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For this role, we are looking for someone who can leverage strong graphic design fundamentals-including typography, color, and layout-to create visually refined, high-quality user interfaces, in addition to information architecture and UX design.\nTo support these ambitions, we are opening a new UI/UX Designer position.\nThis role will focus on two of our most important priorities:\nElevating the learning experience through UI/UX design to make it both enjoyable and effective, encouraging users to continue learning.\nTaking the lead in enhancing overall product quality and consistency through polished UI design, visual design, and the development and adoption of a design system.\nRather than simply maintaining established patterns or an existing design system, you will help build the foundations from the ground up and embed a consistent visual language and user experience across the product and the team.\nKey Responsibilities\nEnhance the learning experience: Improve the enjoyment and effectiveness of learning through thoughtful screen design, visual design, and meticulous UI refinement.\nBuild and maintain design consistency: Maintain and evolve the design system, including updating, improving, and maintaining UI components and visual guidelines to enhance product-wide quality and consistency.\nDrive product improvements across a global team: Clearly communicate design rationale and UI quality standards while collaborating with a multinational team to drive continuous product improvement.\nEnglish is primarily used when collaborating with designers and engineers, while Japanese is commonly used when working with business-side colleagues.\nDesign Tools\nFigma\nAdobe Illustrator and Photoshop\nRive\nTeam Structure\nOrganization and Reporting Line\nYou will join the Product Management Division, which consists of Product Management and Design teams.\nYou will be part of the Design team and report to the Lead Designer.\nDesign Team\nThe team currently consists of:\n2 UI/UX Designer\n1 UI Designer / Illustrator\nAll three team members are international professionals who can communicate in English.\nYou will work closely with the Design team, Product Managers, and engineers from other departments to improve our product.\nWhy Join Us?\nMake a direct impact on the product: Take ownership of refining the app's visual expression and improving the overall user experience and quality, directly contributing to the product's appeal.\nBuild a design system from the ground up: Have significant autonomy to establish, improve, and evolve our design system.\nWork in a global design environment: Collaborate with international designers and engineers and experience a multicultural design culture firsthand.\nRequirements\nAbout SpeakBUDDY\nAt SpeakBUDDY, our mission is to Open a world of opportunities by achieving true language acquisition.\nOur flagship product, SpeakBuddy, an AI-powered English conversation app, has been used by over 5 million people and continues to grow rapidly.\nTo accelerate this growth, we are increasing our investment in product improvement.\nCreating engaging and effective learning experiences that motivate users to keep learning, while making the app more intuitive, user-friendly, and enjoyable, is one of our key business priorities.\nGoing forward, we are placing particular emphasis not only on experience design but also on the quality of individual screens, visual expression, and the overall polish of our product. For this role, we are looking for someone who can leverage strong graphic design fundamentals-including typography, color, and layout-to create visually refined, high-quality user interfaces, in addition to information architecture and UX design.\nTo support these ambitions, we are opening a new UI/UX Designer position.\nThis role will focus on two of our most important priorities:\nElevating the learning experience through UI/UX design to make it both enjoyable and effective, encouraging users to continue learning.\nTaking the lead in enhancing overall product quality and consistency through polished UI design, visual design, and the development and adoption of a design system.\nRather than simply maintaining established patterns or an existing design system, you will help build the foundations from the ground up and embed a consistent visual language and user experience across the product and the team.\nKey Responsibilities\nEnhance the learning experience: Improve the enjoyment and effectiveness of learning through thoughtful screen design, visual design, and meticulous UI refinement.\nBuild and maintain design consistency: Maintain and evolve the design system, including updating, improving, and maintaining UI components and visual guidelines to enhance product-wide quality and consistency.\nDrive product improvements across a global team: Clearly communicate design rationale and UI quality standards while collaborating with a multinational team to drive continuous product improvement.\nEnglish is primarily used when collaborating with designers and engineers, while Japanese is commonly used when working with business-side colleagues.\nDesign Tools\nFigma\nAdobe Illustrator and Photoshop\nRive\nTeam Structure\nOrganization and Reporting Line\nYou will join the Product Management Division, which consists of Product Management and Design teams.\nYou will be part of the Design team and report to the Lead Designer.\nDesign Team\nThe team currently consists of:\n2 UI/UX Designer\n1 UI Designer / Illustrator\nAll three team members are international professionals who can communicate in English.\nYou will work closely with the Design team, Product Managers, and engineers from other departments to improve our product.\nWhy Join Us?\nMake a direct impact on the product: Take ownership of refining the app's visual expression and improving the overall user experience and quality, directly contributing to the product's appeal.\nBuild a design system from the ground up: Have significant autonomy to establish, improve, and evolve our design system.\nWork in a global design environment: Collaborate with international designers and engineers and experience a multicultural design culture firsthand.\nPreferred Experiences\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience working on entertainment or educational apps.\nExperience creating visual assets such as illustrations, icons, or characters.\nExperience creating animations or interactive elements in native iOS or Android environments.\nWe are looking for\n・Has a strong eye for detail and visual quality and continuously strives to improve the overall polish of the product.\n・Can collaborate smoothly with a multinational team in English and Japanese.\n・Takes ownership of design quality and UX metrics and is committed to driving continuous improvement.\nWorking Conditions\nSalary\nEstimated Annual Salary: ¥6,000,000 - ¥9,000,000\n・Includes a fixed overtime allowance equivalent to 25 hours per month.\n・Paid in equal monthly installments based on the annual amount.\nLocation\n3F, +SHIFT Nihonbashi Sakuradori, 3-14-3 Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan\nJob Type\nFull-time, permanent employee\nWork hours\nFlexible working hours with core hours from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM.\nHybrid work: A combination of office-based and remote work, with approximately 1-2 days per week in the office.\nProbation period\n3 months. 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