Design and improve user experiences for PR TIMES and related products, covering requirements definition, experience design, UI/UX production, user stories, and design systems with product managers and engineers.
About this role
This role leads product design for the PR TIMES press release distribution service and related products including PR TIMES STORY and Web Clipping. Responsibilities include defining requirements for new and improved features, designing user experiences, leading UX design, and improving customer and user experience through UI and UX.
The role is responsible for design-related decision-making, collaboration with executives and business members, improvement of design systems and guidelines, management of the design team, product strategy planning and execution, and overall UX design. The successful candidate will lead the product design of PR TIMES and help establish and organize the design function.
The current design team consists of three outsourced designers who work beyond UI and graphic design, including specifications and information architecture. The role will guide this team and support its organizational development.
The product development organization is part of the development department and includes development, product, infrastructure, QA, and corporate teams. The product and design group includes a product team manager, product manager, product marketing manager, three outsourced designers, and three product team assistants.
The stated work tools are Figma, GitHub, and Slack. The work location is in Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo. The selection process consists of an application, document screening, two to three interviews or meetings, submission of a resume and career history, and a web aptitude test using FFS before an offer decision.
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