UI/UX Designer

The UI/UX Designer will design interfaces and user experiences for the WealthNavi robo-advisor and new products. The work covers web and mobile UI design, information architecture, product information and UI structure, tone-and-manner design, UI planning, mockup creation, user-experience visualization through quantitative and qualitative research, competitor research, concept development, improvement initiatives, and information design.

Depending on experience and preferences, the role may also cover branding for recruiting, public relations, corporate work, and marketing. Related responsibilities include supporting marketing initiatives; designing web, graphic, and promotional materials; producing promotional materials, logos, and visual assets; defining tone and manner; photography and external direction; operating and improving the design system; managing design assets; improving design-work efficiency; and developing designers.

The required qualification is at least two years of UI design experience for web services or mobile applications. A portfolio must be submitted. Preferred experience includes leading design for large-scale websites or mobile applications, leading the construction of a design system or planning a service concept, branding design for graphics or promotional materials, UX research, and designer development.

The designer joins an eight-person design team. More than half of the company’s employees are engineers and designers. The team is involved in new-product launches and new business initiatives, including a digital bank being developed jointly with Mitsubishi UFJ Bank. The company operates an automated asset-management service and is developing the Money Advisory Platform AI, which is intended to connect services such as life insurance, pensions, and home loans.

This is a full-time position in Shinagawa, Tokyo, at Gotanda JP Building 9F. Annual compensation is JPY 5,000,000–8,000,000, paid monthly in 12 installments under an annual-salary system. Working hours use a flextime system with a 10:00–16:00 core time and a 60-minute break; some positions are excluded. The work arrangement is hybrid, combining at least three days per week in the office with working from home, with exceptions depending on assignment. Holidays include Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, year-end and New Year holidays, and other company-designated leave. Annual paid leave is granted from joining, with 15 days in the second year and 20 days from the third year, and can be taken by the hour. Benefits include social insurance, a defined-contribution pension, commuting allowance under company rules for direct employment, a massage room, office refreshments, influenza vaccination, book and qualification subsidies, and support for external training and seminars. Employees may choose a Mac or Windows computer, subject to assignment exceptions. The selection process consists of document screening, approximately two or three interviews with employees and executives, and an offer.