Senior Designer - Design Systems

SupportFinity™; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

ID.me, a leading digital identity company, is seeking a Senior Designer to bridge creativity and systems thinking. You’ll shape design across web, product, and marketing, translating ideas into cohesive, user-centered experiences with a strong emphasis on design systems and motion.

You’ll collaborate with designers, UX partners, and product teams to ensure consistency, accessibility, and storytelling across touchpoints. A strong portfolio in visual design and system-driven thinking is essential.

Qualifications

• Strong foundation in visual design principles.
• Proficiency with design systems and scalable components.
• Experience collaborating with product, UX, marketing.
• Ability to convey design intent through visuals and prototypes.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualize and design solutions across web, product, and marketing.
• Work from concept to delivery with a systems mindset.
• Use interaction and storytelling to elevate digital experiences.
• Adapt visual direction across multiple touchpoints for brand consistency.
• Lead through influence and foster collaboration.

Skills

Visual design

Design systems

Figma

Motion design

Communication

Tools

After Effects

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Company Overview

ID.me is the next-generation digital identity wallet that simplifies how individuals securely prove their identity online. Consumers can verify their identity with ID.me once and seamlessly login across websites without having to create a new login and verify their identity again. Over 152 million users experience streamlined login and identity verification with ID.me at 20 federal agencies, 45 state government agencies, and 70+ healthcare organizations. More than 600+ consumer brands use ID.me to verify communities and user segments to honor service and build more authentic relationships. ID.me’s technology meets the federal standards for consumer authentication set by the Commerce Department and is approved as a NIST 800-63-3 IAL2 / AAL2 credential service provider by the Kantara Initiative. ID.me is committed to “No Identity Left Behind” to enable all people to have a secure digital identity. To learn more, visit https://network.id.me/.

Company Overview

ID.me is the next-generation digital identity wallet that simplifies how individuals securely prove their identity online. Consumers can verify their identity with ID.me once and seamlessly login across websites without having to create a new login and verify their identity again. Over 152 million users experience streamlined login and identity verification with ID.me at 20 federal agencies, 45 state government agencies, and 70+ healthcare organizations. More than 600+ consumer brands use ID.me to verify communities and user segments to honor service and build more authentic relationships. ID.me’s technology meets the federal standards for consumer authentication set by the Commerce Department and is approved as a NIST 800-63-3 IAL2 / AAL2 credential service provider by the Kantara Initiative. ID.me is committed to “No Identity Left Behind” to enable all people to have a secure digital identity. To learn more, visit https://network.id.me/.

Senior Designer – Design Systems

Location: Mountain View, CA, required 5 days/week in office

At ID.me, we’re shaping the future of digital identity to make proving who you are online easier, more secure, and accessible to everyone. Serving over 150 million people, we’re also on a mission to ensure no identity is left behind. As a design-led company, design influences everything we do. We believe great design is more than aesthetics; it’s the foundation of trust, accessibility, and connection in every experience we create. Our designers, engineers, and product partners move quickly together, empowering each other to make thoughtful decisions that have real impact. Within our team, empathy and kindness aren’t just values, but how we collaborate, give feedback, and grow. If you’re passionate about crafting experiences that are both human and transformative, you’ll have a seat at the table here.

Role Overview

The Senior Designer plays a key role in bridging creativity and systems thinking, shaping how design systems are applied across web, product, and marketing experiences. In this role, you’ll collaborate closely with other designers, UX partners, and product teams to bring ideas to life, translating concepts into cohesive, user-centered designs that feel consistent across touchpoints. You’re comfortable moving fluidly between early exploration and detailed execution, balancing speed with craft, and maintaining an eye for both structure and storytelling through the thoughtful application of design systems. A strong sense of UI motion and interaction design is a plus.

Key Responsibilities

Craft & Execution

• Conceptualize and design creative solutions that bring clarity, cohesion, and visual impact across web, product, and marketing experiences.
• Work from concept to delivery with a systems mindset, applying and expanding the frameworks of the existing design system to ensure scalability and consistency.
• Use interaction, and storytelling to elevate the quality and personality of digital experiences.
• Adapt visual direction across multiple touchpoints, balancing brand integrity with usability and performance.
• Set the standard for design quality, inspiring peers through strong execution and creative problem-solving.

Design Systems & Consistency

• Apply and evolve design system components and visual frameworks to maintain consistency and scalability across all touchpoints.
• Identify gaps or opportunities for improvement within the system and help define patterns that support product and brand growth.
• Support documentation and guidelines that enable broader adoption and alignment across design and development, with a strong understanding of variables, variants, and styles.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Collaborate closely with product, UX, and marketing teams to translate creative direction into practical, user-centered solutions.
• Communicate design intent effectively through visuals, prototypes, and storytelling that align teams and stakeholders.
• Contribute to a collaborative design culture by participating in reviews, sharing insights, and providing constructive feedback.
• Lead through influence — fostering alignment, elevating work quality, and helping peers think through design challenges with clarity.

Design Quality & Process Improvement

• Help identify and refine design processes that improve efficiency, clarity, and collaboration within the broader design organization.
• Advocate for design excellence through consistency, accessibility, and attention to detail across all deliverables.
• Partner with other designers to uphold and evolve visual standards, mentoring peers and encouraging executional excellence across the team.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to adapt visual direction and design language across multiple touchpoints, including web, product, marketing, and brand experiences. (Bonus point if you have agency experience).
• Strong foundation in visual design principles. Composition, layout, typography, color, and hierarchy, with ability to apply them with both creativity and consistency.
• Proficiency in modern design tools such as Figma and Adobe Creative Suite. Comfortable using motion tools such as After Effects and prototyping.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with experience collaborating across multidisciplinary teams in design, UX, product, and marketing.

Key Traits

• Multidisciplinary: Brings adaptable ideas that scale across products, platforms, and touchpoints from concept to final execution.
• Visual Storyteller: Uses craft and motion to communicate ideas with clarity and impact.
• Collaborative: Works seamlessly with others to create cohesive experiences.
• Leads Through Influence: Inspires peers by example, elevates design quality, and fosters a culture of collaboration and craft.
• Organized: Manages multiple projects while maintaining structure, documentation, and a systems-driven mindset.
• Curious: Continuously learning, experimenting, and exploring new tools and technologies to push creative boundaries.

The annual base salary listed does not include a company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity and benefits which will be determined based on experience, skills, education, relevant training, geographic location and role.

ID.me offers comprehensive medical, dental, vision, health savings account, flexible spending accounts (medical, limited purpose, dependent care, commuter benefit accounts), basic and voluntary life and AD&D insurance, 401(k) with company match, parental leave, ability to participate in unlimited paid time off subject to the terms and conditions of the PTO policy, including 8 company wide holidays, short and long-term disability insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, referral bonus policy, employee assistance program, pet insurance, travel assistant program, wellbeing and childcare discounts, benefit advocates, and a learning and development benefit.

The above represents the anticipated total rewards package for this job requisition. Final offers may vary from the amount listed based on qualifications, professional experiences, skills, education, relevant training, geographic location, and other job related factors.

Mountain View, CA Pay Range

$200,000—$250,000 USD

ID.me is a full-time, in-office culture. Unless a specific job description explicitly states otherwise, all roles are on-site five days per week at one of our offices in McLean, VA; Mountain View, CA; New York City, NY; or Tampa, FL. Certain roles — such as field-based sales or other remote-by-design positions — may have different work arrangements as noted in their individual postings.

ID.me maintains a work environment free from discrimination, where employees are treated with dignity and respect. All ID.me employees share in the responsibility for fulfilling our commitment to equal employment opportunity. ID.me does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. ID.me adheres to these principles in all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, promotion, benefits, social and recreational programs, and discipline. In addition, ID.me's policy is to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees who have protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances where a particular employee works. Upon request we will provide you with more information about such accommodations.

Please review our Privacy Policy, including our CCPA policy, at id.me/privacy. If you provide ID.me with any personally identifiable information you confirm that you have read and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions set out in our Privacy Policy.

ID.me participates in E-Verify.

About the company

ID.me