Designers at Airline are curious and fearless. Our clients are diverse and our need is for team members who can pivot between projects, platforms, tools and domains. You bring to Airline strong design craft: composition, form, typography, color and illustration. Your work has purpose. You have mastery of at least one of these tools: Illustrator, Photoshop, Sketch (highly preferred) or the 3D tool of your choice. Plus you have fluency in the others. As importantly, you can contribute beyond the confines of your computer. Your ideas are stories that you rationalize with “the why, the what and the how”. You listen to users with empathy and make actionable insights from those conversations. With clients, you work to understand their needs and your professionalism instills confidence. Plus, you know how to use an Exacto knife to fashion a prototype out of things you find in the office garbage. We work very fast with opportunities to learn and do many things. You must be able to take direction and desire to grow as a designer as part of a highly productive team. Both Japanese and English are spoken in the studio.

We are new and small so our culture is still being established. We can share a few of our values that guide how we conduct ourselves. We consciously picked Shimokita for our office because we wanted to be in an area that feels local, authentic, creative and full of life. Our office is cozy but the kind of place where you want to spend time, thinking and making. We work hard but don’t run a “black company”. You get your job done and leave. No need to play heroics and be last one here at the end of the day. Sure we work late sometimes but when we do we take care of dinner and try to make as little impact on your personal life. And we want you to have a life; when you come to the studio on Monday morning we want to hear about what an awesome weekend you had in this great city. We intend to tell you about ours. We take inspiration from the things we do away from the computer and the studio. Everybody gets to play DJ in the office and we have a kitchen and foresee making and sharing our favorite foods. Not that we need to cook, outside our door is an amazing array of inexpensive curry, ramen, Thai and good coffee. Shimokita is isogashi on the weekends but during the week it is very calm and accessible.

We are really picky about the individuals we hire as we work in close-quarters and as a team. Designers with big egos, inability to take direction and collaborate are not a good fit. You will get the opportunity to do things you have never done before because Airline intends to do things never done before with our clients. You are joining an experienced leadership team and your potential for growth within the company is high. You will be rewarded with additional opportunities, compensation, and recognition accordingly! Job Requirements: - A University degree in Design, Architecture, UX or related discipline 2+ years of professional experience - Great verbal and written communication skills - Demonstrated experience architecting mobile and/or desktop apps and documenting the design in wireframes, specifications, design libraries and/or simulations. - Experience engaging with users to evaluate needs prior to design and after design to validate concepts and usability. - Understand software development and ability to collaborate with developers. - Point of view around UX design process, software trends, usability and design research Additional Highly Desired Skills: - Photography - Prototyping skills - Xcode - Visual Design acumen - English and Japanese Fluency