Nintendo's Reggie needs an assistant
The ultimate seat of power is currently available for Nintendo fanboys and fangirls everywhere: Assistant to the president at Nintendo of America. Unless there's been a major shift over at Nintendo HQ in Redmond, that means working directly for Reggie Fils-Aime. Imagine the power, which any office worker will tell you lies with the assistant. You'd be the hand of Reggie, unleashing Nintendo of Americas salvation or wrath. You'd never want for Wii again, product would flow for you like the Nile.Only problem is the job description is the stuff high-powered positions that own the ear of a company president are made of. Eight years of related experience, ability to relay information with tact and diplomacy and a preference to someone bilingual in Japanese and English. The full job description can be found after the break. Wonder how Reggie takes his coffee?
[Via GoNintendo]
Assistant To The President – 0700000004
Nintendo of America Inc.
The worldwide leader and innovator in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its popular home and portable video game systems. Each year, hundreds of all-new titles for the best-selling Game Boy® Advance SP, Nintendo DS™ and Nintendo GameCube™ systems extend Nintendo's vast game library and continue the tradition of delivering a rich, diverse mix of quality video games for players of all ages. Since the release of its first home video game system in 1983, Nintendo has sold more than 2 billion video games and more than 360 million hardware units globally, creating enduring industry icons such as Mario™ and Donkey Kong® and launching popular culture franchise phenomena such as Metroid®, Zelda™ and Pokémon®. A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based in Redmond, WA, serves as headquarters for Nintendo's operations in the Western Hemisphere.
Description of Duties
Provides support of a highly complex and responsible nature to Company President
Performs advanced, diverse, and confidential duties that may be administrative in nature or project based
Interfaces with high level internal and external contacts requiring considerable discretion and initiative
Researches background material and collects data for reports, speeches, and correspondence
Updates and distributes highly confidential product planning report
May carry out assignments relating to civic or committee activities involving fund raising, membership drives, board meetings and social functions of senior management
Screens, routes, and/or independently handles a significant number of phone calls and e-mails
Manages executive's schedule including travel, speaking engagements, trade events
Prepares expense reporting and speech materials including PowerPoint presentations
Prepares and maintains Action Memos
Organizes all details of several offsite workshops each year
Qualifications
Summary of Requirements
Eight years related experience
Broad and comprehensive experience, including a thorough knowledge of the organization, including policies and practices
Detailed knowledge of organizational operations, procedures, and personnel
Excellent PC skills including Windows, Word, and Excel
High level expertise with PowerPoint
Ability to relay information with tact and diplomacy
Bilingual in Japanese/English preferred
Education
Vocational certification as an executive secretary, or equivalent
** Applications and resumes will only be accepted through Nintendo's website as we no longer accept paper, faxed, or emailed resumes.











Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
TSD @ Jan 30th 2007 4:50AM
I would follow this man to hell if he commanded me.
Raymond @ Jan 30th 2007 4:56AM
Aye, for the 'Tendo!
kris @ Jan 30th 2007 4:56AM
For the section for where its says 'why did you leave your last job' i have to put "after sleeping with my ex bosses wife i could not see where there was left to go". Do u think this will cause a problem??
crazyrabbits @ Jan 30th 2007 5:18AM
I would follow this man to E3 if he told me to.
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Rob Accomando @ Jan 30th 2007 5:59AM
I thought it would look more like this:
Qualifications
Summary of Requirements
* Fifteen years video game experience
* Broad and comprehensive experience, including a thorough knowledge of Super Mario Brothers 1,2 and 3
* Detailed knowledge of organizational all the dungeon locations and items in all the Zelda games.
* Excellent Console skills including NES, SNES, N64,Gamecube, Wii
* High level expertise with the Game Genie
* Ability to play any Nintendo first party game just by sound.
* Bilingual in Japanese/English for translating those games never released to the U.S.
Gavin @ Jan 30th 2007 5:59AM
"Bilingual in Japanese/English preferred"
So you can give him his orders from the supreme overlords in Nippon. He's just a parrot for the home offices who makes almost no decisions on his own. Why do people worship this doofus?
Rubang B @ Jan 30th 2007 6:23AM
Because Reggie is magic. As the Senior Director of National Marketing for Pizza Hut he launched both the Bigfoot Pizza and the New Yorker, and as the Senior Vice President of VH1 he was responsible for a 30% increase in ratings. And now as the mouth of Nintendo he just says "Hi I'm Reggie and I'm about kicking ass," and gets a promotion to president. First American to hold that position too.
P.S. I love Wikipedia.
Anonymous @ Jan 30th 2007 7:50AM
Reggie takes his coffee shaken, not stirred, and black as the night.
I'm bilingual jap/eng, TAKE ME REGGIE! TAKE ME!
Sensai @ Jan 30th 2007 8:10AM
I fear this man will become the Chuck Norris to videogamers...please, gentlemen, don't allow that to happen. I like him, but don't turn him into Chuck Norris.
#1 and #3 are great, haha.
Rubang B @ Jan 30th 2007 8:23AM
Seriously, just turn me into Chuck Norris instead.
Author X @ Jan 30th 2007 8:40AM
Fun Reggie fact: There are no sales in the video game industry. Only games Reggie allows to succeed.
No-one really loses their grip on a wiimote. Reggie just knows when you're doubting Nintendo.
Slaziman @ Jan 30th 2007 8:54AM
One day Ken Kutaragi kicked Reggie's ass. Ken then woke up with his name taken and his ass kicked.
SynikaL @ Jan 30th 2007 9:02AM
I'll never understand people's adoration of this guy. Just because he's not your typical Japanese or American industry monkey-suit figure head doesn't make him any more charismatic (what ehtnicity is this guy anyway?).
I mean, seriously, how much of a fucking nerd do you have to be in order to jump all over someone's nut sacks just because he stated "I'm going to kick your ass" at a press event?
Jesus. Makeshift idol, indeed.
-Kimosabae
Joseph Villalobos @ Jan 30th 2007 9:25AM
Yikes! Must be nice to be that lucky assistant!
PS3Crashed @ Jan 30th 2007 3:22PM
These comments are turning the guy into Chuck Norris.
Reggie Fils-Aime's tears cure cancer.
Too bad he has never cried.
Blacksamurai87 @ Jan 30th 2007 10:13AM
The guy's ethnicity is 1/2 white, 1/4 black, and 1/4 middle eastern, I think. Heck, that's mine, too. And you, sir, are an asshole.
Unless you, yourself, have achieved something greater or as great as inventing the New Yorker and growing curly hair, I'd say get off your own nut sack and do something better. I think you can start with getting a life.
And for Gavin,
Japanese is hard. I'm learning it. But calling Reggie a doofus for not knowing the language is asinine. I take it you must be fluent then? No? Then you and Synika might want to start a thread on Matchmaker.com instead of rippin on the leader of the industry. また後で、
ラ−シ− タリック
Slaziman @ Jan 30th 2007 10:25AM
Reggie doesn't go hunting, he goes name taking.
If you ask Reggie what time it is, he always says, "Two seconds 'til." After you ask, "Two seconds 'til what?" he kicks your ass and takes your name.
Reggie CAN believe it's not butter.
Slaziman @ Jan 30th 2007 10:28AM
Chuck Norris and Reggie walked into a bar. The bar was instantly destroyed, as that level of awesome cannot be contained in one building.
Slaziman @ Jan 30th 2007 12:36PM
I doubt anyone really idolizes Reggie like they make it seem to be, it's (usually) funny to act like he is some kind of Chuck Norris though.
Crono @ Jan 30th 2007 1:32PM
"Only a truly devoted idiot would look at my comments in relation to others here, and percieve me as the one getting "worked up"."
Or, you know, any normal person who's in the know on Reggie and Co.
Slaziman @ Jan 30th 2007 2:26PM
Lmao all of his posts got wiped xD
MthdDirector @ Jan 30th 2007 3:01PM
You know what's ironic? The job description mentions 360 million...360! That's such a great number.
Bill Gates @ Jan 30th 2007 3:47PM
On location for an E3 press event, Reggie Fils-Aime brought a stillborn baby turtle to life by giving it a prolonged name taking. Shortly after the turtle sprang back to life and a crowd had gathered, Reggie Fils-Aime ass-kicked the animal, breaking its neck, to remind the crew once more that Reggie giveth, and the good Reggie, he taketh away.
Mr Khan @ Jan 30th 2007 5:55PM
I don't think synikal meant all that by questioning Reggie's ethnicity, it is rather questionable
He looks like a mix of Semitic (proper term for broader middle eastern peoples, Arabs + Jews + Persians), Latino, and European, but the name sounds French
I can understand why anyone would question it, similar to seeing a white man with African features and the last name "Chang"
Goldengreg @ Jan 31st 2007 6:40AM
I'd love to see a movie "Devil wears 'tendo" featuring an assistant to the #1 badass in videogame industry.
ieatkittens @ Jan 31st 2007 8:31AM
If "the devil wears 'tendo", said devil must be me!
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/5900/before3zo.jpg
http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/2858/sky2yr7.jpg
http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/5871/sky1mn2.jpg
:D
M @ Jan 31st 2007 12:59PM
Well, I'm Asian with a German last name. Shit happens.
LadyLuck1337 @ Jan 31st 2007 12:06PM
I have the real set of qualifications he's looking for. Nineteen year old girl with 36DD and an uncommon disire for old rich men.
newskooltrooper @ Jan 31st 2007 5:28PM
Reggie once visited the Virgin Islands. Now they're just The Islands.
spec @ Jan 31st 2007 3:11PM
Persians aren't Semitic; they are Aryan. (Seriously, that's their classification.)
MrInsecure @ Jan 31st 2007 4:37PM
I find it interesting that people mock Reggie fans. Some people just have a natural charisma that draws people to them and makes people love them. Some politicians and actors have it, like say Bill Clinton or Bono. People just flock to them and no one knows why; something about them makes people want to bask in their aura, and Reggie has this mysterious quality.
That being said, it should be noted that Reggie's mere presence causes nearby PS3's to overheat and melt. Not that it actually has anything to do with his presence, though.
Society @ Jan 31st 2007 6:07PM
He should make a reality TV show out of picking his new assistant.
Joseph @ Feb 5th 2007 12:08AM
So, after seeing all of these things that Reggie's assistant is supposed to do, I have to wonder, what's left for Reggie to do?
Xkavar @ Feb 13th 2007 4:46AM
Of course, what the description doesn't mention is that a BA in a related field is preferred.
Snertly @ Jan 31st 2007 9:35PM
Obviously Reggie should ask Donald Trump for some advice on how to hire an assistant.
Nick @ Feb 1st 2007 9:35AM
Reggie doesn't sleep...
He waits.
cchpounder @ Feb 1st 2007 12:16PM
"He looks like a mix of Semitic (proper term for broader middle eastern peoples, Arabs + Jews + Persians), Latino, and European, but the name sounds French"
Persians are not Semitic, they are Aryans that migrated from more northern climates.
Super_Trey_Bros @ Feb 1st 2007 8:38PM
I think that Reggie would rather have an assistant know how to operate a 64DD over a tramp with a 36DD. Besides, Reggie already has a woman.
Fadamor @ Feb 1st 2007 8:44PM
"He looks like a mix of Semitic (proper term for broader middle eastern peoples, Arabs + Jews + Persians), Latino, and European, but the name sounds French"
(From Wikipedia...) [QUOTE] In linguistics and ethnology, Semitic (from the Biblical "Shem", Hebrew: שם, translated as "name", Arabic: سام) was first used to refer to a language family of largely Middle Eastern origin, now called the Semitic languages. This family includes the ancient and modern forms of Amharic, Arabic, Aramaic, Akkadian, Ge'ez, Hebrew, Maltese and Tigrinya among others. [/QUOTE]
Gotta love the internet for research!
Ruben Frzao @ Feb 6th 2007 3:17PM
I love nintendo and screw sony, nintendo is capable of more and it should bet in games like final fantasy, an oblivian. i no they can overcome the money of sony but they moust try and dont give up
Nintendud @ Feb 6th 2007 6:00AM
#28:
I'm sorry, but you don't make the qualifications. 32DD is not enough. However, I think he'd think much differently if it was 64DD...
Nintendud @ Feb 6th 2007 6:01AM
Whoops, I meant to say 36DD is not enough*