Email Design Systems Architect (6-Month FTC)

Hastings Insurance Services Limited; Bexhill-on-Sea; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working

Annual bonus 4Cs

Life insurance & pension contributions

Wellbeing and mental health support

25 days annual leave

Job summary

Hastings Direct is seeking an Email Designer on a 6 Month FTC to build a scalable email design system and create responsive templates across CRM, promotional, service and transactional emails. The role requires strong experience in design systems, accessibility, and modern workflows with Figma, aiming to ensure visual language aligns with brand standards.

You will document components and patterns, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and contribute to an evolving internal Customer Experience

Qualifications

• Strong experience designing and evolving digital design systems.
• Proven experience designing responsive email templates and email communication frameworks.
• Experience creating reusable components, patterns, and design libraries.
• Strong understanding of email design best practices and email client constraints.
• Excellent visual design skills with strong typography, layout, and information hierarchy.
• Experience using Figma and modern design system workflows.
• Deep understanding of accessibility standards, including WCAG AA requirements.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Knowledge of HTML email development considerations.
• Experience working with CRM and marketing automation platforms.

Responsibilities

• Build a scalable email design system that underpins all email communications, transposing existing components and established patterns and principles into email, whilst identifying and creating new components & patterns necessary to support our communications ambitions.
• Create responsive email templates for a breadth of email communications, such as CRM and lifecycle communications, promotional and campaign emails, service communications, and transactional emails.
• Make sure all design work aligns with Hastings Direct's brand, design principles, standards and visual language.
• Create clear guidance and documentation that supports and helps maintain the consistent use of email components, patterns and templates over time.
• Creating and documenting the design system in-line with the approach and practices of the internal Customer Experience Hub.

Tools

Figma

Job description

Hastings Direct is seeking an Email Designer on a 6 Month FTC to build a scalable email design system and create responsive templates across CRM, promotional, service and transactional emails. The role requires strong experience in design systems, accessibility, and modern workflows with Figma, aiming to ensure visual language aligns with brand standards.

You will document components and patterns, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and contribute to an evolving internal Customer Experience