One North is a digital experience agency that combines curiosity, scale, and agility to shape the future. They are seeking a Senior Product Designer with expertise in UX/UI and proficiency in Figma to lead design efforts across mobile and web products, as well as enterprise design systems. The role requires a strong advocate for design system thinking and collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure successful product outcomes.
Responsibilities:
- Produce highly polished screen designs that follow UX and UI best practices
- Participate in working sessions with clients and present original work
- Work closely with other disciplines to translate their deliverables (e.g., research outcomes, brand platforms, wireframes, etc.) into designs
- Openness to feedback from Managers, Directors, and colleagues from other disciplines
- Lead the creation and evolution of enterprise-grade design systems that scale across products and platforms—including UI kits, documentation, governance models, and component libraries
- Build and maintain advanced Figma libraries using best practices for auto layout, variables, interactive components, and design tokens
- Leverage existing design systems to accelerate product design workflows, while identifying gaps and creating specialized libraries when needed
- Ensure Figma workspaces, files, and libraries are optimized, organized, and aligned with system architecture and brand standards
- Audit and refactor components to improve usability, accessibility, performance, and consistency across platforms
- Prototype and test new patterns or components before integrating them into the broader system
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams—including product, engineering, and research—to ensure the product and system meets evolving business and user needs
Requirements:
- Deep expertise in UX/UI
- Advanced proficiency in Figma and design systems
- Hands-on experience architecting systems from the ground up
- Creating robust component libraries
- Defining governance models
- Partnering closely with engineering teams to ensure seamless design-to-code alignment
- Fluent in Figma's advanced features
- Strong documentation capabilities
- Ability to drive adoption across cross-functional teams
- Produce highly polished screen designs that follow UX and UI best practices
- Participate in working sessions with clients and present original work
- Work closely with other disciplines to translate their deliverables into designs
- Openness to feedback from Managers, Directors, and colleagues from other disciplines
- Lead the creation and evolution of enterprise-grade design systems
- Build and maintain advanced Figma libraries using best practices
- Leverage existing design systems to accelerate product design workflows
- Ensure Figma workspaces, files, and libraries are optimized, organized, and aligned with system architecture and brand standards
- Audit and refactor components to improve usability, accessibility, performance, and consistency across platforms
- Prototype and test new patterns or components before integrating them into the broader system
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the product and system meets evolving business and user needs
- 5 or more years of design experience in an in-house product or design systems team, consultancy, or agency
- Work examples that demonstrate high-fidelity designs, strategic design thinking, and complex problem solving
- Exceptional visual design skills (e.g., typography, color, layout)
- Advanced skills in Figma
- Solid understanding of HTML, CSS, JS, and responsive design
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Eye for detail and high personal standards
- Dedication to following industry best practices and trends
- A strong portfolio demonstrating a variety of UX/UI and hands-on design systems work
- Curiosity around AI tools related to product design and design systems
- Experience and passion for UX/UI designs
- Familiarity with design systems and comfort in leveraging them for new interface designs
- Expertise for how to translate desktop designs to tablet and mobile screens
- Solid understanding for design implications around WCAG accessibility requirements
- The ability to thrive in a multi-disciplinary environment with design, client services, strategy, and technology teams
- Being a self-starter and pushing the vision for our clients
- Passion for digital design and staying up to date on the latest tech and trends
- Experience working in an Agile process
- Understanding of various inquiry methods such as usability testing