Product Designer, Tokyo

Job Overview

Join our growing Experience Team at VML & Ogilvy Japan GK as a Product Designer and make a significant impact on unlocking Customer Experience success through human-centered design. In this role, you will translate brand value and strategic thinking into design artifacts, effectively solving both customer and business problems.

At VOJ, we tackle a wide range of projects that demand adaptability across various challenges, industries, and mediums. You'll have the opportunity to design a customer app one day and design interactions for a retail experience the next.

Key Accountabilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design cutting-edge digital products and services, including interfaces, design systems, and prototypes
• Deliver design output of the highest quality, ensuring usability, simplicity, and beauty
• Present and articulate design decisions to internal and client stakeholders, receiving guidance and direction from the Design Lead

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in Product Design or related area
• Portfolio of well-crafted, impactful works that solves real problems for real people
• Strong visual design craft, mastering the balance between forms and function
• Proficiency in creating and/or adopting Design Systems
• Proficiency in creating prototypes that demonstrates real product interactions
• Mastery of design and prototyping tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe Suite, and Protopie
• Experience in hands-on UX (user flows, information architecture, user testing, etc.) is a plus
• Business level or above in Japanese and conversational or above in English

Who you are

• You approach design with evidence-based thinking and effectively articulate your design decisions
• You possess a product mindset, consistently producing coherent and systematic design outputs
• Your work is meticulous, showcasing a keen attention to detail
• You focus on things that matters and know how to be efficient
• You have a curious mind, constantly seeking ways to improve the quality of your work
• You are a team player, respectful, open to feedback, and self-driven for your own growth

About Us

VML & Ogilvy Japan GK was established in April 2019 as a partnership between Geometry Global and The Ogilvy Group to enhance our offering to brands in Japan in support of their business ambitions and marketing objectives. We believe in the power of creativity to drive meaningful change that delivers positive business outcomes. Now more than ever the ability for an agency to flex and adapt to clients changing needs is vital in the application of communications, brand experience, commerce and technology. Our blend of global and local expertise and marketing capability is designed to meet the challenges of today while setting our clients up for success from tomorrow and beyond. VML & Ogilvy Japan GK is a WPP company (NASDAQ: WWPGY).

VML & Ogilvy Japan GK embraces and celebrates diversity, inclusivity, and equal opportunity. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are a worldwide creative agency that represents global clients. The more inclusive we are, the more brilliant work we can create together.

At Ogilvy, our people are at the heart of what we do: a creative agency that sparks game-changing ideas across culture and business through collaboration, integrity, and a celebration of self-expression.

We believe in building powerful teams with purpose. This means hiring and nurturing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, abilities, sexual orientation, and gender identities - and we relentlessly curate transformative initiatives that make our commitment to fairness, and equity a reality.

Our ultimate mission is to leave a positive impact on the world, creating a better future for all, while supporting and uplifting the global communities we serve. This is central to our mantra of Borderless Creativity.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.