Design System Designer (Figma / UI Specialist)

Please be advised. UX and product design methodologies are not required for this role. This role a UI role, focused component construction through the use of Figma, tokenisation and Storybook.

We’re looking for a technical user interface designer, who is an expert in Figma and has experience in developing UI components for large scale design systems. The role focuses on building UI components that are dev ready and adhere to the technical and style guidance of the organisations established design system.

The role requires a love for UI and an eye for detail, as the role is centred around maintaining, creating, and organising new components into our design libraries. As design system UI designer, you’d need to have a good understanding on how components work in the development environment and have good technical knowledge to bring your Figma design to life when handing over to the development team.

This unique role needs to enjoy all aspects of user interface design, from their conception to their construction, be able to adhere to brand guidelines and deliver components that scale.

What this role is about – key themes:

We\’re looking for a UI and Interaction designer to contribute to our next big goal. Our new goal is to extend the reusability of the design system. Your day-to-day responsibilities will have you creating new UI components, refactoring old ones to meet the design systems standards, whilst maintaining any changes required to our design libraries to ensure the development teams have all the resources readily available.

As a UI/Interaction designer we would expect an excellent knowledge in Figma. With a strong knowledge and experience of building bespoke UI components and using custom design libraries. A must for the role is to have demonstratable examples of committing and developing a design system first hand.

We’re want this role to take ownership of design enhancements, including good knowledge of both visual and interaction design. We are also looking to harness the power of tokenisation, giving us the ability to maximise experiences through a limited set of well tested, high quality UI components.

Key Skills Required

• Extensive experience as a UI / Interaction designer (3+ years’ experience).
• Expert knowledge of using Figma and components.
• Experience using Figma variables, variants, and properties.
• Experience working with Design Systems, asset libraries or UI systems.
• Experience in interaction design and UI best practices.
• Ability to create high quality responsive UI designs.
• Knowledge of how to optimise designs for the design systems.
• Evidence of working with developers to ensure pixel-perfect UI implementation.
• Experience in organising and maintaining components, through the use of documentation.
• Good communication skills and understanding of how to deliver designs to development teams.
• Ability to adhere to brand guidelines.
• Identifying opportunities for design optimisation, improving design standards, and promoting implementation of best practices.
• Experience or knowledge working with Design Tokens.
• Good working understanding and experience of designing with WCAG Accessibility Guidelines in mind.

Nice-to-haves (non-essential):

• Have a good understanding of interaction design.
• An awareness of HTML, CSS and front end practices.
• Understanding and experience in Atomic Design Principles.
• Knowledge of Storybook.
• Knowledge of Chromatic.

We take pride in being a diverse and inclusive business. It\’s a place where you can Be You, and show up as you are. We’re committed to fostering a people-first culture where everyone is accepted, supported, and empowered to be brilliant.

Everyone receives 33 days holiday (including bank holidays) when they join us, increasing the longer you stay with us, up to a maximum of 38 days (including bank holidays). You also have the option to buy or sell up to an additional five days of annual leave.

We’re proud of our people-first culture. In fact, we\’ve been recognised as a Great Place to Work for Women, a Great Place to Work for Wellbeing, and an overall Great Place to Work for over 25 years! We’re fully committed to making sure your progression is not slowed or halted by barriers related to race, gender, age, sexuality or any of the protected characteristics.