UX Designer: Design Systems & Accessibility

Creative Circle

Washington, Baltimore (District of Columbia, MD)

Hybrid

USD 90,000 - 130,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Creative Circle is seeking a UX Designer with strong design systems experience to lead a scalable design system that ensures consistency across products. This full-time role partners with product, design, and engineering to implement components, documentation, and accessibility standards.

You will own the system, collaborate with frontend engineers, maintain Figma assets, and drive governance, training, and adoption across teams.

Qualifications

3+ years UX/Product Design experience.
1-2+ years focused on design systems.
Portfolio demonstrating component design, systems thinking, and documentation.
Experience partnering closely with front-end engineering teams.
Strong understanding of accessibility standards and responsive design.
Proficiency with Figma, component libraries, variables, and design tokens.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

Own and maintain the design system, including reusable UI components, patterns, and guidelines.
Create clear documentation for components, usage standards, accessibility requirements, and design tokens.
Collaborate with front-end engineers on implementation, QA, and design handoff.
Establish governance processes for component contributions, versioning, and updates.
Promote design system adoption across teams through training and support.
Audit products for consistency and alignment with design standards.
Ensure accessibility best practices and WCAG compliance.
Manage design system assets within Figma and maintain alignment between design and code.