UX Designer

  • Tokyo
  • Remote OK
  • Full-time
  • August 19, 2021
Conditions
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Up to 9,000,000 JPY/yr
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Apply from Anywhere 👍
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Relocation to Japan 👍
(Overseas visa sponsorship supported)
Requirements
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Language Requirements
Japanese: Business Level
English: Conversational
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Minimum Experience
Senior or above

About Zehitomo

At Zehitomo, our innovative and diverse team shares a vision of empowering and interconnecting the society around us. Our team is creative, inspired and dedicated to making an awesome platform, and we welcome like-minded talent to join us! Come help change the way people find and hire service professionals in Japan by applying today.

Zehitomoは、「ローカルサービス市場を可視化し、AIの力で感動的な出会いを想像する」という、ミッションを掲げています。
そのミッションのもと、プロ(Zehitomoに登録している高い専門性を持った事業者の方々)とクライアントの出会いを創造し、ユーザーの「やってみたい(Try)」という気持ちを生み出し、成功へ導くことが、ZehitomoのUXデザイナーの仕事です。
この大きなミッションを果たすためには、UXエキスパートとして、AIと優れたユーザーエクスペリエンスを結び付ける革新的な方法を考案することが必要です。
ZehitomoのProductチームは、グロース、セールス、カスタマーサクセス、ビジネスディベロップメントといったチームと協力し、日々開発をしています。
一人一人のプロフェッショナルを尊敬し、協力し合いながら、デザイン品質の向上への情熱を活かし、世の中の期待を超える"WOW!”エクスペリエンスを生み出してください。

We Zehitomo, a fast-growing startup based in Tokyo, hold up our whole mission: “Bring the local services market online, and use AI to deliver extraordinary experiences”.
Based on the mission, our UX designer inspires our users, creates valuable encounters between “Pro”s (high-skilled professional workers registered in our platform) and their clients in local communities, and leads them to memorable success.
In order to achieve the huge challenge, the person will be required to devise innovative ideas which connect AI and rich user experiences as a UX expert, working with other excellent teams such as Growth, Sales, Customer Success, and BizDev.
Being passionate about the quality improvement of design, let’s work on delivering “WOW!” experiences which are beyond social expectations together, respecting each and every user and professional team member, and interacting with them!

Mission 

  • 様々な手法の調査を用いてのユーザーインサイトの理解
  • ユーザーリサーチ、データを駆使したユーザーペルソナの作成
  • UXにおける因果関係を指標として定義し、評価分析・改善する
  • 情報設計とワイヤーフレーム、プロトタイプの作成
  • UX改善のための手法の開発と実施
  • UIデザイナーと協業し魅力的なデザインを実装する
  • 設計のアイデアとプロトタイプを開発者に伝達する
  • Growth、Sales、カスタマーサクセス、ビジネスディベロップメント、Productチームと協力し、全体像を把握し、UXを改善する

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  • Be in tune with users and understand user psychology with various type of research
  • Create personas through the user research and data
  • Define the right interaction model and evaluate its success
  • Develop wireframes and prototypes around customer needs
  • Find creative ways to solve UX problems (e.g. usability, findability)
  • Pair up with UI Designer to implement attractive designs
  • Communicate design ideas and prototypes to developers
  • Align internal stakeholders (Growth, Sales, Customer Success, BizDev, and Product) via effective communication, get the big picture, and improve UX

Requirements

  • UXデザイナー/プロダクトデザイナーまたは同様の役割としての業務経験
  • デザインプロジェクトでのポートフォリオをお持ちの方
  • インタラクションデザインとIA(情報アーキテクチャ)に知見がある方
  • 各種デザインツールの利用経験
  • HTML / CSSの知識
  • ネイティブレベルの日本語

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  • Proven experience as a UX Designer/Product Designer or similar role
  • Strong portfolio of design projects
  • Familiarity with interaction design and information architecture (IA)
  • Proficient in design software
  • Knowledge of HTML/CSS
  • Native level Japanese and ability to work in the language

Nice to have

  • モバイルアプリの構築経験(Android または iOS)
  • プロダクトや機能セットのUX戦略の策定・実施を主導した経験
  • プロジェクト管理と研究の経験
  • 業界と市場の動向に関する知識
  • アジャイルスクラムでの作業経験
  • コミュニケーションレベルの英語力
  • JavaScriptの知識
  • Figma経験者優遇

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  • Knowledge of industry and market trends
  • Background in development project for mobile app (Android or iOS)
  • Background in leading plan and implementation of UX strategy for any product or function set
  • Background in project management and research
  • Experience working in Agile Scrum
  • Conversational English
  • Knowledge of JavaScript
  • Experience of Figma


Zehitomo provides you:

・VISA support for foreigners outside of Japan
・Flexible and remote working style
 *Under the COVID-19 situation, you can work with us in your country till the immigration restrictions will be lifted.

・Fee snacks and drinks at our Office


*Japanese Policy*

Zehitomo doesn't require Japanese for this position strictly, but there are some employees working there that can't speak English fluently, so the more Japanese you know the better.
Zehitomo requires business-level in either Japanese or English and is willing to try speaking in the other.


  • 応募する

Zehitomo runs a matching platform for freelancers and local businesses across Japan. They connect people looking for local services with professionals who want to provide them. Zehitomo attracts over 200,000 professionals from all over Japan in more than 500 categories, including yoga instructors, piano lessons, photographers, kitchen remodeling, and air conditioner cleaning etc.

They don’t charge any intermediary fees, and their model is to charge professionals when they send users a quote, which is very reasonable at around 500 yen per quote on average. By creating an environment where Japanese professionals (sole proprietors) can easily do business, Zehitomo creates a fair and transparent market where highly specialized people can properly make money.

Two of their founders are well versed in both Silicon Valley and Japanese culture. This has helped them build a culture that combines the best of Silicon Valley and Japan.

They aim to make decisions quickly and think logically while constantly improving their processes. This makes it a perfect environment for people who want to work in a flat, global team made up of a small number of professionals, that focuses on speed.

Zehitomo hires regardless of nationality or place of residence. Also, they're planning to hire specialists rather than generalists in the future.

For developers, the company has adopted an agile development style using cutting-edge technologies such as mongoDB, Express.js, React.js, and Node.js. This provides an environment with lots of opportunities to learn about the latest technologies. They're also able to hire people who can speak either Japanese or English at a business level.

Zehitomo's policies during COVID-19 are as follows:

  • Zehitomo opened their hiring for overseas candidates!
  • Moved our engineering and product teams to remote work in March 2020
  • Moving to all of our social events online
  • All meetings are conducted online
  • we make use of several convenient SaaS tools to help us brainstorm and get our work done
  • Luckily, our business did not suffer much from this situation since our core focus is in helping local area professionals find new clientele to work with (and vice versa), professionals and their clients are more open than ever to working together online. With this in mind, we continue to encourage and help service providers move their businesses online as much as possible to help them weather COVID-19 impacts.
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