Otelier, a Kyoto- and California-based craft venture studio founded by Yvonne Hung, is now hiring a part-time studio assistant.
For details & to apply:
- Japanese: https://otelier.com/ja-jp/pages/were-hiring
- English: https://otelier.com/en-jp/pages/were-hiring
Hung is a Phoenixi Fellow who participated in Phoenixi’s residential incubation program from November 2025 to March 2026, where she worked further on the business development of her modern-meets-heritage craft venture. In May 2026, Otelier launched its modern Sensu (folding fan) collection, which is now available online and in stores, including Futako-Tamagawa Tsutaya Electrics as well as Ginza, Shibuya, Umeda, and Kyoto Loft locations.
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About Phoenixi Co Ltd: Phoenixi operates a residential incubation program and a fund for program graduates to foster both business ideas that address social challenges and the entrepreneurial talent behind them. Program participants (Phoenixi Fellows) — including corporate employees, university faculty, students, and entrepreneurs — live for four months at the company’s facility “toberu”, where they engage in daily cross-sector interactions, startup-focused skill training, and personalized mentoring and coaching. Through this process, they develop new businesses that generate both profit and social impact. Founded in 2018 in Kyoto by Yukiko Hashitera, Dr Sachiko Kuno, and Izumi Kobayashi, Phoenixi is built around the concepts of “creating corporate-born ventures” and “sharing unusual time and space.” Since its inception in 2019, the company has supported a total of 13 cohorts and 96 Fellows (44 sponsored Fellows and 52 independent Fellows), with 31% women and 21% international participants.
