Design Systems Designer — Figma Tokens & Libraries (Remote)

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Arkansas; Remote; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is seeking a Product Design Systems Designer to build the Figma design systems we ship for client sites across the US. You will own token architecture, variables, modes, and a robust component library that scales beyond a homepage.

You’ll provide handoff-ready documentation so developers can build the system without back-and-forth. You must have 4+ years as a product/UI/design systems designer, have built a Figma design system with tokens and modes, and be comfortable

Qualifications

• 4+ years as a product, UI or design systems designer, ideally on an in-house team.
• A design system you personally built in Figma with variables, modes and tokens, and can walk us through in detail.
• Experience handing a system to developers and keeping Figma and code in step.
• Strong spoken English. You will present and defend your system on live calls with a US team.

Responsibilities

• Token architecture in Figma: variables, modes and semantic naming, from primitives to semantic to component level.
• Component libraries that hold up across an entire site, not just a homepage.
• Handoff and documentation that let a developer or a build pipeline execute the system without questions.
• Several client brands at once, each distinct, with the same structure underneath.

Skills

Product design

UI design

Design systems

Tools

Figma

Documentation

Job description

Blacksmith Agency is seeking a Product Design Systems Designer to build the Figma design systems we ship for client sites across the US. You will own token architecture, variables, modes, and a robust component library that scales beyond a homepage.

You’ll provide handoff-ready documentation so developers can build the system without back-and-forth. You must have 4+ years as a product/UI/design systems designer, have built a Figma design system with tokens and modes, and be comfortable