Senior UX/UI Designer: React Design Systems Lead (Contract)

First Focus; Auckland; On-site; NZD 110,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

First Focus, a leading Australian design and software engineering firm, is seeking an experienced Senior UX/UI Designer on a 12-month independent contractor basis in New Zealand. You’ll help establish scalable UX/UI design across React applications, crafting reusable components and tokens while partnering with engineers and stakeholders.

You’ll bring deep UX/UI production experience, a strong eye for detail, and the ability to translate business needs into practical interfaces that teams can

Qualifications

• Strong production web app design experience
• Ability to design for SaaS or business software
• Proven ability to build or improve design systems across apps
• Ability to work with developers and stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Design intuitive user experiences for business apps and portals
• Build and improve a shared UX/UI design system across multiple React apps
• Create reusable component specs, variants and interaction patterns
• Define design tokens for typography, color, spacing and layout
• Collaborate with React developers to ensure practical, consistent designs
• Design complex forms, dashboards and data-heavy workflows
• Turn business requirements into clear, user-friendly experiences
• Apply accessibility and responsive design standards
• Review interfaces to ensure they match the intended design
• Document design principles and component usage for long-term consistency

Skills

UX design

UI design

Design systems

React awareness

Accessibility

Education

Bachelor in Design

Tools

Figma

Storybook

Tailwind CSS

Job description

First Focus, a leading Australian design and software engineering firm, is seeking an experienced Senior UX/UI Designer on a 12-month independent contractor basis in New Zealand. You’ll help establish scalable UX/UI design across React applications, crafting reusable components and tokens while partnering with engineers and stakeholders.

You’ll bring deep UX/UI production experience, a strong eye for detail, and the ability to translate business needs into practical interfaces that teams can