Job Description
Job Title: UI Production Designer – Design Systems
Duration: 12 months
Location: Fully Remote (Bellevue, Denver) – Must be near client’s HQ for potential conversion
Team: Product Experience Design & Innovation (PXDI)
Technology Requirements: Figma, Enterprise Design Systems
What does a typical day look like?
- Partner closely with UX designers, product managers, and engineers to prepare high-quality design files for development, stay hands-on through build and QA, and strengthen our shared design system and toolkit.
Preferred background/prior work experience?
- 3–5 years of professional experience in UI design or production design
- Experience working in enterprise-level design systems
- Prior collaboration with cross-functional agile teams, including UX, Product, and Engineering.
- Experience with component-based design in Figma, using libraries, variants, and tokens.
- Background in visual communication, graphic design, or related field; Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
Priority soft skills:
- Collaborative mindset
- Detail oriented and organized
- Adaptable and proactive
- Empathetic and open minded
- Ownership mentality, takes pride in work
Role Overview:
Client is seeking a Mid-Level UI Production Designer with a strong foundation in design systems to join our dynamic UX team.
This role sits at the intersection of design craft, systems precision, and production efficiency — ensuring every interface we deliver is pixel-perfect, scalable, and true to the client’s brand. You’ll partner closely with UX designers, product managers, and engineers to prepare high-quality design files for development, stay hands-on through build and QA, and strengthen our shared design system and toolkit.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design Execution & Production
- Maintain organized, production-ready Figma files and uphold strong file hygiene practices.
- Act as the final design checkpoint, ensuring accessibility, responsiveness, and alignment with brand standards.
- Prepare and polish final design files for development handoff with pixel-perfect accuracy and consistency.
- Partner with developer’s post-handoff to review builds, flag design QA issues, and guide in-dev refinements.
- Design Systems & Toolkit Mastery
- Serve as a go-to expert on client’s design system and toolkit — ensuring proper use and advocating for continuous improvement.
- Implement and extend design system components, spacing, and visual patterns in real-world digital experiences.
- Collaborate with design system and engineering partners to maintain visual and functional consistency across web and app.
- Contribute to system documentation and education, helping elevate design system literacy.
- Visual Design & Collaboration
- Translate UX flows and product requirements into refined, visually engaging UI designs.
- Create and iterate on high-fidelity mockups, prototypes, and design specs in Figma.
- Iteration & Improvement
- Respond to feedback with a refinement mindset, improving clarity and scalability of design assets.
- Identify opportunities to streamline production processes and elevate design consistency.
- Contribute to shared best practices and advocate for design system-driven efficiency.
Required Skills & Experience:
- Strong visual design and layout skills with an exacting attention to detail.
- Deep proficiency in Figma, including component creation, variants, and library management.
- Demonstrated experience working with or contributing to a large-scale design system.
- Understanding of responsive design and how to optimize for multiple platforms (web, mobile, app).
- Experience collaborating directly with product managers and developers through delivery and QA.
- Clear communication and a collaborative, team-first mindset.
- Passion for scalable, systematic design practices and continuous improvement.