Senior UX Designer - Design System & Figma Expert

Blue Lake Search, LLC.; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 69,000 - 124,000; Part time

Job summary

Blue Lake Search, LLC. is seeking a contractor UX/product designer with 5–10 years of design-system experience to audit and complete an existing Figma library.

You will finalize token structures, apply consistent styling to Carbon components, and configure components for practical use across web and mobile projects. The role includes strengthening data-heavy components, creating new reusable pieces, and publishing the library with a clear contribution process.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of relevant UX, product design, or design-system experience.
• Demonstrated experience building, extending, or maintaining a substantial design system in Figma.
• Advanced proficiency with Figma components, properties, variants, variables, modes, styles, libraries, and prototyping.

Responsibilities

• Audit the existing Figma library and develop a prioritized completion plan.
• Finalize variable and token structures and apply them consistently across the library.
• Complete styling for Carbon components using current Figma best practices.
• Configure properties, variants, responsive behavior, and interactive states so components are ready for use.
• Strengthen data-heavy components such as tables, filters, forms, and pagination.
• Create 3–5 custom components (navigation, cards) based on audit findings.
• Collaborate with the Design System Developer to align assets, tokens, naming, states, and coded components.
• Publish the completed library and establish a process for future contributions.

Skills

UX design

Design systems

Figma

Component architecture

Accessible design

Tools

Figma

Job description

Blue Lake Search, LLC. is seeking a contractor UX/product designer with 5–10 years of design-system experience to audit and complete an existing Figma library.

You will finalize token structures, apply consistent styling to Carbon components, and configure components for practical use across web and mobile projects. The role includes strengthening data-heavy components, creating new reusable pieces, and publishing the library with a clear contribution process.