Product Designer - WHERENESS

As a Product Designer at WHERENESS, you will: Lead the end-to-end product design process for our digital collection platform, from user research and journey mapping to visual design and prototyping. Translate complex user needs—such as 3D visualization tools and AI-driven metadata tagging—into intuitive and elegant design solutions. Create compelling UX/UI designs for both web and mobile applications, ensuring consistent branding, accessibility, and user-centric interfaces. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineers, museum professionals, and researchers, to define product requirements and align on design priorities. Conduct user interviews, usability testing, and other research methods to validate designs and iterate based on feedback. Work with 3D graphics and immersive technologies to explore innovative design solutions for spatial presentation and digital archiving. Maintain and evolve design systems and style guides to ensure a cohesive user experience throughout the platform.

ACTUAL Inc. is a Kyoto-based company specializing in spatial presentation, cultural documentation, and immersive digital experiences. The company provides WHERENESS, a 360-degree spatial cataloging platform that enables the recording, preservation, and sharing of cultural and artistic spaces. ACTUAL aims to bridge the real and virtual worlds, designing experiences that enhance our engagement with physical and digital spaces.