Senior UI Designer

As a Senior UI Designer, you will play an essential role in conception and design, delivering digital experiences that delight clients and users. You will collaborate with strategists, researchers, and technologists to create beautiful and meaningful brand experiences.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate world-class execution of innovative and effective digital communication design, interface design, and interaction design across all digital platforms
• Consistently deliver systematic, responsive design solutions through an agile methodology
• Apply your skills in pitches to bring ideas to life, inspiring and exciting potential clients
• Present design work confidently to stakeholders, and build trusting relationships
• Ideate, co-design and refine with peers and clients in a positive and collaborative manner
• Ensure projects and tasks are delivered on time, on budget, and to the highest quality
• Learn new skills and stay abreast of design and technical developments. Advocate for and apply best practices to keep our team at the forefront of the industry
• Keep on top of current and upcoming cultural trends — both in Japan and globally
• Lead and inspire, sharing your knowledge with peers and mentoring mid/junior designers

Requirements

• Outstanding typography and layout skills; demonstrating range and subtlety
• Sensitivity to colour, shadows, motion and details that others may not consciously notice
• Exceptional design aesthetics with a portfolio to demonstrate
• Experience in creating and presenting concepts through mood boards and prototypes
• Experience in taking designs from low-fidelity wireframes to polished digital products
• Experience in atomic design principles and building design systems that scale
• Understanding of usability and accessibility best practices
• Understanding of the technical possibilities and limitations of web and app development
• Excellent verbal, visual and written communication skills, with the ability to present logically, objectively and inspiringly
• Native or fluent Japanese reading and speaking ability is essential
• Intermediate or higher English ability is preferred
• Strong experience in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite and prototyping tools
• Proven experience working in a Senior Design role (agency or client-side)
• A degree in Design, Interaction Design, or other design-related field is preferred

Key Skills

• Typography and layout skills
• Sensitivity to colour, shadows, motion and details
• Exceptional design aesthetics
• Creating and presenting concepts through mood boards and prototypes
• Taking designs from low-fidelity wireframes to polished digital products
• Atomic design principles and building design systems that scale
• Usability and accessibility best practices
• Technical possibilities and limitations of web and app development
• Verbal, visual and written communication skills
• Figma, Adobe Creative Suite and prototyping tools