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Senior UX Designer

Tokyo, Japan  or  ðŸŒŽ  Remote

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About Mercari

We believe the world needs a place where people can exchange their loved goods. That’s why we built Mercari—to connect people who want to buy and sell things of emotional value through their mobile phones. Mercari has grown to become a leading community-powered marketplace that brings together millions of people every day.

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Position

Circulate all forms of value to unleash the potential in all people

"What can I do to help society thrive with the finite resources we have?" The Mercari marketplace app was born in 2013 out of this thought by our founder Shintaro Yamada as he traveled the world. We believe that by circulating all forms of value, not just physical things and money, we can create opportunities for anyone to realize their dreams and contribute to society and the people around them. Mercari aims to use technology to connect people all over the world and create a world where anyone can unleash their potential.For more information about Mercari Group’s mission, see Mercari's Culture Doc.

Work Responsibilities

  • Contributing to maximizing user experience/profit through designing UX and UI
    • Designing UI and UX for the Mercari marketplace app (designing listing and buying experiences, etc.)
    • Designing UI and UX for new services
    • Improving UX/UI for the existing product, working on growth hacking, and designing marketing promotions
    • Communicating with product managers/engineers and getting involved in decision making
    • Driving projects forward (managing progress/resources and adjusting scope of work)
    • Conducting job interviews with designers
  • Example Projects
    • Improving UX and UI of components that Mercari and Merpay share
    • Establishing communication policies with users such as notifications and promotions
    • Planning and developing strategic initiatives for the entire company
    • Revamping listing and buying experiences for each category
    • Acting as a creative director for large-scale promotions

Development Tools/Environment

  • Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Cloud, InVision, GitHub, Slack, etc. / Mac

Unique and Bold Challenges

In this position, you will have the opportunity to lead product design of Mercari, a marketplace app with 20 million monthly active users, and to design not only components on screens but also the entire user experience, making an impact on the business. Apart from that, this position will allow you to work on various kinds of design tasks for our product such as developing design systems from scratch, through which you can get experience that will be a valuable asset for you as a product designer.

Your qualification

  • Shared understanding and belief in our company’s mission and values
  • 7+ years experience designing UI/UX for apps or web
  • Ability to demonstrate leadership skills and lead projects in collaboration with team members
  • Experience using development tools such as Figma and InVision
  • Experience using the Mercari app to buy and sell items

*Please attach a portfolio that shows the track record of projects that you have been involved in, including overall process, roles & responsibilities, and output.

Preferred Experience

  • Experience in people management or enthusiasm for creating a design organization
  • Experience in managing projects
  • Experience designing B2C services with a large user base

Screening Criteria

  • Ability to demonstrate leadership skills and lead projects in collaboration with team members
  • Constantly seeks ways to improve their skills and learn new things
  • Works on things in a timely manner and in close collaboration with those around them
  • Takes ownership over their tasks, and proactively moves projects forward
  • Has the ability to adapt to a changing environment
  • Can talk on equal footing with the business side and the engineering side
    *See this page for details

Technical Assessment Criteria

  • Understanding of Mercari and Merpay’s services
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Basic skills for designing UI/UX

Language Requirements

  • Either of the following is required
    • a. English: Independent (CEFR – B2) / Japanese: Proficient (CEFR – C1)
    • b. English: Proficient (CEFR – C1) / Japanese: Basic (CEFR – A2)
  • * For details about CEFR, see here

What we offer

Employment Status

Full-time

  • Probationary period: First 3 months after joining the company. (During this period your contract conditions will be the same as that of a permanent employee.)

Office

Roppongi

  • Smoking is prohibited within our offices
  • Mercari has introduced a work style policy called “Your Choice.” Each member is free to choose whether they want to work in the office or work fully remote 
    *Exceptions made for certain kinds of work

Work Hours

  • Full flextime (no “core time” or “flex time”)
    *Does not apply to all positions

Holidays

  • Two days off per week (as well as national holidays, New Year's break, etc.)
  • Paid leave, congratulatory and bereavement leave, relax days, sick leave

Salary

  • Annual salary paid in 12 monthly installments (including fixed overtime allowance)
  • Based on skills, experience, and abilities
  • Reviewed twice a year

Benefits

  • Complete health and social insurance
  • Incentive program
  • Support systems, including those that benefit the employee’s family members
    *See this page for details

Support

  • Relocation support
  • Language learning support
  • Translation/interpretation support
    *See this page for details

Additional details

Media

Corporate Sites

  • Mercari, Inc.
  • Merpay, Inc. [Japanese]
  • Souzoh, Inc.
  • Mercoin, Inc. [Japanese]
  • Mercari US

Owned Media

  • Mercari Careers
  • Mercari Engineering Portal
  • Mercan - Introduces the people that make Mercari
  • Mercari US Careers
  • Mercari US Blog

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