Bilingual UI/UX Designer

Location: Tokyo, Japan (Hybrid)
Employment Type: Full-time
Salary: ¥6,000,000 - ¥9,000,000

About the Company

The company operates with the mission of "unlocking people's full potential and expanding life opportunities through true language acquisition."

Its flagship AI-powered English learning app has reached over 5 million users and continues to grow rapidly. To further accelerate this growth, the company is investing heavily in product improvements, particularly in enhancing user experience, retention, and conversion.

Role Overview

We are hiring a UI/UX Designer to lead product experience design initiatives and help elevate overall product value. This role will play a key part in improving user engagement through better learning experiences and building a cohesive design system from scratch across the product.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead UX/UI design initiatives to enhance product value, focusing on engaging and effective learning experiences
• Design and improve features that drive user retention and conversion
• Define, build, and scale a design system to ensure consistency across the product
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including engineers and planners
• Drive design communication in a bilingual (Japanese/English) environment with a multinational team

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in UI/UX design for B2C mobile applications
• Proven experience leading the definition and adoption of design systems
• Strong ability to translate product vision and user experience concepts into effective design solutions
• Business-level or higher Japanese, and basic English communication skills (or strong motivation to improve)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in motion graphics or animation design
• Experience using Figma Variables and design tokens for scalable design systems
• Background in game apps or educational/learning applications

Ideal Candidate

• Uses design as a communication tool and makes decisions based on data and feedback
• Comfortable collaborating in a multicultural, bilingual team environment
• Demonstrates strong ownership and accountability for UX quality and product outcomes

Design Tools

• Figma
• Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop)
• Rive

Team Structure

• UI/UX Designer (Manager): 1
• UI Designer / Illustrator: 1
• Reports directly to the Group Manager under the CTO organization

Work Environment

• Flexible working hours (core time: 11:00-16:00)
• Hybrid work model (currently 1 in-office team day per week)

Benefits

• Full social insurance (health, pension, employment, workers' compensation)
• Transportation allowance
• Language learning support (certifications, courses)
• Learning & development support (books, seminars)
• Free access to company services, including its AI English learning app and coaching program
• Side jobs permitted

Hiring Process

1. Document screening (portfolio required)
2. Two online interviews
3. Reference check
4. Final onsite interview