Senior Illustrator, Design Foundations & AI Transformation

Lyft is looking for a Senior Illustrator to join Design Foundations, the infrastructure layer of Lyft's design organization. The role involves owning the craft and execution of the illustration system, partnering closely with design, engineering, and marketing, and leading illustration work through a period of active brand migration and capability expansion.

Responsibilities:

• Execute illustration work across product surfaces: Rider, Driver, Marketing with a high craft bar and deep understanding of our system and style
• Lead ongoing brand migration work: moving existing illustrations into the updated style across multiple product verticals
• Own and maintain Lyft's illustration libraries in Figma — including organization, naming, publishing, and code handoff via LPL
• Develop motion design capabilities for illustrated assets; this is an emerging need and a real opportunity to define how Lyft's visual identity moves
• Manage the illustration intake process: triage requests, run office hours, set priorities alongside the DPM and manager
• Partner with (contract illustrator) on assignments — package work clearly, review output, and maintain quality and consistency across execution
• Collaborate with engineers to ship illustrations through LPL — SVGs to code, PRs reviewed, library updates published
• Work with Marketing, Brand, and Content teams to extend the illustration system beyond product surfaces
• Contribute to documentation, onboarding materials, and illustration guidelines so the system is legible to everyone who depends on it