Designer

Give the joy of learning
a shape.

Design the screens and animations of MotiTan and MotiSpi, and create an experience that's easy to use and makes people want to keep learning.

UI / UX · Motion · Characters and world

Miyu, a MotiTown character
Miyu from MotiTown

The work

The core of the role is app UI / UX. There are also chances to work on characters, animations, ads, and store designs. Tell us what you're best at, and we'll decide on your area together.

  • Design the learning flow and screens

    Design how learners are guided into a lesson, the screens where they answer questions, and how results are shown. Think through information priority, readability, and how everything works on a small screen.

  • Make progress feel rewarding

    Design the reactions to a correct answer and the moments when a goal is reached. Check that they are both fun and clear, and work out the implementation with engineers.

  • Grow the characters and the world

    Design MotiTown's characters, outfits, and seasonal looks. Respect the existing shapes and atmosphere while turning them into new experiences.

  • Show what makes the apps great

    Create store images, ads, and web pages. Work with the growth team on presentations that make sense even to people who have never seen the apps.

Experience that helps

Tell us your strengths and interests — UI / UX, motion, characters, and so on. We'll decide on your work starting from what you do best.

Experience you can build on

  • Designing UI / UX for apps, the web, or similar products
  • Explaining the purpose of a design and the process behind it
  • Improving your work based on feedback

Nice to have

  • Designing game UI, animation, or motion
  • Creating characters, illustrations, 3D, and similar art
  • User research and data-driven improvement

Working style and compensation

For details such as employment type, salary, work location and how often you'd come into the office, and working hours, please contact our recruiting team. You're welcome to share your preferences and ask before applying.

Ask about working style and terms →

How we work

You'll work with engineers from clarifying a screen's purpose through prototyping, implementation, and improvement. You'll polish the details while checking that things feel true to the characters, look finished, and are easy to use.

We're a small team, so you'll also talk and coordinate beyond your own area. We want to bring our expertise together and agree on priorities and roles as we go.

Astran's Purpose and Ten Principles

Raise the happiness and sustainability
of humanity through innovation.

To do that, we build innovative learning services and bring them to people around the world.
We hold to this purpose and to the following ten values.

  1. Bring qualitative change to the world

    Beyond expanding what already exists, we create value that didn't exist before. We aim for experiences that change how people see things.

  2. Inspire

    We want to deliver experiences that move people, like seeing a breathtaking view or a great work of art. We value that feeling in the services we build.

  3. Pursue the essence

    We understand principles and cause and effect, and think from many angles. While questioning our own views, we keep asking what truly needs to be done.

  4. Value the flow

    Money, people, and knowledge create value when they connect. We look not only at gathering resources, but at ways of working and relationships that put them to use.

  5. Development with love

    We see profit as a means to realize our vision, and aim for the progress of humanity. We care that advances in technology lead to a brighter future for people.

  6. Create value and share it

    We create new value and share it with those around us. We believe celebrating and supporting each other's success also expands our own potential.

  7. Commit to results

    We value the results we create, not just the amount of effort. We see things through and take on hard challenges with passion.

  8. Be self-disciplined

    Each of us keeps our own discipline and thinks and acts for ourselves. Through that, we build an organization that doesn't rely too much on detailed rules.

  9. Set your soul on fire

    What do you want to do? What kind of life do you want to lead? We value facing ourselves, finding what we truly want to work on, and acting on it.

  10. Very long

    We want our services, culture, and community to last. Alongside short-term results, we ask whether the value will remain over the long run.

Read the full text (in Japanese) →

Just want to hear more?
That's welcome too.

We look forward to hearing from anyone interested in working at Astran.

Contact us by email

For applications, casual interviews, or questions about the work, please email us at the address below. You're welcome to write in English.

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