Hello. I'm Onogi, the head of the design department.
This month's MVP award goes to Taku Uemori, who has really taken things up as a web designer.
Between July and September, we were tasked with renewing two corporate websites at the same time, and we were able to deliver them with high quality. Although he is one of the newest web designers in our department, we would like to introduce his work to you, as he has become a designer you can trust with any project.
The ability to make the design direction "understandable"
You can read about his work stance in this article, but I'll explain why he was chosen as the MVP this time.
To tell you the truth, I think that many of the projects he was entrusted with in the first half of the year were difficult. It's not that he wasn't blessed with good clients, but it's hard to understand what the clients wanted, and he was asked to come up with design ideas that were out of his league - these are the thorny roads that any designer must walk.
Even though they had worked hard to create a design, there were times when the direction was completely different and they had to start over.
Even in times like those, he doesn't complain (or maybe he complains a little), but instead quietly tries to make various things. I sometimes get asked for advice about this, and I'm always impressed by how quickly he picks things up.
As we talk about various things during the consultation process, the person who had been muttering "Hmm..." suddenly turns to the computer as if they had become a completely different person, saying "Ah, I see! This is fine!" Then they come up with a design that makes you think, "Yes! That's great!"
One of his strengths is his ability to think through a design direction in a short amount of time until he understands it thoroughly, which I think was also demonstrated in the renewal of our corporate website.
Quietly and calmly. The ability to maintain quality even with a tight schedule
One of the projects he worked on from July to September was for a company that provides high-quality infrastructure services, and the other was the website of a real estate-related company.
The former company was focused on the technical aspects, while the latter required stability so that any real estate photos would stand out. The "attractive points" are completely different, and the "sense of trust" necessary for corporate websites in general has a common tone and manner, so I think it must have been difficult to switch mindsets.
As part of my duties as club manager, I manage the club members' schedules, and I only decide the general outline of the schedule, leaving the details up to the club members.
His schedule at this time was a jumble of pages to produce, and I was impressed by how well he was able to manage to complete his tasks while managing himself every day.
In addition, for the website of the core business, we were also working on the creation of a brochure that followed the image of the site. Brochures for such technical BtoB companies require more than cutting-edge ideas, but rather a designer's true essence: how much can we improve the quality of the design while being honest?
The font, letter spacing, and margins of both the web design and brochure were very consistent, and they incorporated the latest design trends in just the right way, creating honest designs that you can look at with confidence.
I am very happy for Kamimori-kun, who has an uncompromising attitude despite his busy schedule and truly believes he has become a fully-fledged web designer.
I tried to wrap it up nicely like that, but as a manager, I'm very happy that we ended up with the top sales (laughs). Money is important, isn't it?
Congratulations to Kamimori-kun, whose work ethic and numbers made him a worthy MVP!
Comments on receiving MVP award
Thank you for giving the MVP to me, who is still a beginner.
I couldn't help but suspect that there was something shady going on (although that may be very rude of me to say...), but I decided not to waste my time speculating, as I knew that good sales meant I should be happy about it as an absolute value.Also, I've tried to be as quiet and as diligent as possible in my work, but it feels embarrassing because it seems like I'm trying too hard. Am I the only one who feels this way?
So, to be honest, the moment I received the award, I felt like I had been "discovered." It seems that Onogi-san had noticed me, even though I was like that, and I was surprised, embarrassed, and happy at the fact that I had received such recognition.Currently, when creating designs, I can only do so by using my hands and repeating trial and error until I find the right answer, but in the future I hope to increase the number of patterns I have and reduce the number of errors, so that I can create designs with greater precision in a shorter amount of time.
I am always grateful to Onogi-san and other senior designers who give me advice when I can't get out of the trial and error process. Nothing comes out of tinkering with my empty head, so the opinions and advice of Onogi-san and my senior colleagues are very important to me, and they are almost divine, like a spider's thread.Furthermore, I cannot create a website by myself; it is only thanks to the efforts of the coders who implement my designs, as well as the sales staff, planners, and directors who work upstream in the design process.
Once again, I would like to express my gratitude to Mr. Onogi, who recommended me for the award, and to everyone who has been involved in my work.
thank you very much.Taku Uemori
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