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Updated 2024-04-25
Activated 2024-04-25

[Global Unit] Lead Designer / Art Director | Annual holiday:120 days~ / Remote Work Available

  • Recruiter
  • Staff Level
  • Side Work Allowed
  • Remote Work
  • Maternity Leave/Childcare Leave
  • More Than 120 Days off per Year
  • New Year's Holidays
  • Five Days Workweek
  • Working Parents Welcome
This posting is managed by: G Talent/Bizmates, Inc.
Company Name Company is not publicly visible
Job Type
G Talent/Bizmates, Inc.
Creative(Internet Related) - UI/UX Designer
Creative(Internet Related) - Web Designer/Contents Planning & Editing
Location Asia Japan Tokyo Shinagawa

Job Description 【About the Business】
In response to the shortage of IT personnel in Japanese companies, the company is strengthening its presence year by year as a company that makes a significant contribution to its clients' business as an IT professional.
Aiming for further growth, they are now also developing the business with an eye on talented people overseas. As a first step, the company established a branch in Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City) in 2020 and incorporated it in 2021.
In July of the same year, the company established a new global unit in conjunction with production staff in Japan, which has started in earnest.

The company currently provides total support for the production and operation of various websites and web services, mainly for national clients in Japan, from planning and requirement definition to design and development.
Currently, there is only one overseas development base, the Vietnam branch, but they plan to expand to other countries in the future, mainly in Asia.

The company is strongly looking for someone who can work with them to create the foundations of the business as the core of the design staff on the Japanese subsidiary side during the start-up phase of the company's global business.
As this is a newly established department, each person, regardless of career, from new graduates to veterans, will play a central role in driving the project, so you will be able to feel that you are driving the project forward yourself.
In addition, you can deepen your experience and knowledge in the field of digital production in Japan, where the need for collaboration with overseas development centres is likely to increase in the future.

【Recruitment Background】
As Japanese clients will be the main focus at the time of the organisation's launch, the aim is to strengthen the team of designers in the Japanese subsidiary so that they can be closer to client issues.

【Department】
You will be part of a global unit of a Japanese subsidiary.
 ・Work at the Tokyo head office (remote work available).
 ・Travel to overseas locations (subject to business conditions and personal preferences).

【Your Role】
In this position, you will lead the project mainly from the design side in order to solve the client's problems and realise their growth. The position is not limited to the design team, but also allows you to work in a wide range of areas while communicating smoothly with the director team and Vietnam development team members. The company is looking for someone who can be responsible for projects in the creative field from planning and requirement definition to output.
Projects are carried out in cooperation with the Vietnamese development team, but as there is also a Japanese director and Japanese-speaking IT communicators on site, communication is not hindered even if you do not speak Vietnamese or English.

【Responsibilities】
・Develop design concepts for websites and IT products and services and propose them to clients.
・Design and styling of communication design for websites (PC/Smart Phone), defining typography, colours, symbols and images in line with the concept.
・Various visual design for both online and offline, including message visualisation, VI, concept art and PR videos
・Design of highly operational rules and design guidelines

【Attractiveness of this position/what you can get】
・Depending on the business situation, there is a possibility to be stationed at an overseas location.
・The position offers the opportunity to gain experience and knowledge of working with overseas development centres.
・You will be able to work while being exposed to the cultures of Vietnam and other diverse countries.
・The ability to communicate with clients in close proximity allows you to face the essential issues.
・You can gain experience in developing products by using design as a tool.
・While at one company, you can exchange information with designers from various services and professions.
・You can promote projects with a great deal of discretion.

【Main projects】
・Operational support for the official website of a major car manufacturer / special content production
・Communication design support for a major beverage manufacturer
・Service product UI design renewal for a household goods manufacturer
・Corporate website / service website production
・Corporate anniversary site / content production
etc.

【Main Clients】 *Achievements of all divisions of the company *90% of all projects are direct projects (as of FY12)
Suntory Wellness / PERSOL CAREER / Avex Digital / Trust Bank / Dentsu Group / Classi / KADOKAWA / Delphis Interactive / UNIQLO / Mitsubishi Electric / Canon Marketing Japan / Panasonic / Casio Computer / Nikkei Inc. Hakuhodo Group / LINE and many others
Company Info The company aims to be "a manufacturing group with business capabilities" and is committed from the upstream of strategy and planning to the execution of production.
The company is specialized in providing a full range of services, from strategy and planning upstream to production and execution.
Professionals who share the company's core philosophy of "working together with colleagues" come together as a team to face and solve customers' problems together, thereby making a difference in society.

<Division>
〇Digital Partner Division
A business that provides solutions and resources to resolve issues in the digital domain for major clients.
The company specializes in the planning, design, and implementation of website production/operation and growth, and has earned trust/evaluation as a partner in solving business issues by designing/implementing website measures to solve business issues through knee-to-knee discussions with the business personnel of major clients.

〇hap Division
Business that creates value for clients' businesses and services, and provides solutions to all kinds of issues.
The company executes a full range of services from business strategies centered on branding and marketing strategies to various production tasks related to those strategies. They have earned the trust and appreciation of clients of a wide range of sizes and industries, from major clients to small and medium-sized companies with strong local roots.

〇ourly Division (ourly inc.)
ourly is an internal communication service that aligns the eyes of an organization to increase employee engagement.
As the company's first SaaS business, they are developing the product using the UI/UX design and development capabilities they have cultivated through their past client work.
Working Hours 10:00~19:00
Job
Requirements
Required
・Experience in graphic production work using Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.
・Experience in UI design work using Figma, Sketch, XD, etc.
・Experience in website production (including renewal) such as corporate websites, and product/service LP production.
・Strong skills in visual expression
(e.g. graphic design, web design, illustration, animation, video, still photography, etc.)
・Portfolio showing the above experience

Preferred
・Able to communicate in English.
・Establishment and operation of design tone and manner and guidelines
・Experience in art direction
・Experience in filming direction/video production
・Experience in setting and verbalising direction and worldview and driving projects and teams forward
・Experience in setting branding and style guides
・Understanding of engineering
・Understanding of interaction design
English Level None
Japanese Level Business Level(JLPT Level 2 or N2)
Salary JPY - Japanese Yen JPY 5000K - JPY 8000K   
Other Salary
Description
【Welfare】
・Social insurance (Kanto IT Software)
・Commuting allowance (up to ¥40,000 per month)
・Secondary employment system
・PC specs selectable
・Free drinks
・Office oasis (drinks and snacks)
・No dress code
・Travel allowance scheme

【Rewards】
・Service reward system (reward of 300,000 yen for every three years of service + three consecutive paid holidays).
・Employee referral system (rewards are paid to referrals).
・In-house award system

【Childcare support】
・Maternity & postnatal leave
・Parental leave

【Wealth Formation】
・Defined contribution pension schemes
・Employee shareholding scheme
・Babysitting assistance

【Health care】
・Periodic medical check-ups
・Stress check system
・Vaccination leave system

【Skills development】
・Qualification support system
・Book purchase support
・Various study groups

【Communication】
・Welcome lunch system
・Club activity system (futsal, board games, fishing, etc.; company subsidised). Company subsidies available)
・Regular get-togethers (free to attend, come and go as you please).
Holidays 2 days off per week / Saturdays, Sundays, and national vacations / More than 120 days off per year / Paid vacations / Year-end and New Year vacations / Condolence leave / Parental leave / Childcare leave / Vaccination leave system
Job Contract
Period
Fulltime
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