UX Designer - Design systems

• Build and improve Canonical's design system to ensure adoption, consistency, scalability, and accessibility.
• Work with designers, engineers, and stakeholders to create reusable components, patterns, and guidelines.
• Promote best practices for design systems and provide documentation and support to teams.
• Design and document UI components, design tokens, and interaction patterns.
• Manage timely delivery of the design system roadmap.
• Align teams on design system usage and governance.
• Advocate for accessibility, performance, and scalability in design decisions and update based on data and technology.
• Keep up with industry trends to balance innovation with system coherence and performance.

• Experience in UX or product design with strong focus on design systems in complex environments.
• A portfolio showing expertise in design systems, including component libraries and documentation.
• Strong educational background in design or related behavioural science.
• Proficiency in Figma, Storybook, and design token workflows.
• Experience collaborating with engineers and bridging design and code.
• Ability to apply design processes and clearly communicate and document design decisions.
• Excellent attention to detail and systemic problem-solving skills.
• Commitment to transparent project delivery and meeting deadlines.
• Passion for balancing consistency and innovation.
• Willingness to travel up to four times a year for internal events.

The employer offers a salary that considers location, experience, and performance, with annual reviews and a performance-driven bonus. Benefits include a distributed work environment with biannual in-person team sprints, a USD 2,000 yearly learning and development budget, holiday leave, parental leave, wellness programs, travel opportunities, and recognition rewards.

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