About
I am a designer, based in Tokyo, Japan.
I have been designing as a designer specializing in web, interface design, print, and presentation, strategy and implementation. Over 15 years working for design firms in the industry. I have worked as a UI/UX designer, graphic designer, art director, and independent freelance designer.
With a deep love of music, CD jackets design and event flyer design inspired me to start my career as a graphic designer. After experiencing design for magazines, books, advertising, etc., I expanded my activities to WEB design field and produced various corporate sites, EC sites, landing pages and banners. Also experienced agile development in big projects as a main UI designer for web services with 40 million users and as a main UI designer for iOS / Android apps. I am a multi-designer who can handle a wide range of designs.
In order to contribute to society through design, I design to bridge services with people. I approach every project using both UI/UX to adopt various methods such as prototyping, document creation, research, user interviews, and growth hack from A/B test. I create projects from multi-angles taking into account the perspective of the customer and the user. I am good at creating and leading design teams and contributing to the development of juniors and the promotion of projects because I like to communicate with people. I obtained GAIQ (Google Analytics Individual Certification) in July 2020. TOEIC 800.
I love vinyl records. I have an eclectic taste in music, so my record collection includes Soul, R&B, Jazz, Classical, Hip Hop, Dance Classic, and many others. I like to DJ at events.Traveling and experiencing other cultures and foods is also a passion of mine. I also love reading books. Some of my favorite authors are Tolkien, Murakami, and Philip K. Dick.
Works
Experience
2018.10 --Present
Yuik Design
UI / UX Design, Art Direction as a Freelance Designer
Currently working as a UI/UX designer for apps, campaign LPs, banners, etc., for the travel / tourism service "Jalan net" and the outing app "Holiday". I also produce novelties for events and paper media. I engaged in the desire to improve the convenience of people's daily lives with the power of design and to help society.
Software: Illustrator / Photoshop / Sketch / inVision / XD / Figma / Slack / Office
・ UI design ・ Service logo production ・ LP design
・ Banner design ・ DTP design ・ Production direction ・ Event production
2015.10 --2018.07
Mediba Inc.
UI / UX Design as a contract Designer
I was as the main designer of the large-scale project "au web portal" with 40 million users. In an Agile Development environment, I collaborated with engineers with KPIs for each sprint, focusing on creating the best UX, in a timely fashion.
Software: Sketch / inVision / Illustrator / Photoshop / XD / Figma / Abstruct
Animate / After Effect GitHub / SouceTree / Sublime / Redmine Slack / Office
・ UI design ・ App UI design ・ Service logo production ・ LP design
・ Movie Ad design・ Banner design ・ Editorial ・ Production direction
・ Novelty production ・ Planning
2010.02 --2014.06
GSB Inc.
Web Design as a Art Director / Chief Designer
I was responsible for designing many sites and LPs for Rakuten EC site. I learned the skills to speedily carry out a consistent flow from planning to direction, interaction with clients, production process to design delivery. I also gained experience in setting up a design team.
Software: Illustrator / Photoshop / Fireworks Dreamwever / Office
・ Production direction ・ Shooting supervision ・ UI design ・ LP design
・ Logo, banner production・ Schedule management
・ Delivery management / order management ・ Coaching
2009.04 --2009.12
Van Craft Inc.
Web Designer
I worked as a member of the design team for "the Kids City" project of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). This project required adhering to the most minute details. Although the project was demanding, I gained the knowledge of creating materials for presentations and the experience of managing the progress of the design team..
Software: Illustrator / Photoshop / Dreamwever / Office
・ Site UI design ・ Service logo production ・ LP design ・ Banner design
2005.02 --2009.03
Phalanx Inc.
Web Designer
I was responsible for designing corporate websites and produced numerous campaign websites and LPs. In addition, I was selected as a designer for the development team of Adobe Flex--an Adobe partner company. I used MXML to create a dynamic fitting room system. It was used for a demonstration at the Adobe Flex conference. I created the design specifications and requirements specifications for this system with the System Engineer.
Software: Illustrator / Photoshop / Fireworks / Flash / Dreamwever
Adobe Flex / Office
・ UI design ・ LP design ・ Banner design ・ Service logo production
・ mxml coding ・ Production direction ・ New service planning using Flex
2000.02 --2004.12
Rabbit Creative Point Co., Ltd.
Graphic Designer
As a graphic designer, I designed magazines, books, advertising designs, logos. I also gained experience in ordering illustrations, coordinating with photographers, and meeting with clients. I think that this is where I built the foundation for a full-fledged graphic designer.
Software: Illustrator / Photoshop / Office
・ Magazine layout design ・ Logo design ・ Shooting assistance, retouching
・ Schedule management ・ Delivery management / order management
1999.08 --2000.02
Hot Fuzz Designers Co., Ltd.
Student Intern / Assistant Designer
While attending university, as an intern assistant designer, I designed a reissue CD jacket, processed layout images, produced advertisements, and participated in the production of mook books.
Software: Illustrator / Photoshop / Office
・ Design ・ Image processing ・ Advertising design
・ Production progress management