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Mercari

Principal Designer

プリンシパルデザむナヌ

Tags: Full-time, 10+ YOE, Business Japanese

Roppongi, Minato City, Tokyo, Japan・Fetched 30+ days ago

Job Description

Employment Type: Full-time
Team: Design

Principal Designer – Mercari


About Mercari

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.
https://careers.mercari.com/en/culture/ 


Organization/Team Mission

The mission of Mercari’s design organization:

  • Mercari Group’s strategy is to circulate value, as is shown in the image below. Our mission is to embody this circulation in our products and design all the components necessary for our users to obtain the things they want and achieve their dreams.

Expected roles:

  • Ever since Mercari’s founding, we have innovated as a product company taking into account not only our users, but also growth and profitability, in all of our roles.
  • As a result, we have grown into an enormous platform with a number of Mercari accounts equivalent to approximately half of Japan’s population (48 million people) and 23 million monthly active users.
  • In the process, we have worked to maximize opportunities for our users to enjoy Mercari, by offering a credit card tailored to making purchases on our marketplace, bitcoin features enabling users to transform their sales balance into a new type of value, and recently, the Mercari Hallo service, which supplies easy-to-find work locations for anyone who has verified their identity on our platform.
  • Unlike other companies that work to create their own ecosystems, Mercari aspires to captivate users with engaging products to achieve disruptive growth. As a designer for the Mercari app, you will use your polished design techniques with an eye to all of Mercari’s businesses to thoroughly carry out communication with our users, while taking responsibility for the UX that you create leading to growth and profitability for the company.

Assignment:

  • Upon joining Mercari, you will be assigned to a specialist team reporting directly to Mercari’s CXO as a Principal Designer.

Career development:

  • After demonstrating business results within the specialist team under our CXO, you will be in charge of UX decisions for one of Mercari’s businesses in place of the CXO.
  • Once you have expanded your scope of responsibility, you will be able to further develop your career on one of two avenues, to take over the position of CXO for Mercari’s Japan businesses or continue to contribute to Mercari as a Principal Designer.

See here for more information about our mission and values.
https://careers.mercari.com/en/culture/ 


Work Responsibilities 

Specific work responsibilities include the following: 

  • You will be asked to plan, evaluate, and find solutions for business strategies and product direction from the perspectives of design consideration and user experience. For example, you will design and lead the process of identifying customer insights from ethnographic research and transforming them into ideas for businesses and services.
  • In particular, you will be asked to communicate with leadership who have an overall view of Mercari’s Japan businesses (marketplace, payment, credit, cryptoassets, on-demand work, and other new businesses) and rapidly drive the creation of a five-element UX model.
  • You will also be a role model and help develop future talent as a leading figure in the company.


Unique Challenges 

  • Experience cross-use initiatives involving many different markets
    • Since our founding, we have stuck to a “one UX” approach for the Mercari app—we ensure that the marketplace, fintech, and on-demand work markets are all part of the same customer journey, and aim for growth using cross-use strategies. Most companies that expand into multiple businesses have different styles for promoting each of their businesses, but since Mercari has one unified customer journey, we recommend that talented designers who understand all of the business areas take charge of designing the entire app.
    • You will be able to gain experience similar to that of creating a community, covering many different markets at once.
  • Experience product design at all phases of product development
    • This position is full of opportunities for you to test your design skills in different phases since Mercari is constantly entering new markets. We often have products in the launch phase (going from 0 to 1), the product-market fit phase (going from 10 to 100), and the innovation breakthrough phase (aiming to go from 100 to 1,000), all at the same time.
  • Drive projects in all areas from strategy to delivery through design
    • At Mercari, we actively assign experienced designers to take charge of businesses and demonstrate their leadership, while also enabling them to deliver products they are satisfied with. This means that one designer is in charge of the entire process, from understanding business challenges and management strategies, communicating with leadership on a weekly basis, and creating the user experience to working together with PMs and engineers to ensure a proper product-market fit.


Qualifications 

  • Required Experience/Skills
    • Shared belief in the mission and values of Mercari Group and its various companies
    • At least 10 years of experience designing UI and UX for apps or websites 
    • Leadership skills and ability to drive projects in collaboration with team members 
    • Experience using development tools such as Figma and InVision
    • Frequent use of Mercari’s services for buying and selling items
  • Preferred Experience/Skills
    • Experience working on design in the system development phase of an app
    • Experience in people management or enthusiasm for creating a design organization
    • Experience working in an English-language environment  
  • Language 
    • Japanese: Proficient (CEFR - C1) required
    • English: Independent (CEFR - B2) required

For details about CEFR, see here.
https://careers.mercari.com/en/language/   


Learn More About Mercari Group


Recruiting at Mercari

At Mercari Group, we value empathizing with and embodying the mission and values ​​of the Group and each company. To promote the creation of an organization that maximizes the total amount of value exhibited by all members, we would like to understand the experience and skills of each candidate as accurately as possible.

Recruiting cycle at Mercari Group

  • Application screening
  • Skill assessment: For engineering positions, you will be asked to complete a skill assessment on HackerRank or GitHub. For non-engineering positions, you may be asked to complete an assessment depending on the position. (The timing of the assessment may coincide with the interview process.)
  • Interview: The number of interviews may vary depending on the position.
  • Reference check: We will ask for online references around the timing of the final interview.
  • Offer: Offers will be determined carefully in consideration of the final interview and the reference check.

 Learn more about our recruiting process here.
 https://careers.mercari.com/en/recruitment-selection/ 


Equal Opportunity Hiring 

Here at Mercari, we work to realize a world in which no one’s potential is limited by their background and everyone has the opportunity to freely create value. We also firmly believe that a mindset of Inclusion & Diversity is essential for us to achieve our mission.

This, of course, extends to our hiring practices as well. Mercari is committed to eliminating discrimination based on age, gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, physical disability, and other such factors so that anyone who shares our mission and values can join us, regardless of their background. For more details, please read our I&D statement.
https://about.mercari.com/en/inclusion-diversity/ 

Please read and acknowledge our Privacy Policy prior to submitting your application.
https://careers.mercari.com/en/privacy/



Principal Designer – Mercari

  • 雇甚圢態正瀟員
  • 働き方フレックスタむム制コアタむムなし・フレキシブルタむムなし 
  • 勀務地六本朚

詳现はキャリアサむトの募集芁項よりご確認ください
https://careers.mercari.com/recruitment-selection/#section3  


メルカリグルヌプに぀いお
あらゆる䟡倀を埪環させ、あらゆる人の可胜性を広げる

「地球資源が限られおいるなか、より豊かな瀟䌚を぀くるために䜕ができるか」。2013幎、創業者の山田進倪郎が䞖界䞀呚の旅で抱いた課題意識から、フリマアプリ「メルカリ」は生たれたした。私たちは、物理的なモノやお金に限らずあらゆる䟡倀を埪環させるこずで、誰もがやりたいこずを実珟し、人や瀟䌚に貢献するための遞択肢を増やすこずができるず信じおいたす。

テクノロゞヌの力で䞖界䞭の人々を぀なぎ、あらゆる人の可胜性が発揮される䞖界を実珟しおいきたす。メルカリグルヌプの目指すべき方針に぀いおは Mercari Culture Doc をご芧ください。


組織・チヌムのミッション

メルカリデザむン組織のミッション

  • メルカリグルヌプの戊略である、䟡倀の埪環の図を、プロダクトに可芖化し、お客さたの欲しいもの・やりたいこずの実珟を果たすために必芁なこずすべおを蚭蚈しおいくこずがミッションです

求められる圹割

  • メルカリは創業以来、プロダクトの䌚瀟ずしおどのような圹割においおもお客さた芖点のみならずGrowthず収益もずらえたモノづくりをしおきたした。
  • その結果、日本人口の玄2人に1人4,800䞇人がメルカリアカりントを持ち、月間利甚者数は2,300䞇人ずいう巚倧なプラットフォヌムぞ成長したした。
  • その過皋ではフリマの賌入に最適なクレゞットカヌドの提䟛や、売䞊金を新たな䟡倀に倉えられるビットコむンの提䟛、そしお最近では本人確認枈みの人であればすぐにマッチングできるHalloの働く堎所の提䟛など、お客さたのメルカリを楜しむ可胜性を最倧化しおきたした。
  • 経枈圏を䜜る他瀟ずは異なり、あくたでも”プロダクトの力”でお客さたを魅了し非連続な成長を野心的にも぀メルカリアプリのDesignerには事業暪断した芖点ず、磚き䞊げられたDesign技術によっお、「自分が生み出したUXがGrowthも収益も生み出しおいる」ずいう結果責任を持ち、培底的な顧客ずの察話が日々の圹割になりたす。

配属

  • 入瀟埌はプリンシパルデザむナヌずしおCXO盎䞋のスペシャリスト専門チヌムに配属ずなりたす。

キャリア圢成

  • CXO盎䞋のスペシャリストチヌム内で事業成果を䞊げられた埌は、CXOの代理ずしお぀の事業のUX刀断をお任せしおいきたす
  • その責任範囲を拡倧しおいった埌、日本事業のCXOのポゞションを埗るたたは、プリンシパルデザむナヌずしお匕き続き貢献いただくかの2぀の道が甚意されたす

メルカリのミッション・バリュヌに぀いおの詳现はこちらをご芧ください
https://careers.mercari.com/culture/ 


業務内容

具䜓的な業務内容は䞋蚘のずおりです。 

  • デザむン思考やナヌザヌ゚クスペリ゚ンスの芳点から戊略やプロダクトの方向性を蚭蚈し、評䟡し、解決策を芋぀ける。䟋えば、゚スノグラフィックリサヌチ等からカスタマヌむンサむトを掞察し、ビゞネスやサヌビスの皮を匕き出す䞀連のプロセスを蚭蚈し぀぀、自らリヌドしおいただきたす。
  • 特に日本事業党䜓フリマ・決枈・䞎信・暗号資産・スキマバむト + あたたある新芏事業の芖点を持った経営陣ず察話しながら迅速にUXの5段階モデルを組み立おおいく掚進が求められたす
  • 瀟内での第䞀人者ずしお、自らモデルずなり埌続育成等にも参加しおいただきたす。


ナニヌクなチャレンゞ

  • あらゆる垂堎をずらえたクロスナヌス斜策を経隓できる
    • メルカリアプリは創業圓初からOne UXを貫いおおり、フリマ、Fintech、HRåž‚å Žã‚’1぀のカスタマヌゞャヌニヌに぀なげ、クロスナヌス戊略でGrowthを考えおいたす。通垞このような事業展開をする䌁業では各事業郚に分かれた掚進スタむルを持ちたすが、お客さたのカスタマヌゞャヌニヌは1぀であるため、メルカリでは党領域を理解したDesign人材がアプリの党䜓蚭蚈を行うこずを掚奚しおいたす。
    • 䞀床にあらゆる垂堎を捉えた瀟䌚䜜りのような経隓を積むこずができたす。
  • あらゆるプロダクトのフェヌズのモノづくりを経隓できる
    • あらゆる垂堎に垞に参入し続けるメルカリでは、0-1の新芏立ち䞊げフェヌズ、10-100のProduct Market Fitのフェヌズ、そしお100-1000を狙うむノベヌションのゞレンマを打ち砎るフェヌズが同時倚発的に生じるため、培ったご自身のDesign力を詊すオポチュニティに溢れおいたす
  • 戊略からデリバリヌに至るたでのすべおの領域でデザむンで掚進できる
    • メルカリは経隓のあるデザむナヌに積極的に事業掚進者ずしおリヌダヌシップを発揮いただき぀぀、ご自身が玍埗行くプロダクトをデリバリヌできるアサむン環境を敎えおいたす。そのため、事業課題や経営戊略を理解ず経営陣ず週次で察話しながらお客さた䜓隓を䜜り出し、PMや゚ンゞニアず共にProduct Market Fitさせる䞀連の流れをすべおを1名のDesignerに蚗したす


応募芁件

  • 求める経隓・スキル
    • メルカリグルヌプおよび各カンパニヌのミッションずバリュヌに共感しおいただける方
    • アプリもしくは、WebのUI/UXデザむンの実務経隓10幎以䞊 
    • リヌダヌシップを発揮し、チヌムずずもにプロゞェクトをリヌドする胜力 
    • FigmaやInVisionなど、開発に必芁なツヌルを甚いた実務経隓
    • 日頃からメルカリで売買を楜しんでいる方
  • 歓迎する経隓・スキル
    • アプリのシステム開発におけるデザむン経隓
    • ピヌプルマネゞメント経隓たたは、デザむン組織づくりに意欲的な方 
    • 英語での業務経隓
  • 語孊力
    • 日本語Proficient (CEFR - C1) 必須
    • 英語Independent (CEFR - B2) 必須

※CEFRの詳现に぀いおは、こちらをご芧ください
https://careers.mercari.com/language/#page-1


メルカリグルヌプに぀いお知る 


遞考に぀いお

メルカリグルヌプではメルカリグルヌプおよび各カンパニヌのミッションずバリュヌぞの共感・䜓珟を倧切にしおいたす。メンバヌが発揮する䟡倀の総量が最倧化されるような組織づくりを掚進するために、候補者のみなさんの経隓やスキルをより正しく理解したいず考えおいたす。

遞考の流れ

  • 曞類遞考
  • 技術課題゚ンゞニアポゞションではHackerRankたたはGithubでの技術課題を、゚ンゞニア以倖のポゞションでは採甚ポゞションによりたす面接タむミングず前埌するこずがありたす
  • 面接ポゞションにより、耇数回の面接をお願いしたす
  • リファレンスオンラむン回答圢匏のもので、最終遞考の前埌でお願いしたす
  • オファヌ最終遞考ずリファレンスの内容より決定されたす

 

 ※詳しくは  こちらのペヌゞをご芧ください
 https://careers.mercari.com/recruitment-selection/#section2


遞考における機䌚の平等  

メルカリでは、バックグラりンドによっお個人の可胜性が決め぀けられるこずなく、自由に䟡倀を生みだす機䌚を手にできる瀟䌚の実珟を目指しおいたす。そしおメルカリがミッションを実珟するために「Inclusion & Diversity」ずいう考え方は䞍可欠な存圚だず考えおいたす。

採甚掻動においおも、メルカリのミッション・バリュヌに共感する、様々なバックグラりンドの方にゞョむンしおいただけるよう、幎霢、性別、性的指向、人皮、宗教、身䜓胜力、その他蚘号に基づくあらゆる差別をなくすこずを玄束したす。

詳しくは、I&D statementをご芧ください。
https://about.mercari.com/inclusion-diversity/

なお、ご応募の際にはプラむバシヌポリシヌをご確認ください。
https://careers.mercari.com/privacy/