UI/UX Designer

Recruitment Backgrounds

We are looking for an experienced UI/UX designer with native English ability and business level Japanese. You will join a team that creates the software platform for GLOBIS Unlimited (GLOBIS Manabihodai in Japanese), a business microlearning service for learners worldwide. We are looking for someone who can bridge the gap between Japan and global, as well as provide a particularly great experience for our international users.

About GLOBIS Unlimited

GLOBIS Unlimited is a business microlearning online platform, providing microlearning courses on MBA-level business topics.

https://unlimited.globis.co.jp/top/

Responsibilities

• User interface writing
• UX research
• Experience design support
• UI design
• Prototyping

Requirements

Required:

• Native English speaker, experience or willingness to do UX writing in English
• Intermediate Japanese, both written or spoken (at least JLPT N2)
• 3+ years of experience in UI/UX design of one of web or mobile products
• Experience working independently and proactively in a dynamic environment
• Experience managing and delivering multiple projects at the same time
• Able to work with common design tools (we use Figma and Miro)

Preferred:

• Experience with working with agile software development
  
• Experience working with global products

Office Location

【Tokyo office】Sumitomo Fudosan Kojimachi Bldg., 5-1 Niban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan, 102-0084

Salary

• Salary depends on work experience, skills and abilities 
• Annual salary revision in July
• Profit-sharing (summer and winter, as per company rules and regulations)

Benefits

• Commutation expenses covered
• Health insurance, employment insurance, workers accident insurance, pension
• Stock-holdings system

Working hours

Flexible Working Hours

Holidays

• Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays
• 20 paid holidays (can be rolled over to the following year for a maximum of 40 total days). During the 3-month probation period, a maximum of 5 days can be granted, calculated on a pro-rata basis from the start date.
• Annual holidays: New Year’s period (ex. Dec 29-Jan 4), marriage leave, condolence leave, natural disaster leave, maternity leave, sabbatical (after 5 and 10 consecutive years with the company)

Self-development Support

• GLOBIS MBA partial subsidy*
  
• Short-term study abroad support*
• Self-development subsidy (max 200,000 JPY/year)
• Support for attending training courses required for work (all expenses covered by the company at the discretion of the department head)

*The employee is requested to repay the abovementioned support/subsidy for the following cases:

• Employee leaves GLOBIS not completing the programs. 
• Employee leaves GLOBIS during enrollment of the programs. 
• Employee leaves GLOBIS within two years after completing programs.

Approx. OTW

Avg. 10-20 hours per month (maximum allowed is 45 hrs/month)

Remote Work

While emphasizing real "places" that create good communities, corporate cultures, and relationships, we will also actively adopt online and remote working by using cutting-edge technology. Two days or more per week is recommended, but the policy and rule will be determined by the nature of the work of each department/team.

Department/Team

Department: GLOBIS Digital Platform 

Team: GLOBIS Unlimited Team GLOBIS Unlimited team consists of about 10 members.

Sample Schedule of a weekday

GLOBIS employees have flexible working hours and are allowed remote work. Depending on the department and other conditions, staff are asked to commute to the office 1-2 days/week. Typical working hours are 9:30-18:00, with a 1-hour lunch break and weekends (Sat, Sun) off.

Career Trajectory

Successful candidates are self-motivated but communicative with teammates, organized, and eager to both apply their skills and develop new ones. You will hold a key creative role in a small team, so your performance will need to be reliable and adaptable. This is an excellent opportunity for a creative-minded individual to develop their skills and engage audiences with content that will inspire positive change in society.

Screening Process

Application screening →First interview (HR) →Second interview (team leader) →Third interview (department head) →Fourth interview (HR head / Depending on the situation) 

*There may not be the 4th interview. 

*An English cover letter (Theme: What would you like to do or achieve in our company?) is required when submitting a resume. 

*Candidates who do not meet the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test requirements may be required to take an online test arranged by GLOBIS during the screening process. 

*For non-Japanese nationality holders, please tell us your status of residence such as Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services (ESI) and its expiry date.