Job Description:

Rakuten International oversees 7 businesses with over 4,000 employees globally. The brand is recognized for its leadership and innovation in e-commerce, digital content, advertising, entertainment, and communications, bringing the joy of discovery and access to more than 1 billion members across the world. Our teams deliver on the company's mission to delight merchants and customers through innovation, optimism, and teamwork.

Rakuten Rewards is a leading e-commerce company that enhances the way people shop by offering Cash Back, deals and rewards from more than 3,500 merchants. Founded in 1999, Rakuten has grown to become the go-to shopping destination for consumers, having paid out nearly $2 billion in Cash Back to its 15 million members. The company also operates ShopStyle, a leading fashion discovery destination, and Cartera Commerce, a top rewards platform for airlines and banks. For more information, visit www.rakuten.com

• Craft Exceptional Experiences: Proactively identify opportunities to infuse delight, high-quality craftsmanship, and new interactions into our products.
• Sweat the Details: Focus on the small details that set our products apart. Whether it's a subtle animation, a thoughtful interaction, or a well-crafted visual element, we believe these touches make a significant difference in setting our experience apart.
• Mentor and Inspire: Act as a mentor to junior and mid-level designers, providing guidance, feedback, and support to help them grow their skills. Lead by example, setting high standards for design craft and creativity.
• Communicate Effectively: Leverage strong communication and storytelling skills to articulate design concepts and decisions to stakeholders, communicating a shared vision for product excellence that will inspire the entire organization
• Create and Prototype: Develop wireframes, user flows, and prototypes at various fidelity levels to effectively explore and convey user experiences across different platforms.
• Collaborate: Efficiently partner with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to understand product requirements, define objectives, and transform business goals into innovative design solutions.
• Contribute to Design Systems: Help build and evolve our design system, ensuring consistency, scalability, and quality across all our digital products.
• Champion User Advocacy: Advocate for user-centered design improvements, ensuring that user needs and feedback are at the forefront of our product development.

• Experience working in a fast-paced, agile development environment.
• Knowledge of front-end development technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) is a plus.
• Familiarity with accessibility standards and best practices.
• Ability to use After Effects, Lottie, Rive or other motion design and prototyping software.
• Hands-on experience in concepting and visualizing experiences through storyboarding scenarios, flows, and prototypes at all levels of fidelity with Figma.
• Strong sense of craft and visual design skills, with an exceptional attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills, an engaging presentation style, and strong visual storytelling.
• Ability to work independently, think creatively, and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Proficiency in design tools such as Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and prototyping tools.
• Familiarity with motion design tools and front-end implementation

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a design discipline such as Product Design, User
• Experience, or Interaction Design.
• 7+ years of experience in Product Design
• Outstanding online portfolio that showcases excellent visual design skills with a keen eye for detail and reflects strong understanding of the user-centered design process.