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Javier Kobayashi


I am a passionate, self-assured, and dependable professional with extensive expertise in digital and technically complex projects. My forward-thinking mindset enables me to manage programs and assignments with ease effectively.

Lead UX Designer, setting up and building UX visions and teams.

E-Commerce

I have experience with an e-commerce project focused on a monthly subscription service for Japanese candies. This project allowed me to explore the various tasks, processes, and challenges faced by freelance developers, designers, and marketers in the e-commerce field.

UX Designer

Passionate designer motivated in web front-end development and web user interface. Lead UX Designer team that lead cross-disciplinary teams to deliver user-centric design.

Project Manager

Since 2011 I have been engaged in working as a Digital consultant. Undertaken projects in Bayer, AstraZeneca, AMEX, Eli Lilly, and Phillip Morris as Digital / Project Manager, engaging in complex tasks.

Portfolio

Brief sample of my portfolio.

Retail Activation

Retail Activation
Journey - 2024

Product Activation Journey

Amazon Marketplace

Marketplace Amazon
2024

Branding design

Atomic Design

Atomic Design 2023

Design System

Email Modernization

Email modernization 
2023

Digital Marketing

Omnichannel 2022

Omnichannel, dynamic content approach - 2022

User Experience Design 2

Shopping Cart

Shopping Cart enhancement - 2022

UX Design - Modernization project

Omnichannel 2021

Omnichannel, dynamic content approach - 2021

User Experience Design 1

LINE Channel

LINE channel 
enhancement - 2020

Line Channel: Friends message campaigns

E-Commerce

E-commerce subscription 2015 ~ 2017

E - Commerce

Project Management 2015

Project management, UX/UI consulting - 2015

Project Management - UX Consulting

Project Management 2011

Project management UX/UI consulting - 2011 ~ 2015

Project Manager

Web Development

Web development
& design - 2009 ~ 2011

CMS - Website Project

ABOUT my career


From 2000  I have been engaged working in Digital related projects.

2000-2006

Maat Create Design Studio

Ideas and creation of total planning design studio with two other partners. Planning design, project management, design of logos, catalogs, pamphlets, websites, budget calculation; negotiations; etc. Domestic and international sales and marketing.

Maat
Freelance
2007-2008

Freelance WebDesigner

Graphic Design, web Design, UI/UX. Project management of developer and creative team and budget calculation. From Concept design, front-end development, including all related SEO enhancement activities.

2009 to 2011

Uber Co. Ltd. - Webmaster

Developer and Webmaster of company website 40 pages based on CMS WordPress platform. Coordination with Business team to collect latest information and update the website. (On-page optimization) Plan, define and design totally Line product catalog and promotion video.

Uber
Bayer
2011 to 2014

Fujitsu IT Project Manager at Bayer Japan

Onshore IT Project Manager for Bayer Japan website-related projects. Maintenance and enhancement of existing websites, (50+ live websites leading maintenance team on task such as content update, press release, specific functions enhancement, etc.) providing leadership and technical guidance to less experience team members.

2015 to 2016

Epsilon

Project Manager at AMEX

Project Manager for AMEX Japan GCP (Global Corporate Payments) Central point of contact for daily program operations; manages platform operations and configuration.

AMEX
E-Commerce
2015 to 2017

Online Subscription E-Commerce

E-commerce project to Subscription to a monthly box of Japanese Candies and Instant Ramen. Started as part of an exercise to experience all the tasks, processes, and challenges on e-commerce project.

2017 to 2020

Cognizant

Project Manager at AstraZeneca and Eli Lilly

Lead of the Digital Marketing team, I managed 5 members in the Team, 3 members assigned to SFMC Emails and Journeys in charge of customized messages to deliver to the consumer's Data Base, Doctors and Pharmaceuticals, and the rest of the team dedicated to Emails through Veeva CRM Platform.

Cognizant
Phillip Morris
2020 to end of 2020

Phillip Morris

Manager Digital Loyalty Team

 • Optimization of the journeys at the Guided Membership for IQOS users through SFMC based on the data analytics from performance reports and different customized dashboards.
• Build and maintain close relationships with other marketing, commercial, and operational functions to ensure accuracy in the setup and monitoring of digital promotions and campaigns.
• Work with the marketing team to bring additional value to the Loyalty Campaigns, IQOS Coins program through Emails and LINE channels.

2021 to present

Kaspersky

Senior User Experience Designer APAC / Global


Head of eCommerce Japan

Support the eCommerce teams business requirements improving the Digital experience. Planning and execution of AB test for different digital assets, analysis of results, and improvement of the user experience and design based on the results obtained to increase sales and profits of the company. Collaborate with other teams to define and understand business opportunities.

Kaspersky
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Project Management

Project Management

+ Identifying and resolving problems across projects.

+ Leading digital project teams.

+ Participating in project planning and control.

+ Ability to provide leadership, motivation and strategic direction to a multifaceted team.

+ Estimation and timeline definition.

+ JIRA, Confluence

Designer

Designer

+ Figma, Sketch, Miro, ProtoPie, UX Pin

+ Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

+ Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Fireworks, Illustrator, InDesign, Premier)

+ HTML, CSS, Bootstrap (100% responsive websites), JavaScript Libraries: AJAX, jQuery

+ Agile, Waterfall methodology

+ Google analytics, ContentSquare, Adobe Analytics, etc.

Soft Skills

Soft Skills

+ Inter-cultural sensitivity (English, Japanese, Spanish)

+ Quick learner.

+ Project Team empower and motivation.

+ Strong time management abilities.

+ Empathy and Sensitivity.

+ Willingness to change.

+ Listening, thoroughly.

+ Willing to give and receive feedback.

brands I've worked with

Kaspersky
Phillip Morris
Eli Lilly
AstraZeneca
American Express
Bayer
ShinMaywa
Fujitsu

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