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AI-First Product Designer
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Shibuya, Tokyo, Japanã»Fetched 30+ days ago
Job Description
Team: Design
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About SmartNews
SmartNews is a leading global information and news discovery company dedicated to delivering quality information to the people who need it. Thanks to our unique machine-learning technology and relationships with more than 3,000 global publisher partners, we provide news that matters to millions of users.
Founded in 2012 in Tokyo, SmartNews also has offices in Osaka (Kansai Office), Palo Alto, New York and Singapore.
If you share our vision and are passionate about our mission, we encourage you to apply!

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The Team
The Design team at SmartNews is dedicated to revolutionizing how people consume news through user-centric design. Our mission is to build upon our Japan and US products to better inform, engage, and empower our users, while delivering significant value to our business and the broader media ecosystem.
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Role Mission
As an AI-first Product Designer on our Consumer Product Design team, you will be responsible for executing end-to-end design solutions that define how millions of users in Japan interact with news every day. You will bridge the gap between user needs, business goals, and AI technology by transforming insights into intuitive, high-impact experiences.
Your Likely Focus Areas:
- AI-First Innovation & Prototyping: You will lead the next phase of SmartNews by designing and prototyping next-generation experiences, including AI-powered news summaries, personalized discovery tools, and interactive content features that leverage LLMs. You will push the boundaries of traditional product design by starting with functional prototypes, rather than solely relying on static design tools.
- Core UX Excellence: You will iterate on and optimize our news feed, content engagement and discovery features, article browsing, seamless ads integration, and navigation patterns. Your goal is to create frictionless experiences that maximize daily engagement and retention for the Japanese market.
While you will be the primary owner of the design craft for your workstream, you will collaborate closely with Product Managers, Engineers, Business members, and others, acting as a key contributor to the development of interactive, code-built prototypes.
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Responsibilities
In this role, you will be a hands-on driver of user experience, moving projects from early-stage prototyping and discovery, through to high-fidelity execution and launch.
- End-to-End Product Design & AI Prototyping: Own the design process for JP product features. Push the boundaries of product design by utilizing AI coding tools (e.g. Claude Code, Cursor) to build, test, and validate interactive prototypes alongside traditional Figma workflows.
- Collaborative Prototyping: Partner closely with PMs and Engineers to build, test, and refine interactive, code-built prototypes, helping bridge the gap between design concepts and development workflows.
- Visual & Interaction Craft: Maintain a high bar for craft, ensuring designs and live prototypes are specifically tailored to the nuances of the Japanese mobile consumer market.
- Cross-Functional Alignment: Work with cross-functional members to ensure designs are technically feasible, aligned with business KPIs, and seamlessly integrated into the development cycle.
- User Research & Data-Informed Design: Synthesize findings from research and quantitative data into actionable design improvements, ensuring every product or feature change solves a real pain point.
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- AI-First Design & Prototyping: Experience with pushing the boundaries of traditional product design. Highly proficient in using AI coding tools to build interactive prototypes rather than relying solely on Figma.
- Market Expertise & Design Craft: A proven track record of designing for large-scale, successful consumer mobile products for the Japanese market, with a strong grasp of local UI patterns and aesthetic nuances.
- Product Owner Mindset & Problem Solving: Deep understanding of how to balance user needs with business goals, technical constraints, and product strategy. You take full accountability for a featureâs strategic value and technical feasibility, distilling complex capabilities into simple user experiences.
- Collaborative Communication: Excellent cross-functional communicator who can clearly explain the "why" behind design choices to PMs and Engineers. Comfortable bridging the gap between design concepts and engineering to ensure smooth alignment.
- Language Skills: Conversational proficiency in both Japanese (to collaborate with local teams and discuss design ideas) and English (for global organization alignment).
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Nice-to-have skills
- Project Management or Product Management experience.
- Experience with news, media, or content platforms.
- Strong experience in both planning and conducting UX research through user interviews.
- Experience building and maintaining Design Systems
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Benefits
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Benefits available at the SmartNews Tokyo Office
- All healthcare and social insurance required by the Japanese labor law, plus annual health check
- Visa sponsorship and overseas relocation support available for eligible candidates
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