Creative / Design Team

You handle creative work across a wide range of media, from concept design for programs and events to key visuals, web pages, and workshop tools.

# Design Systems# Rebranding# Cross-media

POSITION

At ASIBA, design across many media is planned and produced in-house. This position covers "design" across a wide range of media: from concept design for programs and events hosted by ASIBA through to key visuals, as well as the structure of web pages and UX design for workshop content.

Of course, you will deliver the output that is necessary and sufficient for the initial requirements. In most cases, though, we ask for an active and playful design attitude that keeps aiming for something better by redefining and reinterpreting even those requirements.

PROJECTS

Creative Lab.

From program concept design to key visual and web page production

In "Creative Lab.", a community / practice program for young people specializing in the creative field, realized in co-hosting with the NPO ETIC., the creative team handled everything from proposing the brand concept to translating it into visuals. Starting from the concept of "a place to reconnect your creation with how you live," we proposed a design system whose resolution gradually increases, and carried it through to dynamic design on the web.

Producer: Masaki Morihara, Designer: 泉田剛, Engineer: Nozomu Sudo

Creative Lab. official site

Deconstruction Materials Auction

Workshop tool planning and design, and key visual production

Takenaka Corporation, ASIBA, and ReLink co-hosted "Seasonal Deconstruction Materials Demo Auction," an exhibition and workshop exploring new uses for construction deconstruction materials. Taking the materials ReLink and ASIBA have collected from deconstruction sites across Japan as the theme, we produced a key visual that shines a light on each individual piece, together with workshop cards using that motif, so that visitors could discover value that has not yet surfaced. Over the four days of the event, more than 100 idea sketches and "pricings" were produced, bringing out the potential of reusing deconstruction materials.

Producer: Yuta Nihei, 本多栄亮, Designer: Kirari Shigematsu, N from 研

ASIBA Creative Incubation Program 2025

Direction and production of the key visual, web pages, program worksheets, and more

ASIBA opened the third term of the ASIBA Creative Incubation Program, which nurtures "creative entrepreneurship that moves back and forth between questions and practice" for people aged 30 and under working in architecture, design, and art, aiming at social practice. From the key visual for recruiting third-term participants to the many dedicated worksheets used within the program, everything was produced consistently in a unified design style.

Producer: Yuta Nihei, Designer: Tatsumi Sone, Kirari Shigematsu

ASIBA Creative Incubation Program 2025 official site Exploring the Relationship Between Architecture and Graphics: Designer Tatsumi Sone

ASIBA Creative Challenge 2025

Direction and production of the key visual, web pages, social media materials, idea design tools, a zine, and more

ASIBA Creative Challenge 2025 is a one-month program launched under the banner "Turn the finish line into a starting line," as an alternative to existing competitions and awards for students. We worked from producing a key visual and web pages that make clear this is not an ordinary competition but a program that runs alongside participants, through to designing the idea design tools used within the actual program.

Producer: Yuta Nihei, Designer: Kirari Shigematsu, Masaki Morihara, Engineer: Nozomu Sudo

ASIBA Creative Challenge official site

REQUIREMENTS

RoleCreative / Design

Responsibilities- A position responsible for creative work across the board, including producing key visuals and designing workshop tools. - You will be asked to produce work across a wide range of media: from upstream direction such as proposing brand concepts and building design systems, to downstream production such as gathering research and references, producing key visuals, and adapting them to web and print media, as well as UX design for workshops. The scope of your responsibilities is decided according to each project member's skill set and the team's composition. - Depending on the project, you may join as a creative director from the overall direction of the plan. - Depending on your workload, you may be asked to manage the team as a whole.

Who We're Looking For- People who are comfortable crossing various media and styles and actively take on new forms of expression - People who can manage their own production deadlines and timelines - People who notice the issues and tasks at hand and take the initiative to address them - People who create the tasks they should tackle and drive work forward on their own - People who respect colleagues with different values and backgrounds and work together toward a shared goal - People who hold their own views and opinions and can discuss earnestly and head-on

Preferred Skills & Experience- Experience in creative direction and planning / branding - Graphic design skills across various media - Video editing skills (including both long-form such as documentaries and short-form such as reels) - Copywriting skills - Experience design / UX design skills for products and events - Project management experience - Work experience, or experience in an intensive student organization or a long-term internship

Employment TypeIndependent contractor agreement *The form of engagement is decided according to your preference (working as a contract employee or part-timer is also possible). *Side jobs and concurrent work are encouraged.

Expected Working Hours20–30 hours per week (8 hours × 3–4 days). Fully flexible hours. *May vary depending on the project and role assignments.

LocationCombination of in-person and online (at least one in-person day per week is recommended). In-person work takes place at the Kameido office (Kameido 4-chome, Koto-ku, Tokyo; a 10-minute walk from Kameido Station). *Some projects may involve in-person meetings.

Expected CompensationMonthly salary of JPY 100,000–200,000 *Pay is based on results, not converted from an hourly rate. We will adjust the workload according to your desired pay, so please consult us. As a guideline, taking on design work broadly at 30 hours per week corresponds to about JPY 200,000.

ToolsInternal communication, etc.: Discord / Google Drive / Zoom / Figma Design, etc.: Rhinoceros / Grasshopper / various rendering software / Adobe Illustrator / Photoshop, etc.

Background of RecruitmentAdditional hiring to support business expansion and diversification

Openings2

Selection Process

Step 1 | Entry
Step 2 | Casual interview (online, 30 min)
Step 3 | Selection (1 week)
Step 4 | Provisional hiring
Step 5 | Trial period (1 month)
Step 6 | Full hiring

ENTRY

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