, IP producers, and social-media producers.」

「Gross profit declined significantly from the same period of the previous year because in-person events remained weak, although the company promoted company-wide initiatives to improve profitability through in-house production, monetize the value provided by highly specialized personnel, and secure appropriate profitability by strengthening the functions of the production management division.」

「Monetization of the value provided by highly specialized personnel」

「The Company will recruit mid-career professionals, including video producers, PR producers, art directors, art designers, and data analysts, to further strengthen its ability to propose and deliver integrated, creative experience designs.」