RECRUIT — WE ARE HIRING

Designing room to think.
An environment for autonomous professionals.

We are not a finished organization. Each of us stays autonomous, speaks up, and keeps updating the environment — that process itself is our culture.

Start with a casual chat

OPEN POSITIONS

DirectorPROJECT DIRECTION

ROLE
Planning, requirements definition and project management for web and systems projects — from client conversations to directing engineers and designers, and owning quality. Examples: Kinotoya Online, miredo App & CMS.
PREFERRED SKILLS
Understanding of infrastructure and back-end development
Expertise in cognitive science or information design
Interest in art, design, music and adjacent fields
English communication skills
SALARY
¥250,000–500,000 / month · model annual ¥3.6M–6.9M
Determined by experience and skills. Technical and housing allowances paid separately.
LOCATION
Full remote (live anywhere) / Sapporo HQ
EMPLOYMENT
Full-time (with probation period)

Technical CreatorINSTALLATION / DEVICES

ROLE
Planning interactive exhibits and installations, device development, on-site implementation and operation. Examples: Ice Instrument, Yokai Exhibition, illumination control.
PREFERRED SKILLS
Understanding of infrastructure and back-end development
Expertise in cognitive science or information design
Interest in art, design, music and adjacent fields
English communication skills
SALARY
¥230,000–450,000 / month · model annual ¥3.3M–6.2M
Determined by experience and skills.
LOCATION
Full remote + exhibition sites (mainly Sapporo, with travel)
EMPLOYMENT
Full-time (with probation period)

BENEFITS

STANDARD

Full-Remote Work

Live anywhere. Work where you perform best — commute time becomes time to think and to live.

MAX 50,000 JPY / YEAR

Home-Office Allowance

Up to ¥50,000 per year for desks, chairs, monitors and peripherals — whatever makes your home office work.

ALLOWANCE

Allowances & Incentives

Technical and housing allowances paid separately — a stable base so you can focus on the work.

CULTURE

Rules are something we make together.
We keep editing toward the best answer.

AUTONOMY & TRUST

Autonomy & Trust

We trust judgment and professionalism over fine-grained rules. When the “why” is clear, the “how” is up to you.

START SMALL, LEARN FAST

Start Small, Learn Fast

No need to wait for the perfect system. We adopt new tools in a “just try it” spirit and refine them as we go.

CO-CREATION & EDITING

Co-Creation & Editing

We help across role boundaries — engineers weigh in on design, sales propose dev-flow changes. Different views, re-edited into team value.

EVALUATION

Technical SkillQUALITY / SPEED / ADAPTABILITY

Quality and speed of design and implementation, and adaptability to new technology — with maintainability and extensibility in mind, not just “it works.”

Civility & IntegrityRESPECT / HONESTY

Respect for others, honest communication, keeping promises — conduct that puts clients and colleagues at ease.

TeamworkCONTRIBUTION TO THE TEAM

Contributing to team outcomes rather than working alone — sharing knowledge, constructive reviews, following up with teammates in need.

Self GrowthCONTINUOUS LEARNING

Never settling — taking on new domains and turning what you learn into tangible output.

ContributionBEYOND PROJECTS

Making the organization better outside project work — helping with hiring, hosting study sessions, improving workflows.

WHO WE WANT

You question the real problem and design the answer

You start from “why build it?” rather than building to order.

You care about both UI/UX and the system behind it

Beauty on the surface and coherent logic underneath — you value both.

You put in the work to make the team better

You treat organizational problems as your own and act on them.

You act with civility and responsibility

Freedom demands discipline — and respect for the people around you.

SELECTION FLOW

  1. Casual chat 30 minutes online. No resume, no cover letter — just a conversation to get to know each other.
  2. Documents Work history, portfolio, GitHub — any format is fine.
  3. Interviews (1–2) Mostly online. Your past work, and what working together would look like.
  4. Offer A clear written offer. Start date is flexible.

Apply Now

“Just want to hear more” is welcome. Start with a casual chat.

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