Role: Integrated Designer

Location: Tokyo, Japan

About the role: 

OLIVER is seeking an Integrated Designer to join a high-profile account for a Fortune 500 financial services firm. This global account has already seen growth and is continuing to expand. 

The Integrated Designer collaborates on the creation and delivery of a range of cross-platform design work while adhering to creative/brand guidelines. The Designer will proactively manage design quality, accuracy, and consistency across all creative work.

This role requires fluency in both English and Japanese.

What you will be doing: 

This dedicated team is comprised of project managers, creative and digital designers, developers, and video producers. The team also partners closely with Hong Kong, Shanghai, Japan, and our global counter-parts in US and UK.

Working closely with our stakeholders you will work as part of a team designing and producing a variety of materials for digital and print. In the day to day, you’ll be directing, reviewing, and executing digital and print work.

Digital: corporate websites, campaigns, newsletters, email flyers, e-Learning modules, banner images, and graphics, etc.

Print: you will handle posters, flyers, brochures, newsletters, signage, event/campaign collateral, and communications related to major holidays, among other projects.

• Develop creative and graphic concepts (for digital and print) in collaboration with assigned teams to meet the aims of the brief
• Illustrates concepts by designing rough layout of art and copy regarding arrangement, size, type size and style, and related aesthetic concepts
• Present concepts and designs to key individuals, advising clients on strategies to reach a particular audience
• Follow projects throughout all stages of print, production and/or online deployment
• Provide production support to produce technically correct, digital, or print ready mechanicals for release
• Interact regularly with creative leadership, creative partners and other team members as needed for completion of assigned projects
• Solve business challenges through marketing and smart creative design
  
  

What you need to be great in this role: 

• 4+ years of relevant experience in: Digital, Print, Motion Graphics, Web Design, UX-UI, Artwork, Production
• Well versed in Adobe CC, Figma, and MS Office
• Highly creative, innovative, and skilled in design and graphics
• The ability to interpret marketing ideas and turns them into visual reality at a world-class level
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the proven ability to build and maintain strong and effective client and internal relationships
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, along with the ability to listen for understanding to execute the work according to the customers’ needs.
• Passion for and inquisitive about AI and new technologies 
• Understanding and knowledge of AI tools is beneficial, but ability to learn and digest benefits and features of AI tools is critical 

Req ID: 16928

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Experience Designers at AKQA (part of WPP) concept, craft and deliver interfaces that make technology more natural and enjoyable to use. In collaboration with strategists, researchers and technologists, our UI and UX designers take a human-centred approach to create beautiful and meaningful brand experiences.

As a Senior UI Designer, you will play an essential role in conception and design; bringing exceptional creative thinking and craft to deliver digital experiences that delight clients and users.

As part of the AKQA team in Tokyo, you will work in a dynamic, globally-minded environment surrounded by some of the brightest minds in their fields. Together you will create world-class experiences for both Japanese and overseas markets.

ROLE REQUIREMENTS

• Demonstrate world-class execution of innovative and effective digital communication design, interface design, and interaction design across all digital platforms.
• Consistently deliver systematic, responsive design solutions through an agile methodology.
• Apply your skills in pitches to bring ideas to life, inspiring and exciting potential clients.
• Present design work confidently to stakeholders, and build trusting relationships.
• Ideate, co-design and refine with peers and clients in a positive and collaborative manner.
• Ensure projects and tasks are delivered on time, on budget, and to the highest quality.
• Learn new skills and stay abreast of design and technical developments. Advocate for and apply best practices to keep our team at the forefront of the industry.
• Keep on top of current and upcoming cultural trends — both in Japan and globally.
• Lead and inspire, sharing your knowledge with peers and mentoring mid/junior designers.

EXPERIENCE AND CHARACTERISTICS

• Outstanding typography and layout skills; demonstrating range and subtlety.
• Sensitivity to colour, shadows, motion and details that others may not consciously notice.
• Exceptional design aesthetics with a portfolio to demonstrate.
• Experience in creating and presenting concepts through mood boards and prototypes.
• Experience in taking designs from low-fidelity wireframes to polished digital products.
• Experience in atomic design principles and building design systems that scale.
• Understanding of usability and accessibility best practices.
• Understanding of the technical possibilities and limitations of web and app development.
• Excellent verbal, visual and written communication skills, with the ability to present logically, objectively and inspiringly.
• Native or fluent Japanese reading and speaking ability is essential.
• Intermediate or higher English ability is preferred.
• Ability to thrive in a global team, with an open mind to fresh perspectives.
• Strong experience in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite and prototyping tools.
• Proven experience working in a Senior Design role (agency or client-side).
• A degree in Design, Interaction Design, or other design-related field is preferred.

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Landor is looking for a Senior Designer to join our Tokyo studio. Could this be you?

We are Landor, part of WPP 

World-leading brand experts, 
underpinned by the most expansive strategic & creative capabilities in our category.

We make brands more valuable and less vulnerable.

We build brands differently. We work with our clients to define and solve their business problems through the lens of brand. We strategically join the dots between our design, experience, governance and measurement capabilities, and always connect our brand work to business outcomes. 

Landor companies also include amp (sonic branding), bdg (workplace & architectural experts), Deep Local (creative technologists) and ManvsMachine (3D motion design).

About WPP

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com.

What you’ll do

Explore and conceptualise design solutions. Lead, develop and take a design strategy to deliver the best possible creative solutions.

• As part of our creative team, support Design Directors and fellow Designers to come up with innovative creative solutions that support project goals.
• Conduct conceptual exploration, coming up with alternative design solutions to ensure no stone is left unturned.
• Evaluate design options, develop and push to find ‘big ideas’ based on design strategy and creative brief.
• Evaluate and develop competitive and breakthrough design strategies and plans.
• Partner and interact with internal teams and clients to showcase your passion for creative excellence, branding, packaging, and visual communication.

What you’ll need

• Previous experience in a similar role within a brand/design agency.
• Outstanding Adobe Creative Suite skills, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
• An impressive portfolio, demonstrating recent work with a track record of creative idea generation and development.
• Excellent and current creative and design trend knowledge and skills.
• An ability to build strong working relationship, internally and externally.
• Good communication skills, with the ability to communicate with clients.
• Native Japanese Language skills, strong knowledge of Japanese typography.

We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.
 
We build brands. We build futures. Landor, a WPP company, is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all applicants without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics, committed to a culture of respect where everyone belongs and can progress in their careers.

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