Senior UX Designer – Design System

Jobtailor; Alaska; On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

DonorPerfect is hiring a senior product designer to lead the evolution of its design system, defining reusable UI components, design tokens, and governance to ensure scalable, accessible product experiences across fundraising and CRM platforms.

You will translate complex business needs into flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity designs, modernize legacy interfaces, and collaborate with frontend engineers to deliver production-ready components leveraging AI-assisted tools.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in Product Design, UX Design, Visual Product Design, or related roles supporting SaaS, enterprise, or digital products.
• Proven experience designing and evolving design systems, reusable component libraries, and scalable UI frameworks.
• Experience modernizing complex web applications and improving visual consistency across large product platforms.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating visual design excellence, design systems, product modernization, and shipped product experiences.
• Proficiency with Figma, FigJam, and design system workflows including libraries, components, variants, and design tokens.
• Experience collaborating with frontend technologies such as Storybook, Angular, React, or similar component-based development environments.
• Experience using AI-assisted design tools such as Figma AI, ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or comparable technologies to improve design workflows.
• Familiarity with accessibility standards (WCAG) and designing inclusive digital experiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead the evolution of DonorPerfect's design system to ensure product experiences remain consistent, scalable, accessible, and aligned with user needs.
• Define reusable UI components, interaction patterns, design tokens, documentation, and governance processes that enable efficient product development.
• Identify opportunities to reduce UX inconsistency, visual design debt, and outdated interface patterns across the platform.
• Establish contribution standards that enable designers and engineers to propose, review, and adopt new design system components.
• Maintain documentation and implementation guidance to support long-term adoption and scalability.
• Design intuitive user experiences for complex fundraising, CRM, reporting, workflow automation, and payment solutions.
• Translate complex business requirements into user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs.
• Modernize legacy product experiences while maintaining consistency across the platform.
• Create reusable interaction patterns that improve usability and accelerate product delivery.
• Use AI-assisted design and prototyping tools to rapidly explore concepts and validate design solutions.
• Define and maintain visual design standards across typography, color, spacing, layout, iconography, motion, and responsive behaviors.
• Ensure products meet accessibility standards (WCAG) and support inclusive experiences for diverse nonprofit users.
• Review product designs to ensure consistency with design system standards and accessibility guidelines.
• Promote best practices for visual design, usability, and interaction design across product teams.
• Partner closely with Product Managers, Engineers, QA, and other stakeholders throughout discovery, design, and implementation.
• Collaborate with frontend engineers to ensure design components are accurately translated into production.
• Present design rationale, research findings, and design system recommendations to stakeholders.
• Mentor designers and promote best practices in design systems, accessibility, and AI-assisted workflows.

Skills

Product Design

Design Systems

Accessibility WCAG

AI-Assisted Design Tools

Collaboration

Tools

Figma

FigJam

Storybook

Angular

React

Figma AI

ChatGPT

Claude

Cursor

GitHub Copilot

Job description

• Lead the evolution of DonorPerfect's design system to ensure product experiences remain consistent, scalable, accessible, and aligned with user needs.


• Define reusable UI components, interaction patterns, design tokens, documentation, and governance processes that enable efficient product development.


• Identify opportunities to reduce UX inconsistency, visual design debt, and outdated interface patterns across the platform.


• Establish contribution standards that enable designers and engineers to propose, review, and adopt new design system components.


• Maintain documentation and implementation guidance to support long-term adoption and scalability.


• Design intuitive user experiences for complex fundraising, CRM, reporting, workflow automation, and payment solutions.


• Translate complex business requirements into user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs.


• Modernize legacy product experiences while maintaining consistency across the platform.


• Create reusable interaction patterns that improve usability and accelerate product delivery.


• Use AI-assisted design and prototyping tools to rapidly explore concepts and validate design solutions.


• Define and maintain visual design standards across typography, color, spacing, layout, iconography, motion, and responsive behaviors.


• Ensure products meet accessibility standards (WCAG) and support inclusive experiences for diverse nonprofit users.


• Review product designs to ensure consistency with design system standards and accessibility guidelines.


• Promote best practices for visual design, usability, and interaction design across product teams.


• Partner closely with Product Managers, Engineers, QA, and other stakeholders throughout discovery, design, and implementation.


• Collaborate with frontend engineers to ensure design components are accurately translated into production.


• Present design rationale, research findings, and design system recommendations to stakeholders.


• Mentor designers and promote best practices in design systems, accessibility, and AI-assisted workflows.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in Product Design, UX Design, Visual Product Design, or related roles supporting SaaS, enterprise, or digital products.


• Proven experience designing and evolving design systems, reusable component libraries, and scalable UI frameworks.


• Experience modernizing complex web applications and improving visual consistency across large product platforms.


• Strong portfolio demonstrating visual design excellence, design systems, product modernization, and shipped product experiences.


• Proficiency with Figma, FigJam, and design system workflows including libraries, components, variants, and design tokens.


• Experience collaborating with frontend technologies such as Storybook, Angular, React, or similar component-based development environments.


• Experience using AI-assisted design tools such as Figma AI, ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or comparable technologies to improve design workflows.


• Familiarity with accessibility standards (WCAG) and designing inclusive digital experiences.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in evolving design systems, creating reusable UI components, and ensuring accessibility standards are met. Proficient in translating complex business requirements into user-centered designs while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Product Design


• Design Systems


• Figma


• Accessibility Standards (WCAG)


• AI-Assisted Design Tools

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• UX Design


• Visual Product Design


• Reusable Component Libraries


• Scalable UI Frameworks


• User Flows


• Wireframes


• Prototypes


• High-Fidelity Designs


• Modernizing Web Applications


• Visual Design Excellence

Soft Skills

• Collaboration


• Mentoring


• Communication


• Stakeholder Engagement


• Best Practices Promotion

Industry Keywords

• SaaS


• Enterprise Products


• Digital Products


• Nonprofit Users


• User Experience

Tools & Technologies

• Figma


• FigJam


• Storybook


• Angular


• React


• Figma AI


• ChatGPT


• Claude


• Cursor


• GitHub Copilot