Design iOS, Android, and web products; develop user stories from hypotheses, data, and interviews; plan features; test usability; create branding and logos; and help build and manage the design organization.
About this role
The Senior Product Designer will help lead GO Inc.’s design organization while continuing to produce product design work directly. The role involves delivering persuasive designs to stakeholders and society, making broad design proposals in projects involving diverse stakeholders, and guiding projects toward successful outcomes.
Day-to-day responsibilities include UX/UI design for consumer-facing and business-support products, including offline experiences. The designer will develop user stories based on hypotheses, data, and user interviews, and validate target users and usability through surveys, interviews, and testing. The role also includes reviewing and providing feedback on other designers’ work, supporting their development, and planning investments and initiatives to strengthen the design organization.
Applicants must have at least five years of experience promoting product design as a lead designer. Required capabilities include translating an ideal product vision into practical UX and UI, explaining design rationale to executives and people from other industries, making decisions that balance user experience and business needs according to project phase, promoting decisions about projects, teams, and organizational direction, leading the establishment or operation of a design organization, and managing multiple projects concurrently through planning, proposals, and direction. Alignment with GO Inc.’s mission, vision, and values is also expected.
Experience in service or product development based on user validation and outcome measurement, work during product or service launch phases, and experience with digital products or services that include offline elements are welcomed. Additional preferred experience includes creating corporate identity, visual identity, logos, or tools; knowledge of or implementation experience with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript; iOS or Android application development; management in a creative or design department; and growing a business from a marketing perspective.
The position belongs to the Product Design Group within the Design Department. The department has 19 members, including 11 in the Product Design Group and 8 in the Communication Design Group. The product context includes the GO taxi application, DRIVE CHART, a next-generation AI dashcam service, and the GX decarbonization business. The work spans consumer and business products and digital and real-world mobility experiences.
Employment is full-time. The workplace is in Minato, Tokyo.
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