JP: business
Job Description
We are looking for an experienced Product Designer to join our team.
You will be responsible for helping define and drive the future of our AI products by revealing what our users need through research, and design compelling products from beginning to end.
For new AI products, you will be required to collaborate with all stakeholders including, customers, users, engineers and product managers, and contribute to the best decision-making when designing for B2B markets.
Visa sponsorship: Available
Experience: Senior or above
Interviews: All-online interview process
Responsibilities
The overall UX/UI design of the user experience for the new product.
- Design and maintain user personas.
- Mockups and low fidelity designs.
- High fidelity and interaction designs.
- Design and improve information architecture.
- Design and document user journeys and flows.
- Advocate for best UX and product design practices.
Perform UX research to uncover user needs and test business ideas.
- Conduct user and customer interviews.
- Conduct user or design heuristics evaluations.
- Create interactive prototypes to test hypotheses through usability testing.
- Conduct market and ethnographic research.
- Advocate research findings to diverse audiences through written and oral presentations.
Analyze UX analytics to monitor and direct design decisions.
Work closely with cross-functional teams to make abstract subjects tangible.
- Conduct design thinking and requirements gathering workshops.
- Summarize and organize workshop conclusions to share with stakeholders.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of product design or equivalent experience.
- Experience in working with Agile teams and PMs on new launches from the initial service phase.
- Experience in working for B2B markets.
- Expertise with UI design tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, or similar tooling.
- Experience in running discovery workshops or brainstorming sessions with cross-functional teams.
- Good knowledge about how to obtain and use UX analytics.
- A process-driven portfolio that demonstrates the experience listed here.
- Business-level Japanese language ability.
- Business-level English language ability.
- For those in Japan, you must have a working visa valid for more than six months.
About the Company
Through our interdisciplinary and methodological approach, Scoville is innovating businesses and individuals alike to compete in the global economy.
We are developing web-based HR products, cross-industry AI, IoT, Robotics, Cloud & Big Data solutions to surpass Customer business objectives and exceed customer expectations. Today, we already work in a range of industries such as Human Resources, Hospitality, Education, Health Care, Warehousing & Inventory, and Health & Fitness.
We focus on developing new products in the field of Web/AI/Machine Learning/IoT/Cloud/Big Data both for existing & new customers, as well as R&D towards future product development. We are collating a diverse range of Intellectual Property (IP) - skills, experience, and proprietary technology artifacts that can be leveraged to build out best-in-class technical services & products.
Today, we are primarily focused on Business to Business (B2B) opportunities but are receptive to delivering Business to Customer (B2C) solutions based on Intellectual Property (IP) and market opportunities.
What You Can Expect from Us
At Scoville, we value the importance of our employees' healthy work-life balance and a diverse multicultural environment. The following benefits are available:
- ¥8M-¥12M (negotiable based on experience).
- 20+ paid days off per year.
- Flexible work hours, opportunity to work remotely.
- Social and health insurance.
- Commuting subsidy and work equipment provided.
- An international team of talented and engaged creators who will value your input.
- Visa sponsorship (after a 6-month trial period).
- Weekly 1 hour 1-1 Japanese language lesson (for foreigners)
- Weekly 1 hour 1-1 English language lesson (for Japanese nationals)