Senior UX Designer, UX&Design, Woven City Management

About Woven by Toyota

Woven by Toyota, a part of the Toyota Group, is challenging the current state of mobility through human-centric innovation and empowering mobility transformation. Through our AD/ADAS technology, our automotive software development platform Arene OS, our mobility test course Toyota Woven City, and Toyota’s growth fund, Woven Capital, we are pioneering the movement of people, goods, information, and energy, weaving a future of enhanced safety, connectivity and well-being for all.

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TEAM

Toyota is redefining what it means to move. We're challenging the current state of mobility by enhancing the movement of people, goods, information and energy. Centered around three core concepts - A Living Laboratory™, Human-Centered, and Ever Evolving City™ - Woven City serves as a test course for mobility to fulfill our purpose of well-being for all.

We do this by bringing together a diverse community of people with a shared passion for the future of mobility to co-create, develop and refine innovative products and services. This cross-section of social infrastructure, mobility, and people provides a unique opportunity for inventors, residents and visitors to interact seamlessly with new technologies throughout daily life in an environment that emulates a real city.

For more information about Woven City, please visit: https://www.woven-city.global/

Our mission is to help design a city as a test course for mobility that enables technology to unlock human potential to thrive. We take this mission seriously and we take our team dynamics equally seriously. The Woven City UX & Design team consists of three UX disciplines: UX design, UX research, and UX technology. We use the latest technologies such as Digital Twin to turn ideas into reality and uncover meaningful and unexpected connections between people, technology, and the environment. 

The work we do here is unlike any other. Our initiatives are complex and we regularly work with unknowns. If you’re a detail oriented, but strategic designer who thrives in an environment where you need to be scrappy, this team might be right for you. Are you ready to evangelize a human-centered approach in pursuit of well-being for all? If the answer is yes, we’d love to hear from you.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR

As a Senior UX Designer - UX & Design Team, you will work with multi different digital product R&D teams in WCM, design firms and design contractors, to deliver holistic experience design, to make sure that experiences at Woven City will become truly represents our core values, visions, and most importantly ideal work and living experience for future residents, researchers / workers, collaborators, and visitors.

We are looking for someone who is well versed in the production phase of digital and physical products and has a proven track record of building products to launch. These digital products need to be closely connected to the physical experience and the city environment, not just the digital product on its own.

You will report to the lead of function and the work style is hybrid (office and remote).

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for the development of the best experience design through our digital and physical product for Woven City as an test infrastructure of multi different future mobilities
• Responsible for UX development for inventor’s own products and services will be developed at Woven City
• (To provide support to accompany the development of Inventor products to make it more human-centered and provide a better experience)
• Deliver multi different products with in high design quality that by reaching consensus with all stakeholders involved
• Co-work with Physical Product Design, UX Planning, UX Research, and UX Tech teams to ensure to make great experiences for people who live and visit the city
• Inspire WCM cross-functional teams to deliver Human-Centered approaches

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• 10+ years of experience in product design development and 5+ years of experience leading multidisciplinary UX teams at user-centered technology at enterprise companies
• Proven expert knowledge of UX design, Service Design, and visual design principles and practices, to demonstrable success in creating, launching, scaling, and maintaining software products
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced, energetic environment with a proactive approach, a unique perspective, and an open mind to see things from different angles
• Excellent communication skills, encompassing the ability to speak the language of business and design simultaneously, while effectively engaging with diverse audiences through verbal, written, and visual/presentational means
• Business level Japanese and English language proficiency
• Strong ability with design tools, such as Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Flutter, etc.

NICE TO HAVES

• Experience developing and maintain web creative for desktop and mobile
• Strong practical knowledge of Design Thinking Process, User-Centered Design methodologies and usability principles
• Familiarity with React, Flutter, MUI framework, WCAG, Supernova documentation

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Important Points

・All interviews will be arranged via Google Meet, unless otherwise stated.

・The same job descriptions are available in both English and Japanese; therefore, we kindly ask that you apply to only one version.

・We kindly request that you submit your resume in English, if possible. However, Japanese resumes are also acceptable. Please note that, depending on the English proficiency requirements of the role, we may request an English version of your resume later in the process.

WHAT WE OFFER

・Competitive Salary - Based on experience

・Work Hours - Flexible working time

・Paid Holiday - 20 days per year (prorated)

・Sick Leave - 6 days per year (prorated)

・Holiday - Sat & Sun, Japanese National Holidays, and other days defined by our company

・Japanese Social Insurance - Health Insurance, Pension, Workers’ Comp, and Unemployment Insurance, Long-term care insurance

・Housing Allowance

・Retirement Benefits

・Rental Cars Support

・In-house Training Program (software study/language study)

Our Commitment

・We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity.

・Any information we receive from you will be used only in the hiring and onboarding process. Please see our privacy notice for more details.