Capital One Manager Experience Designer Design Systems 

United States, Texas, Plano 

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Manager Experience Designer, Design Systems

This is a Hybrid position located in Plano, TX. Relocation to Plano, TX is required if you're not located in the Dallas, TX area.

At a Glance

The Manager Experience Designer, Design Systems sets the tone and strategy of our FS Design System from a development perspective.person will Lead as a individual contributor.

Role Focus

The Design System Visual Designer Lead is responsible for setting the tone and strategy of the FS Design System from a development perspective. They’ll work alongside the Design System Front End Designer Lead, who is responsible for a similar effort from a visual design perspective. Additional responsibilities include:

• Servingas part of theDesign Architecture Leadership Team, advocating and representing the collective perspective of Design Architecture’s designers

• Leadingthe visual design and implementation of the FS Design System including typography, color, iconography and componentry, and the tools, resources and documentations to support the system

• Supportingthe Head of Design Architecture with the Strategic Direction and Impact of FS Design System (design focus)

• Learningabout FS Design System needs, development and adoption as the primary partner to ourDesign Leads

• Supportinginfluence of the Enterprise Design System/Gravity, anddrivingfrom a development perspective

• Ensuringthe design feasibility of UI/UX designs

• Creatingand maintaining automated tests to ensure quality while saving time and money

• Settingdesign standards and best practices for the Design Architecture team

• Collaboratingwith other team members and stakeholders

• Supportingour Design System customers where they’re at, through working with them to understand issues and challenges and working with the Design Architecture team to resolve those issues and challenges in an expedient manner

• Reportingteam and system progress regularly, with a focus on development

• Managingthe workload and priorities of additional designers under the direction and support of the Head of FS.xd Design Architecture

• Providinggrowth and people leadership for Design System designers within FS Design Architecture

• Providingadditional lift for designer support within team (helping spread existing responsibilities that are shared today)

What We’re Looking For

• Systems Thinker:You have a knack for stepping back and looking beyond the immediate problem to see how it fits into the larger ecosystem – across channels, touchpoints, and platforms – and then diving in to nail the important details.

• Intrapreneur:You’ll think about the team, the product, and the customer as parts of your own business; it needs a purpose – whether to solve a problem, entertain, educate, or delight – and you’ll measure its performance against these goals. You don’t wait for the next order to be issued. You seek opportunities and build the case for where the team needs to move next in order to bring the greatest impact.

• Data-Driven:You are clear in articulation of intent and goals, and you know how to use data and research to back up your work. You’ll seek out analytics and user testing data to help you make design decisions, support your design decisions, and iterate on your past design decisions – all so we constantly get better at getting better.

• Facilitator:You are at your best when leading stakeholders and partners through brainstorming sessions, workshopping solutions in a truly collaborative fashion.

• Detail Oriented:You impress your teammates with the ability to pick out small nuances that no one else seems to notice. You’re proud that your production files are always pixel perfect and you’ve thought through every permutation of your designs, making the development process smooth sailing.

• Flexible:You know that projects can adjust at the drop of a hat, you are adaptable and welcome change.

What You’ll Bring

• In-depth knowledge and experience with design systems and a desire to challenge the status quo and innovate

• Deep expertise in design thinking

• Experience delivering high-quality specifications and documentation for system additions and enhancements

• A cross-disciplinary mindset and an ability to work directly with a design team to facilitate the building of components, patterns and templates

• A passion for creating design solutions that are inclusive and accessible to provide a great experience for all users

• An educational mindset and desire to support system adopters through onboarding sessions, 1:1 troubleshooting, and ongoing training support

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree

• At least 4 years of experience with FIGMA (or Design System Tool)

• At least 4 years of experience with Design System components and responsive layouts

• At least 4 years of experience with User Experience design

• At least 2 years of experience working on a design system

• At least 2 years of experience in a visual design leadership role overseeing strategic projects

• At least 2 years working with W3C standards to enable accessibility best practices for the web and applications

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Agile or Kanban software development methodologies and Agile software development

• 6+ years of designing digital products and experiences

• 4+ years of experience with design system technologies (FIGMA)

• 4+ years of experience with translating complex business requirements into manageable building blocks

• 4+ years of experience in responsive, adaptive, and intrinsic design capabilities

• 4+ years of experience with architecture patterns including microservices, layered and event driven architecture

• 4+ years of experience with UI application architecture and design patterns

• 2+ years of experience building digital products where compliance with accessibility standards is part of the “definition of done”

• 2+ years of experience with semantic and accessible HTML to meet accessibility requirements (WCAG 2.1 AA, ADA, Section 508)

• 1+ year of experience improving load time performance through bundle size analysis or resource optimization

• Experience in native mobile development frameworks and environments

Plano, TX: $144,000 - $164,400 for Manager, DesignThis role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.

. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.

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