Careers
Let your skills amaze the world
We want to work with people who take initiative and enjoy a challenge.
From planning and sculpting to promotion, production, and sales, many roles inside our company work together to bring each product to fans around the world.
Explore our roles
Our work
From an idea to fans around the world
Many kinds of work go into bringing a statue or figure into the hands of fans worldwide. Most of our products are made to order: we announce them, take pre-orders, and then produce them. Where along this journey do your strengths lie? Choose a role to see what the work involves and how to apply.
01
Plan
Product planning and licensing
02
Create
Concept, sculpting, painting, and design
03
Communicate
Photo, video, PR, and social media
04
Produce
Mass production and quality control
05
Deliver
Sales, retail, e-commerce, and support
Behind the scenes
Creativity Beyond Limits.
Into a world no one has ever seen, by our own hands.
Carving prototypes, applying color, shooting, and delivering. Every Prime 1 Studio product passes through many hands in our company on its way to fans around the world.
Mission, vision, values
Who we are looking for
Our mission is to make the world happy through art. Work that surprises and delights fans around the world starts with us enjoying it and taking it seriously ourselves. We have put that attitude into three values.
Value 01
Create WOW!
Add a "Wow, what is this?!" beyond imagination to the "This is it!" that fans have been waiting for. We want to work with people who don't cut corners until the very last finish, in ideas, in quality, and in how we deliver. Here, attention to detail is never "overdoing it."
Value 02
Take Action for NEXT LEVEL
Say it, try it. Take ownership and move first. When things don't go as planned, ask "So what do we do next?" instead of looking for someone to blame. Our work is one first after another. It isn't easy, but going beyond who you were yesterday feels like nothing else.
Value 03
Unite as One
Every product comes together through many kinds of work, from planning and sculpting to promotion, production, and sales. Achieve as a team what no one could do alone. Put your respect and gratitude for your colleagues into words, support and celebrate one another, and grow together.
Let's take what we love seriously, and enjoy it together.
Requirements
Requirements
- Employer
- Prime 1 Studio Co., Ltd.
- Application types
- (1) Specific role (2) Open position
- Employment types
- Full-time employee: employment contract with no fixed term (6-month probation) Contract employee: fixed-term employment contract (generally 1 year per term; 3-month probation), renewable, with a path to full-time employment Part-time: fixed-term employment contract (term set by role and conditions), renewable Working conditions during probation are the same as after it
- Contract renewal (contract and part-time employees)
- Renewal is decided based on the workload at the end of the contract term, performance and attitude, skills, the company's business conditions, and the progress of assigned work. Limit on renewals (total contract period or number of renewals): none
- Work
- As described on each role's page (Scope of change) Work designated by the company
- Salary
- Base salary: JPY 210,000–350,000 per month (based on experience and skills; excluding fixed overtime pay) Fixed overtime pay: JPY 32,420–121,545 per month (paid as overtime pay for 20–45 hours regardless of actual overtime; the number of hours is set in the employment contract; calculated as base salary ÷ 162 hours (average monthly scheduled working hours) × 1.25 × hours, with the hourly amount rounded up to the nearest yen) Overtime beyond the hours covered by fixed overtime pay is paid in addition. Part-time: from JPY 1,280 per hour (no fixed overtime pay; overtime is paid at premium rates for the hours actually worked)
- Bonus
- Yes (based on company performance)
- Insurance and allowances
- Health insurance, employees' pension insurance, employment insurance, and workers' accident compensation insurance (for part-time employees, when eligible); commuting allowance (with a cap)
- Working hours
- 10:00–19:15 (8 working hours, 75-minute break) Overtime: yes (average 30 hours per month) Part-time: by shift *Senior positions in creative roles (such as designers) and planning roles work under a discretionary work system (professional and planning work types): start and finish times are left to the employee, and work is deemed to be 9.5–10 hours per day (set so that monthly overtime stays within 30–45 hours)
- Holidays
- Two days off every week and national holidays (exceptions for events; the shop works in shifts), year-end and summer holidays, paid leave (10 days in the first year, granted after 6 months, increasing with years of service)
- Workplace
- Head Office: 6-36-2 Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo Gallery Shop: Yurakucho Marui 7F, 2-7-1 Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (Scope of change) Head Office and Gallery Shop. Some roles involve overseas business trips
- Smoking
- Smoking is prohibited throughout the company's premises
Process
Selection process
- 01
Choose how to apply
Apply for a specific role that matches your career plan, or for an open position by choosing a division: Creative, Sales, or Office (each role's division is shown on Explore Our Roles). For open positions, we assess your skills and aptitude and contact you if there is a suitable role.
- 02
Prepare your documents
A. Resume with photo B. Work history (optional for part-time applications) C. Portfolio (Creative division only) Please send your resume and work history as PDF files, and your portfolio as a URL where we can see your work (a portfolio site, social media, or a shared folder). Write the role (or division) you are applying for, your preferred employment type, and your available start date in the body of your email.
- 03
Apply
Use "Apply by email" on each role's page, or one of the methods under "How to apply" below.
- 04
Document screening
We will contact only those who pass the screening, by email.
- 05
Interview
Show us your achievements and what you want to accomplish with us. Depending on the role, you may be asked to take a job-related test.
- 06
Offer
Let's create "wonder" for the world together!
Entry
How to apply
Not sure if your experience is enough? Apply anyway. We will review your documents (and your work, for creative roles) and suggest a suitable role if there is one.
Send your documents to saiyou@prime1studio.co.jp with the subject line "[Application] Desired role (your first choice if more than one) / Your name", or "[Application] Open position / Your name". "Apply by email" on each role's page opens an email with the subject and a template filled in.
saiyou@prime1studio.co.jp
If the button does not open an email, copy the address and the template, and send from the email service you usually use.
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