Remote Design Systems Lead: Scalable tokens & libraries

Blacksmith Agency LLC; Arkansas; Remote; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Blacksmith Agency is seeking a Design Systems Lead to own how client design systems are built across multiple brands. This senior, systems-first role focuses on building a token architecture in Figma and shipping core component libraries that endure beyond a homepage.

You will document the design system so developers or automated pipelines can execute it, and you will work across several client brands with the same structural rigor while overlapping US business hours.

Qualifications

• 4+ years designing for the web with design systems experience.
• Proficient with Figma variables, components, auto layout, and variants.
• Strong portfolio showing client-to-client consistency and rigor.
• Excellent English and ability to work US business hours.

Responsibilities

• Build token architecture in Figma using variables, modes, and semantic naming our pipeline can read predictably.
• Ship core component libraries that hold up across an entire site, not just a homepage.
• Document the system so a developer or an automated pipeline can execute it without questions.
• Work across several client brands at once, each looking distinctly different, with the same structural rigor.

Skills

Design systems

Figma variables

Auto layout

Portfolio development

English proficiency

Tools

Figma

Job description

Blacksmith Agency is seeking a Design Systems Lead to own how client design systems are built across multiple brands. This senior, systems-first role focuses on building a token architecture in Figma and shipping core component libraries that endure beyond a homepage.

You will document the design system so developers or automated pipelines can execute it, and you will work across several client brands with the same structural rigor while overlapping US business hours.