Design Systems Designer

Birchwell Digital; Harrow; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working from London

Ownership of a design system

Close collaboration with design and FE

Shape governance and long-term roadmap

Job summary

Birchwell Associates is seeking a Design Systems Designer to build scalable design systems and reusable components across multiple products.

You will partner with product designers, UI designers and frontend engineers to evolve tokens, documentation and governance, ensuring accessible, consistent experiences at scale.

This London-based role offers hybrid working, ownership of a design system used across digital products, and the chance to shape the long‑term system roadmap.

Qualifications

• Commercial experience in product, UI or design-system design.
• Strong Figma knowledge, including components, variants, libraries.
• Portfolio demonstrating scalable component and system thinking.
• Good understanding of accessibility, responsive design and design tokens.
• Experience collaborating closely with frontend engineers, ideally around Storybook.
• Strong documentation, facilitation and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain reusable components, patterns, tokens and shared foundations.
• Develop and govern Figma libraries, variables, documentation and contribution standards.
• Partner with frontend engineers to align design components with coded components.
• Improve accessibility, consistency and scalability across product experiences.
• Support adoption through guidance, workshops, critique and practical documentation.
• Measure system usage, identify gaps and prioritise the design-system roadmap.

Skills

Design systems

Figma

Accessibility

Collaboration with frontend engineers

Documentation

Stakeholder management

Tools

Figma

Storybook

Job description

Design Systems opportunity

Design Systems Designer.

Build scalable design systems, reusable components and clear standards across a growing multi-product digital environment.

London / Hybrid£60,000 - £75,000PermanentDesign Systems

Role overview

Design Systems Designer

• LocationLondon / Hybrid
• Salary£60,000 - £75,000
• TypePermanent
• SectorDesign Systems
• ReferenceBW-DSD-001

The opportunity

Birchwell Associates is supporting a growing digital organisation in the search for a Design Systems Designer. This role will suit a designer who enjoys creating the foundations that help product teams deliver consistent, accessible experiences at scale.

You will partner with product designers, UI designers and frontend engineers to evolve shared components, tokens, documentation and governance across multiple products.

What you will be doing

• Design and maintain reusable components, patterns, tokens and shared foundations.
• Develop and govern Figma libraries, variables, documentation and contribution standards.
• Partner with frontend engineers to align design components with coded components.
• Improve accessibility, consistency and scalability across product experiences.
• Support adoption through guidance, workshops, critique and practical documentation.
• Measure system usage, identify gaps and prioritise the design-system roadmap.

What we are looking for

• Commercial experience in product, UI or design-system design.
• Strong Figma knowledge, including components, variants, variables and libraries.
• A portfolio demonstrating scalable component and system thinking.
• Good understanding of accessibility, responsive design and design tokens.
• Experience collaborating closely with frontend engineers, ideally around Storybook.
• Strong documentation, facilitation and stakeholder-management skills.

What is on offer

• Salary between £60,000 and £75,000, depending on experience.
• Hybrid working from London.
• Ownership of a design system used across multiple digital products.
• Close collaboration with design and frontend engineering teams.
• Scope to shape governance, adoption and the long‑term system roadmap.

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