Senior Product Designer, Design Systems
Zip
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $150,000 - $200,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Contribute to Zip’s vision and how to reimagine the procurement space with elegant, modern, interfaces.
- Grow and mature our Design System capabilities and toolkits by pioneering new foundations, components, practices and methodologies
- Develop a long-term strategy for design systems at Zip and collaborate closely with engineering and design to ensure components are implemented correctly
- Drive requirements gathering with designers and engineers to build a well-rounded understanding of different product areas to help design of flexible and extensible frameworks, patterns, and components
- Set a high quality standard for user interfaces across the board, inventorying inconsistencies and proposing the necessary improvements
- Develop usage guidelines that teach designers and engineers how to use the components and patterns across design and code; create channels for feedback and improvements to ensure consistent implementation of components in code across multiple product verticals
- Organize robust Figma libraries, and keep them neat and usable
- Collaborate with other designers to craft and maintain a holistic product vision across Zip’s suite of products
- Evangelize the Design System’s importance across the company in presentations, meetings, and other forums
Requirements
- 5+ years experience as a design systems or product designer at a digital product company, contributing/leading the design and visual execution of product experiences. At least 3 years of design systems experience is required.
- Expertise in Figma, Storybook, WCAG compliance, and other design systems tools.
- A foundational understanding of HTML/CSS, how to design across multiple breakpoints, devices, and locales, and the ability to talk with developers about the implementation details
- Strong portfolio demonstrating samples of best practice Design System deliverables (style foundations, components, interaction design, iconography, and prototypes)
- Exceptionally strong visual, UI and interaction skills — you’re a champion for design and product excellence
- Highly organized & systematic thinker with experience in driving a design process and working collaboratively to solve problems
- Excitement about socializing a design system across an organization
- Thrive in ambiguity and can independently prioritize work based on user needs and business goals, and take responsibility to drive product ideas forward
- Great presentation, collaboration and communication skills
- Strong organizational skills; ability to manage multiple projects at various stages
Benefits
- 📈 Start-up equity
- 🦷 Health, vision & dental coverage
- 🍽️ Catered lunches & dinners for TO employees
- 🚠 Team building events & happy hours
- 🌴 Flexible PTO
- 💻 Apple equipment plus home office budget
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
design systemsUI designinteraction designHTMLCSSWCAG complianceprototypingstyle foundationscomponentsiconography
Soft Skills
organizational skillscollaborationcommunicationsystematic thinkingproblem-solvingpresentation skillsindependent prioritizationdriving design processchampioning design excellenceworking in ambiguity