Who We Are 

Moon Creative Lab is a human-centered venture studio that powers the creation of new businesses. Moon’s mission is to help Mitsui & Co, one of Japan’s largest organizations, in its pursuit to become a more future-forward, entrepreneurial company. We work to unlock the creativity of Mitsui’s 45,000 strong global workforce to build innovative businesses that will have an exponential impact on the world. We do this by bringing together the best talent in design, engineering, product and more to create bold new ventures from zero to launch. 

Moon transforms ideas into bold new ventures and provides the resources and expertise to light the way to a more creative future.  We are human-centered in our approach and hands-on in our delivery. Our team of talented designers, engineers, product leaders and marketers help our idea owners connect with real users to create prototypes and MVPs and bring them to market quickly. At Moon, you will:

• Address real human needs that have far-reaching social impact
• Work across disciplines, across industries, and across cultures 
• Start with people and leverage the beauty and messiness of human-centered design

Moon is looking for people who are passionate about unlocking the innate creativity of others while designing impactful businesses. Come join us! 

Who We Are Looking For 

As a Senior Graphic Designer, you represent a depth of craft in brand creation, visual storytelling, and prototyping and are in constant pursuit of meaningfully engaging users in clear, emotionally impactful ways.

In this role, the Senior Graphic Designer will report to the Head of Design.

What you’ll do at Moon:

Senior Designers at Moon participate in all venture phases, from strategy, to launch, to optimization.

You will work collaboratively across a global, multidisciplinary community while often planning, prioritizing, and executing Communication Design–specific activities autonomously within a venture team.

On any given day, you will be expected to work iteratively across initial concepts, user flows, visual design, prototypes, and more and will often lead individual workstreams within your team.

Whether you’re making an early idea tangible in the concept definition phase or defining how brand shows up in an MVP, you will be responsible for a bringing attention to detail and care for design execution throughout.

What you’ll encounter at Moon:

Moon is building a design culture driven by a growth mindset and strong opportunities for learning and development. This is your chance to work across disciplines, across portfolios, and across cultures. One day you might be innovating around healthcare for pets and another you might be building a platform that makes it easier to finance Bollywood movies. From the beginning, you’ll help define the work, refine the work, and launch it to market. And you’ll create businesses that make people’s lives better.

The must-haves:

• 5+ years of communication design experience
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to work across multiple time zones (we are global!)
• Ability to autonomously lead communication design specific workstreams with little support from others
• Demonstrated ability to synthesize and present insights, and articulate design rationale to a multidisciplinary team
• A hands-on “no job is too small” mentality
• Passion for design: Able to distinguish between ‘good’ and ‘great’ and are able to not only identify best practices, but push boundaries and explore new territory
• Experience at the intersection of brand and UX/UI
• Experience crafting brand identities for new products/services
• Ability to create and/or evolve brand expressions
• Experience sketching storyboards, journey maps, and design provocations
• Confidence in providing Communication Design specific guidance to the venture team and EIR (Entrepreneur-in-Residence)
• Familiarity with prototyping and collaboration tools such as Figma, Miro, and Notion
• Experience defining and implementing art direction in support of product vision
• Experience collaborating closely with Program Managers, Engineers, and other Designers
• Familiarity translating human centered insights into tangible design concepts
• Business level fluency in English

The nice-to-haves:

• Experience in motion graphics and/or filmmaking
• Experience utilizing design thinking and/or human-centered design
• Knowledge of the technology/creative industry
• Experience working with startups or venture incubation
• Business–level fluency in Japanese speaking and comprehension
• Able to travel for business especially between Moon offices (Silicon Valley and Tokyo)

Sounds fun, right?

If you’re curious, fill out the information below. Please make sure to include a resume, cover letter, and portfolio or link to work samples.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Moon Creative Lab is an equal opportunity employer; applicants are considered for all roles without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, marital, parental, veteran or military status, unfavorable military discharge, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law.