Senior Specialist - UI & Design System (UAE National Only )

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank; Abu Dhabi Emirate; On-site; AED 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Benefits Package

Flexible and Remote Working Options

Learning and Development Opportunities

Job summary

ADCB in Abu Dhabi seeks an experienced UI/UX designer to own and evolve our omnichannel design system. You will translate UX flows into cohesive, development-ready designs across web and mobile, while aligning with brand and system standards.

You will collaborate with product, engineering and business partners to integrate AI-assisted workflows, improve documentation, and strengthen design maturity across channels.

Qualifications

• At least 7 years of experience in digital product or UI design.
• Bachelor's degree in Design, HCI, CS, Digital Design, or related field.
• Advanced proficiency in Figma, libraries and design system docs.
• Advanced proficiency in Zeroheight or equivalent platform.
• Experience with AI-assisted design workflows and LLM integrations.
• Strong craft across typography, color, layout, accessibility and responsive design.
• Ability to own and evolve an omnichannel design system and reusable components.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve ADCB's in-house design system, its foundations, components, and docs.
• Introduce fresh practices to support design system adoption and delivery.
• Incorporate external perspectives and AI-enabled workflows into the team.
• Connect Figma, design-system docs and LLM tools to automate design activities.
• Create, simplify or evolve reusable components and patterns.
• Balance consistency with product needs and introduce value-added solutions.
• Collaborate with engineering to shape specs and improve design-to-development flows.
• Engage stakeholders to frame opportunities and align on effective solutions.
• Review experiences against designs, design system, and standards.
• Identify accessibility and interaction gaps and resolve them pre-release.
• Maintain practical design system guidance and enable teams to use it.
• Enable reviews and knowledge sharing to strengthen adoption and maturity.
• Create high-quality, accessible interfaces across web, mobile and digital touchpoints.
• Translate UX flows into development-ready designs aligned with brand standards.
• Define states and micro-interactions to communicate intended behavior.

Skills

Design system ownership

Figma proficiency

Zeroheight proficiency

AI-assisted design workflows

UI/UX design

Omnichannel design

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Design or related field

Tools

Figma

Zeroheight

Job description

Embark on a journey where your unique contributions are celebrated, and your professional growth is embraced. At ADCB, we nurture a diverse, inclusive community where every voice is valued.

About the business area

GBS is a group of highly skilled and talented professionals who form an essential part of ADCB's continued journey of success. With a proud history of commitment, innovation and delivery, GBS constantly strives for excellence whilst ensuring the highest standards of quality and risk awareness. Each and every member of the GBS family plays an integral role in driving ADCB's strategy, growth and digital evolution by working closely with our valued business partners to achieve exceptional customer experience through our outstanding service and support.

We are actively seeking an ambitious professional to join our team at ADCB to work alongside passionate colleagues who share your ambition to redefine excellence in UAE banking.

In this role, your key responsibilities include:

• Own and evolve ADCB's in-house design system, including its foundations, component libraries, patterns, documentation, contribution model, governance, releases, and adoption.
• Bring fresh thinking and contemporary practices to improve how the system supports teams and digital products.
• Bring external perspective, emerging design practices and responsible AI-enabled workflows into the team.
• Identify opportunities to connect Figma, design-system documentation and LLM tools such as Claude to automate appropriate design activities, accelerate delivery and improve consistency, while applying suitable review and governance. Use stakeholder feedback, implementation learnings, usability findings and evolving digital standards to improve the design system, experience quality and ways of working.
• Identify opportunities to create, simplify or evolve reusable components and patterns.
• Balance consistency with emerging product needs, challenge unnecessary deviations, and introduce new solutions where they add clear value.
• Partner closely with engineering teams to shape specifications, resolve implementation challenges and improve design-to-development ways of working.
• Engage product, business and technology stakeholders to understand needs, frame design opportunities, communicate rationale, challenge assumptions constructively and build alignment around effective solutions.
• Review implemented experiences against approved designs, the design system and relevant standards.
• Identify visual, responsive, accessibility and interaction gaps, and work collaboratively with delivery teams to resolve them before release.
• Maintain clear, practical design system guidance and help teams use it effectively.
• Enable designers and developers through reviews, knowledge sharing and collaborative working practices that strengthen adoption and design maturity.
• Create high-quality, accessible interfaces across web, mobile and other digital touchpoints
• Translate UX flows into cohesive, development-ready designs that strengthen the ADCB experience across channels while remaining aligned with brand and design system standards.
• Create prototypes and define states, transitions and micro-interactions that clearly communicate intended behavior.
• Explore new interaction approaches where they improve usability, clarity or customer experience.

The ideal candidate should have the following experience:

• At least 7 years of experience in digital product or UI design, including hands-on delivery across web, mobile and other digital experiences, with demonstrated experience owning, building or evolving an omnichannel design system.
• Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, Digital Design, or a related field.
• Advanced proficiency in Figma, including libraries, components, variables, prototyping and design system documentation.
• Advanced proficiency in Zeroheight or an equivalent design system management and documentation platform.
• Practical experience with AI-assisted design workflows and LLM integrations, including connecting Figma with tools such as Claude to automate appropriate design-system, documentation, quality-assurance or delivery activities.
• Strong visual and interaction design craft across typography, colour, layout, responsive and native behaviors, accessibility and user-centered design across channels.
• Demonstrated ability to own and evolve an omnichannel design system, define reusable components and patterns across platforms, and balance consistency with channel-specific needs, innovation and product outcomes.
• Ability to bring fresh perspective, challenge established approaches constructively and introduce improved tools, practices and ways of working.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to articulate design rationale, influence decisions and build alignment without direct authority.
• Effective collaboration across UX, product, business and engineering teams, with high attention to detail, structured problem-solving and the ability to work independently in an Agile environment.

What we offer:

Comprehensive Benefits Package: This includes market-leading medical insurance, group life and personal accident insurance, paid leave and leave airfare, employee preferential rates on loans and finance facilities, staff discounts and offers.

Flexible and Remote Working Options: We understand the importance of work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements, subject to eligibility and job requirements.

Learning and Development Opportunities: We value and facilitate continuous learning and personal development, through a variety of exciting learning opportunities, such as structured instructor-led courses, a comprehensive e-Learning catalog, on-the-job training and professional development programs.

At ADCB, we are dedicated to creating a respectful, caring and disciplined work environment that aligns with your career ambitions.