Mirai Inc UI Designer Wanted

Would love to apply, but don't think I meet all the requirements >_<

the intern position sounds very interesting

Danny,
Why don't you ever advertise for an accountant?! :-D

Too bad I'm not fluent in website based programs... I'm a Graphic Designer... >,<

Why not to hire a japanese one?

huhuhu how exciting desu! ^O^

Even if I could do all the other stuff, I'd not do so 'cause I hate Paypal....(sorry, bad "EPIC FAIL" there, hackers got my account..)

Wow, 60% of people who voted DO NOT want to work in the Anime and/or Manga industry O_o;

On topic: I need more exp on Flash :(

Sigh, this reminds me that I need to learn and get more experience in web technologies.

Would love to work for Mirai, but the graphic design is not my strong point.
I'm a website programmer (PHP,mysql,Python), but I'm very　青い yet ^^u...

Certainly, I'ld want to work in a manga/anime/videogames ambient (who wouldn't love to work with what one likes?) and the three doesn't exist in these lands, so I'm trying to pursue my dreams in japan.

btw, for the working visa you are required to have an university degree on the same area as your sponsor? I always thought that you can't work as a designer if you have e.g. a optic technician degree, is that so? :mm

Is there a deadline for these mockups?

Good luck to all candidates!...

posted this up on deviantART ^w^ hope this helps

http://forum.deviantart.com/jobs/offers/1375195/

I think Kurot or KL making a broadcast would be effective XD - they also have a large fanbase on Pixiv

do you need someone who can take your photos ? XD
anyway, what is the deadline for the mockups ?

I'm not great with designing that kind of stuff, maybe I should take a couple of classes to get me going.

I do want to work with anything animation/anime related but for now I don't know what would I be good at.

Ooh job opportunity :)

Maybe I can help you on landing page. I've done a lot of landing page for google ads in my company.
When is the deadline for those above task?

チャンス！*_*

This is interesting, unfortunately I don't meet the requirements to apply..

Hmm.. Not really looking for a job, But I'll give the mock ups a shot. ^_^

Although getting the chance to work with Mirai Inc if not fly to Japan itself is already an exciting proposition itself.

Too bad it's not a videographer/photographer position. I'd love to work with you sometime Danny!

Work in the animanga industy!
I think its good to work in a job you like, I would be more motivated I think.

Aww, not too good with points 2 & 7 xD;; [no flash exp whatsoever]

Good luck to anyone who tries out~

Don't meet all the requirements but would one day love to work in the anime or manga industry.

Good luck to those who have more than just web-surfing monkeys over their shoulders. Anything that makes DC better, I'm for it FTW...

I don't mind being a cleaner at your house. I can help u clean up the figures. ^^

I'm really trying to learn how to make an effective UI... Lucky for me i have 1 year to learn by myself while i'm in NS... Any recommendations? Books or website?

Above the fold is the only term I vaguely recognise. Safe to say I'm not your gal. I loved using Fireworks when I was younger though. Lovely program.

ahh, too bad I shifted my studies from graphics design to product design, oh well, good luck to all!

Nice. I'm forwarding the page to all the artsy types I know. (sucks to be me for taking the path of science...)

If only this was my professional area...

i was a graphics designer. other than points 3&4, I can tick the rest. but i wont be applying, cause i realise that my dream is not in web/graphics designing. i have plans of setting up a business and getting anime related goods to my country (since we dont have anything like that here). so i will be working in that direction.

I see this as a rough gauge on how much I still have to learn.

I wish I had more experience in Photoshop and Fireworks. I really like using Fireworks for web layouts, it makes things so easy.

I really want this job xD
but im still studying design not much experience working with litle direction...
if fate permits do open another job like this in future =)

Just when flash moved to a new action script... i don't like it anyhow. ^^;

Sometimes i pitty i gave up on the design stuff as job but that job is crushed in germany, thanks to the work agency who reeducated every unemployeed person to media design. -.-

Still hoping you will look for some kind of IT Pro someday. ^^v

Wow..

Danny Thank you soo much for giving us such a great opportunity!

I will try my best for Intern :D

Best of luck to those who meet the requirements for the job!

I don't know if a soon-to-be mechanical engineer is really needed in the anime industry LOL XD

Omg, I would love to apply. In Portugal the unemployment rate is increasing every day. It's awesome when I see proposals like this, specialy on the internet, where the university degrees don't matter, just the talent.

Unfortunately my degree is about learning languages, producing texts, learn how to think critically and know more about culture of the times. I think i don't fit despite of loving to work with the anime industry.

From now on i'll be working hard on learning more about web design.

Cheers Danny (y)

"Can work with Japanese fonts (not not necessarily able to read it)"
Remember mathematics? - and - is +
no and no is yes. So ... we need the knowledge to read it? xD jokin'

Sound interesting, I already do webdesign, but I'm not skilled enough to meet your expectations and I still have school, so no time for that beside my otaku life.

can i cook in your kitchen instead? ;_; haha

I'm not a lawyer but a degree is not the only way to work in Japan if you have a lot of experience performing the job.
About engineer visa (from mofa dot go dot jp):
The applicant must have graduated from or completed a college or acquired equivalent education majoring in the subject relevant to the skills and/or knowledge necessary for performing the job concerned, or the applicant must have at least 10 years' experience (including the period of time spent studying the relevant skills and knowledge at college, "Kotosenmongakko", senior high school, the latter half of unified secondary school, or during specialized course of study at an advanced vocational school ("Senshugakko")).

Too bad I'm not that person; let me know when you need an aerospace engineer ^^;

not even qualified >_<

dangit - too bad i'm no programmer nor in the software dev industry
But looks like I can make to Japan with my NetEngDip and AdvNetSecDip with what @わさびノイズ referrenced.

Sometimes it sucks being in the hardware centered industry T____T

Ahh I wish I could do it.
I'm good with photoshop and flash doing art but
not making website interfaces and such >_<
Oh well, hope you find someone good for it :P

Definitely will apply for the internship position if I'm still around! :D

I applied!!!!! hope my designs are well liked.... ^^

I would like to mention Danny regarding the Visa thing, according to the Japanese embassy site 10 years experience in a field also counts if you don't have a degree, some useful info for people worried they cant get a job in Japan e.g. 10 years experience in IT will allow you to get a visa under Engineering.

Meh I don't really think my photo shop and flash skills are careeer worthy yet.I mostly mess around in that stuff for fun.Good luck finding someone.

Would love to try to apply for this, but because of the number of current projects I have, dont think I'll have the time to do the mockups ; _ ;

There are some requirements that I cannot met anyway, for example JP fonts and the "terms" >_<

Hopefully there will still be more opportunities like this in the future ^^

Hmmm... I know someone in need of work and she specialized in Flash and web design... May have to pass this along!

finally something i am good at :P i will make everything you asked for ^^ i have everything you asked for too >.<

* Has experience using Photoshop or Fireworks for website mockups.
Yes, i have been using adobe Photoshop and Fireworks now 6 years.
* Has experience with Flash.
Yes, i took classes in school ^^ flash is fun.
* Is able to work remotely via mail, phone, or Skype.
Yup, but i am currently in the united states.
* Has a Paypal account which I would pay you through.
i have had a pay pal account now 4 years.
* Would like to work with top name Japanese brands in the anime, figure and merchandising business.
yes!!!! i love anime!!!
* Can work with Japanese fonts (not not necessarily able to read it)
yup i can read it but i am a beginner though ^^.
* Is able to work with little direction.
yeah ^^
* Is familiar with terms such as Breadcrumbs, Landing Pages, Conversion, Above the Fold.
yeah i still remember everything ^^
* Does not matter whether you work on Mac or Windows.
i like both myself ^^

lucky me I fit the requirements 100% >.<

Man... Graduating Fall of next year. :s ...Just have to get the Computer Science minor. >_<

Great to see your company is growing Danny, hope you find who you're looking for.

The poll kind of makes me think though. I really enjoy being a developer, but I'm not entirely interested in the business sectors that my company works in, which makes for many boring days at work. Guess its something I should think about.

AAArgh. I'm 16, how am I supposed to have a degree?? Fail. Don't have a PayPal account, Flash, and Kanji knowledges too. Failfailfail. That reminds me, must get back to work on Melative~ :3 Hope you'll find somebody awesome.

I have so many projects under my belt this year already, I won't be able to participate, but this sounds amazing ;-; I don't understand the terms those interested are supposed to, though I fit the others ^^; I'll work hard on website design this year and hopefully later I'll be able to look at requirements like these and proudly say that I can... Good luck finding them, Danny!

the only requirement i didnt have is the familiarity of the terms....

and i'm in my final year of my university degree too.... damn you should wait another year and i will definitely apply.

This means learn PHP, mockups, jquery and japanese. Tempting.

I would LOVE to do Program/Project Management work for your company ... any thoughts of full time gigs for that or just intern jobs?

Alright go jump into it =)

I've got PS and some Flash experience, but not at all confident in web design or my Japanese font skills. (English type, however, I'm a freakin' nazi.) Hm, might take a whack at the 2-D girl drawing bit when it comes up though! Maybe by the time you start seriously looking for someone to fill that I'll have more animation experience under my belt.

Work in the animanga industy! Wow, that would be the day!
I'd like to be a toy consultant for Bandai, High Dream, Aoshima and CMs.
Or else work for HobbyLink Japan or Dannychoo.com
I have 33 uninterrupted years in anime experience under my belt and so I know perfectly well what fans my age want from these companies.

Ahh, it's so sad... I don't have the skills for any of the potential positions at Mirai, well I guess there still is time to develope some skills ^^

Hmm. I think i can apply for it.
But at same time i don't feel like a designer nor my knowledge. ^^;
Well, i'd better start studying Japanese and try to apply for an intern job in 2010 XP

After the meeting of a lifetime today I'm pretty much set on moving to Japan and getting a job somewhere in this field.
My next port of call looks to be a Web Developers course next September, if that goes well I hope you have a position open Danny. Haha, I joke.

I want to be an intern! *immediately works much harder at drawing and learning Japanese*

I'd love to apply to be an intern, but unfortunately I'm degree-less and it's probably going to stay that way. Had to drop out of art school because it was too expensive, and college tuition keeps going up here in California.

Any way around it for folks like me? For Japan in general, I mean. Perhaps contract work, or I guess the heaps of experience as some people noted above?

Awww. I'm not very fluent in Flash at all, otherwise I'd be all over this.

A nice, full time developer position right after I graduate. I will look forward to that one. I wonder when we'll get to see the fruits of this position.

gotta go to school first hehehe just hoping anime and games industry still need people after i graduate haha

Sadly I only graduated HS over a year and even though I'm learning Web Designing on my own (HTML, CSS, PHP, Javascript) i'm not proficient yet. Still, was a bit tempted about the possibility of sponsorship for a visa XD

mock something up for you tomorow (Monday, EST USA) to give to you that night. buggered for tonight!

And I meet all the requirments, for once!! :)

Bachelors in Computer Animation
Over 1 year experiance in Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, designing website UI's and 3D content (Maya)

Happy to help out!!

Waahh, this sounds like my dream job!
Unfortunately I'm too young to fill the requirements at the moment.

Best of luck on your searching!

Great opportunity for those who fits all the requirements ^o^

I would love to apply, but have an assignment due Friday that really needs my attention. Plus, I won't have my degree until Q1/2 2011. :(

I think I'd want to intern to illustrate those yummy anime girls! Though in the future!

I've always wanted to work in japan but having my work seen in japan is even better. Any chance getting figures and Japanese perks sent as little aide packages? I have the experience with that software though I cannot read too much 日本語 but can work with it if need be. I know I'll work in japan but I'm thinking related to photography and video work.

That nonexistent university degree is really holding me back! But I might try and do some mockups :)

It's really difficult on my hands to finish a proposal in such short notice. Is it possible I make just a mock up and send it to you?

hah wow, i would truly love to apply as a designer, but i totally fail as a web designer. I only have basic skills of the stuff.

When will you be picking the UI Designer? I just read this yesterday and I'm now in a mad dash to get something done by midnight tonight EST. And that PHP programming spot would be lovely but I'm in school for another 2 years. Would a Canadian College Diploma in Multimedia Production be good enough for a Visa sponsorship?

"Breadcrumbs, Landing Pages, Conversion, Above the Fold" Not a clue, got to look up what breadcrumbs mean.

sent on its way!

Well i fit only:

Has experience using Photoshop or Fireworks for website mockups.
Has experience with Flash.
Is able to work remotely via mail, phone, or Skype.
Has a Paypal account which I would pay you through.
Would like to work with top name Japanese brands in the anime, figure and merchandising business.
Is able to work with little direction.
Does not matter whether you work on Mac or Windows.

Unfortunatly i haven't enough age for apply to the job... well maybe next time!

With the amount of school work I have, it's probably not wise for me to join but it's so tempting... and I graduate this year too (right into this field!) so this could've been such an opportunity *shakes fist*

3 mockups though.. I'm barely making my way through the first one and a few hours have already gone by. Quite a bit too much for me to handle at the moment sadly. :(

I meet all the requirements except the knowledge of Flash (have only dabbled in it briefly). 'Tis a great opportunity though. Will keep my eyes open for future announcements and keep up the web work in the meantime. Hopefully catch you again at the next CGM night Danny ^^

*sigh* I've got a LONG way to go, but this is my dream career.