Sr Product Designer, Design Systems

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  • JOB TYPE: Freelance, Contract Position (no agencies/C2C – see notes below)
  • LOCATION: Remote – United States and Canada only
  • HOURLY RANGE: Our client is looking to pay $115-$135/hr
  • ESTIMATED DURATION: 40h/week – long-term, ongoing project 

THE OPPORTUNITY

Requirements

  • United States and Canada only
  • 5+ years experience as a designer in an Enterprise, SaaS or other B2B environment
  • 2+ years in a Design Systems role; proven experience working at the component and pattern level, not just UI/Visual; You should have direct, “I did this” experience and examples of design system component and style work, as well as writing examples (sometimes technical) of component use for both designers and developers

  • A logical mind to break down and organize complex components and patterns into buildable specifications, properties, Figma variants, and non-variant hidden objects

  • An inclination towards systems thinking

  • Experience with Bootstrap and Material design systems

  • Responsive web design, including mobile component needs and variations

Working with our client’s small but mighty Design Systems team of UX, QA and Development folks, your primary tasks will be to:

  • identify, define, and design compound components, workflows, and large patterns
  • create supporting content for developers and design by writing use guides
  • act as liaison with teams on projects using the system
  • participate in workshops to evangelize the system and gather feedback to inform content and/or features

Key requirements:

  • 5+ years experience as a designer in an Enterprise, SaaS or other B2B environment
  • 2+ years in a Design Systems role; proven experience working at the component and pattern level, not just UI/Visual; You should have direct, “I did this” experience and examples of design system component and style work, as well as writing examples (sometimes technical) of component use for both designers and developers
  • a logical mind to break down and organize complex components and patterns into buildable specifications, properties, Figma variants, and non-variant hidden objects
  • an inclination towards systems thinking
  • experience with Bootstrap and Material design systems
  • responsive web design, including mobile component needs and variations
  • excellent grammar
  • great communication skills to facilitate working with product owners and external teams
  • ability to speak the language of developer, UX advocates, and product owners
  • a portfolio that shows examples of design systems work

Here are some bonus-point nice-to-haves:

  • animation and Lottie chops
  • accessibility experience
  • familiarity with GitFlow and technical stacks
  • experience editing in MDX and SCSS formats

Here you’ll get to:

Drive the adoption and benefits of a design system with intelligence, skill, and passion
And… have fun working with a really great and entertaining group of UXperts

Apply Now!

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