Job Responsibilities:
- Creating forward-looking and scalable design systems: UI components, patterns, templates, and documentation for a variety of platforms.
- Work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team of researchers, product designers, technologists, and business experts to apply, evolve, and maintain our Design System.
- Work closely with designers to champion consistency and efficiency in design deliverables across our products and services with usability, accessibility, and optimisation in mind.
- Use customers insights and analytical data to inform the development of key components and design patterns.
- Contribute to the vision to drive Design System adoption and improvements across the organisation.
- Evangelise Design Systems across the organisation, fostering collaboration between design and development teams.
- Initiate and conduct usability and design research/validation.
Required qualifications, capabilities and skills:
- Previous experience in a Design System design role - creating, contributing and/or maintaining a Design System.
- Strong portfolio demonstrating examples of Design System deliverables (components, patterns, documentation and guidelines for a variety of stakeholders).
- Demonstrate an ability to think at a systems level of design and understanding of User Centred Design and usability best practices.
- Strong knowledge of accessibility requirements and how to implement them effectively.
- Effective communication of design solutions across roles and comfortable collaborating with engineering teams.
- Previous experience of mobile application and responsive web design.
- Proficiency with Figma, Figma Variables, Token Studio, Supernova or similar Design System tools.
- Bachelor’s degree in Design, HCI, or related field or equivalent professional experience.
Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills:
- Solid communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively, shape inclusive and growth oriented culture and adapt to evolving stages of the business.
- Ability for independent decision-making as well as taking direction and work as a part of a team.
- Ability to work in a dynamic, agile environment within a geographically distributed team.
- Curious, versatile and solution oriented.