Design System Lead- REMOTE

Ryder System, Inc.; Sacramento (CA); Remote; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in digital marketing seeks a Design System Lead to drive the vision and management of a comprehensive design system. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to create consistent UI components and ensuring design consistency across multiple product lines. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in design systems, user research, and front-end technologies, particularly React and Figma, with a focus on user needs and business goals.

Benefits

Comprehensive health and welfare benefits

Medical, prescription, dental, and vision insurance

Paid time off

401(k) plan

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in design and front-end components in React and Figma.
• Experience gathering and evaluating user requirements with product managers and engineers.
• Proven experience understanding user needs and business goals.

Responsibilities

• Drive the vision and project management of a design system.
• Collaborate with development teams on implementing a React-based design system.
• Document design system components for UX team consistency.

Skills

Design systems

User research

Visual communication

Rapid wireframing

UI prototyping

Education

Bachelor's degree in psychology, interaction design, visual design, human-computer interaction, computer science, or UX

Diploma required

Tools

Figma

Sketch

InVision

Job description

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Summary

The Design System Lead will help drive the vision and project management of a design system comprising visual styles, UI components, and other design concerns. The ideal candidate will adopt a systems mindset to build and integrate consistent, efficient components across the product portfolio. The focus will be on the complete systems lifecycle, from establishing a sustainable practice and vision to designing, building, documenting, and maintaining a library used by multiple product teams.

REMOTE work from HOME

Essential Functions

• Be responsible for identifying business, design, and development needs, defining parameters for design system components, documentation, and governance, and leading teams to create and deploy functional and durable design elements.
• Collaborate with the development team on implementing a React-based design system.
• Document design system components to be used by the UX team for design consistency.
• Work with other designers and cross-departmentally with product and development teams.
• Extract insights from user research data to inform the design process.
• Present concepts clearly to the larger product team and stakeholders.

Additional Responsibilities

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills and Abilities

• Hands-on experience contributing to design systems, including building adoption, guiding contributions, and maintaining component libraries.
• Expertise in design tools such as InVision, Sketch, Figma, or similar.
• Ability to anticipate and design for user needs by incorporating research, strategy, and analytics.
• Strong visual and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present, negotiate, collaborate, and build interpersonal relationships.
• Portfolio demonstrating design projects for web and mobile applications.
• Experience in conducting usability studies and user research is a plus.
• Proficiency in rapid wireframing and UI prototyping for usability testing.

Qualifications

• Diploma required; vocational training or industry experience with relevant tools.
• Bachelor's degree in psychology, interaction design, visual design, human-computer interaction, computer science, or UX preferred.
• At least 5 years of experience in contributing to design and front-end components in React and Figma.
• Proven experience understanding user needs, technology requirements, and business goals.
• Experience gathering and evaluating user requirements in collaboration with product managers and engineers.

Travel : 10-20%

Additional Information

Applicants from California, Colorado, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York City, and Washington:

Salary is determined based on internal equity, market rates, certifications, etc. The salary range for this position is $90K to $115K.

Ryder offers comprehensive health and welfare benefits, including medical, prescription, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, paid time off, and a tax-advantaged 401(k) plan.

Job Category :

Digital Marketing & Demand Generation

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