Job Description
The primary objective of this role is to drive the development and implementation of a design system that aligns with our organization's vision and strategy. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the evolution, maintenance, governance, and adoption of the design system, ensuring seamless interactions between experience design and development teams.
This individual will bridge the gap between design and development, providing operational efficiencies to both teams while driving the vision for the design system to achieve objectives. They will also be responsible for managing, implementing, and maintaining consistency across the design system, making design decisions based on research and insights with inclusive design best practices in mind.
Key Accountabilities
* Drive the vision for the design system to achieve objectives;
* Align the design system with our organization's diversity and inclusion objectives;
* Manage, implement, and maintain consistency across the design system;
* Make design decisions based on research and insights with inclusive design best practices in mind;
* Build and manage components and patterns that are reusable, resizable, and efficient for designers to implement;
* Develop instructions to support developers to implement designs efficiently according to best practice, including accessibility;
* Ensure alignment and consistency in design and development;
* Lead the creation and implementation of resources, tools, and documentation that support the design system;
* Design governance processes and manage the change release process for the design system;
* Conduct end-to-end audits of our design system and solve for discrepancies to push the design system forward;
* Define success metrics and report performance of the system to key stakeholders;
Required Skills and Qualifications
* Extensive UX/UI design experience with a deep understanding of how to create usable, accessible, and modular designs that can scale across multiple products and brands;
* Experience working and collaborating with diverse teams in a dynamic environment;
* Strong knowledge of HTML and CSS;
* Knowledge of ReactJS or willingness to learn;
* Relevant tertiary qualification;
* Experienced with Figma and component management;
* Knowledge of Atomic Design concepts and design system management;
* Familiarity with agile ways of working;
Benefits
We offer a collaborative work environment where employees work together to achieve common goals. Our organization values diversity, equity, and inclusion, and we strive to create a workplace culture that reflects these values.
About Us
We are a leading provider of technology-enabled administration solutions, continually developing our offerings to expand with our clients' needs. We have been entrusted by clients to handle sensitive data in a secure and confidential manner, and we take pride in delivering high-quality services that meet their expectations.