AI Design Systems Consultant / Contract / Hybrid / Oakland, CA

Motion Recruitment; Oakland (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment is seeking a Design Systems Consultant to join a growing personal finance platform in Oakland, CA. This hybrid on-site role requires presence three days a week and focuses on building AI-assisted creative tools and scalable component architecture.

You will collaborate with Design Leadership, Brand, and AI Engineering to translate requirements into a scalable Figma-based system, test AI-assisted workflows, and document conventions to keep libraries usable.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 5+ years of experience in design systems.
• Proficiency with Figma.
• Experience developing AI-assisted creative skills, agents, and workflows.

Responsibilities

• Run the testing loop on AI-assisted creative skills in development, debugging, and refining each one until it is ready for production.
• Build out the email templates system already underway and extend the AI-ready standard to other marketing channels.
• Document component usage and system conventions so the libraries remain usable and consistent as others build on top of them.

Skills

Design systems

AI workflows

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Figma

Job description

Ourclient,thecreatorsofapersonalfinanceplatform,isactivelyhiringaDesignSystemsConsultanttojointheirteamandhelpbuildtheplatform'sAI-assistedcreativetools.Thisisahybridroleandwillbeon-site3xaweekinOakland,CA!

Inthisrole,youwillbetheprimarytechnicalbuilderbehindtheiremergingAI-assistedcreativeworkflow.YouwilltestandrefinetheAI-assistedskillsandagentsindevelopmentwhilemaintainingthecomponentarchitecturetheseskillsdependon.YouwillbepartneringcloselywithDesignLeadership,Brand,andAIEngineeringtotranslatesystemrequirementsintoscalableFigmainfrastrucutre.

Contract Duration: 5 months

Required Skills:

• Bachelor'sdegree
• 5+yearsofexperienceindesignsystems
• ProficiencywithFigma
• ExperiencedevelopingAI-assistedcreativeskills,agents,andworkflows

What you will be doing:

• RunthetestinglooponAI-assistedcreativeskillsindevelopment,debugging,andrefiningeachoneuntilitisreadyforproduction
• BuildouttheemailtemplatesystemalreadyunderwayandextendtheAI-readystandardtoothermarketingchannels
• Documentcomponentusageandsystemconventionssothelibrariesremainusableandconsistentasothersbuildontopofthem