Web designer l No Japanese required! l International workplace

ZenGroup Inc.
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Job Overview

  • Employer Type Direct Hire
  • Industry Logistics / Transportation, Wholesale / Retail
  • Salary ¥350,000 / Month (350,000 per month or more - based on experience)
  • English Level Fluent
  • Japanese Level Conversational Level
  • Restricted to Domestic Applicants? Japan only
  • Visa Sponsorship Yes

Job Requirements

◆Required Skills

  • Web design professional experience (5 years or more)
  • HTML5 and CSS (must be able to write clean, responsive code from scratch)
  • Figma (or Adobe XD, but preferably Figma)
  • Professional portfolio (including graphic design work, landing pages etc.)
  • Adobe Creative Cloud (mainly Photoshop and Illustrator)

◆Preferred Skills

  • Conversational level Japanese
  • Social media post creation/management experience (especially Instagram and TikTok)
  • Photography experience (products and people)
  • Video editing skills (Adobe Premiere, After Effects)
  • Basic JavaScript skills

Job Description

<About Us>
◆Who We Are
We are ZenGroup, a global EC company based in Osaka serving customers all over the world. From our Osaka Headquarters we bring Japanese goods to over 150 countries. Our diverse teams represent 32 different nationalities from 6 continents and speak over 18 languages! Come join us in bringing Japan to the world.

◆What We Do

  • We connect Japan to the rest of the world by providing a marketplace for foreigners to enjoy Japanese products in 18 languages through our ZenMarket proxy buying platform.
  • Via our ZenPop service we offer a subscription box service delivering highly curated boxes of snacks, stationery supplies and other goods all over the world.
  • For Japanese brands looking to break into the world of e-commerce we offer our ZenPlus EC-Mall where the best of “made in Japan” can market their goods to a global audience.
  • Japanese companies seeking solutions on how to improve their advertising strategies towards foreign markets or break into International markets for the first time can utilize ZenPromo, our ad consulting service.

◆Why We Are Hiring

  • In the past few years, we have opened 7 new language versions of our website, started 2 new
    services, and hired 20 new marketers. Furthermore, in this new year alone we added 2 more
    language versions and hired 3 more marketers. Because of this rapid growth we are looking to
    add another web designer to our current team. We want a web designer who can use
    HTML/CSS code to enhance our landing pages and support our marketers with tasks, such as
    Image creation for SNS platforms and advertisements.

<About the Position>
◆Position Title:  Web Designer

◆Duties

  • Web Design
  • Logo Design
  • Illustration
  • Packaging Design

◆Sample day at work  (Tasks may vary)

9:00~10:00 - Morning routine: Get coffee, greet everyone, check emails and tasks for the day, also have a short morning meeting at 9:30am to check in with the Design Team members
10:00~11:00 - Work on some small urgent tasks, or jump into working on a large task, such as making a landing page or creating images for ads.
11:00~12:00 - Crunch time: Focus on larger tasks
12:00~ 13:00 - Lunch Break
13:00~14:00 - Crunch time:Focus on larger tasks
14:00~15:00 - Reply to Slack messages, meet with another team to discuss the details of a task
15:00~16:00 - Check in on smaller task progress
16:00~17:00 - Finish up smaller tasks
17:00~18:00 - Wrap up: Have a short evening meeting to check on the progress of tasks, wrap up
work for the day.

◆Employment Type

  • Permanent Employee (Full Time)

◆Working Hours

  • Flex time - Core time from 10:00 -16:00 with up to 2 hours lunch
    →Two days off per week. *fixed working time required for the first few months due to OJT
    Year end and new years holidays
    26 paid days off per year (Increases year over year)

◆Salary

  • 350,000〜 yen per month ※Negotiable based on experience
  • Overtime paid separately per minute
  • 2 Bonuses per year (based on personal and company results)
  • 1 Raise per year (based on personal and company results)

<Who We Are Looking For>
◆Personality

  • Strong communication and time-management skills
  • People with experience in start up/venture environments
  • Proactive people who look for tasks without being directed but open to collaboration and
    feedback.
  • Someone who is interested in working on a wide variety of different kinds of tasks

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Location

Osaka Sakaisuji L Tower, 1 Chome-7-7 Kawaramachi, Chuo Ward, Osaka, Japan


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Company Information

Company Profile

ZenGroup is a Japanese proxy shopping service where you can buy from thousands of online stores. Our international team based here in Osaka provides you with the best online shopping experience so you can buy... read more about ZenGroup Inc.
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Contact Us

Tokyo Office
C/O Global Village Media
1-7-20-B2 Yaesu, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
[email protected]