Senior UI Designer - Focus Design Systems (d/f/m)
Senior UI Designer - Focus Design Systems (d/f/m)
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Senior UI Designer - Focus Design Systems (d/f/m)
Hamburg Berlin Cologne hybrid
Our design team in Germany combines technology and experience design to create emotive yet conversion-focused ideas products and campaigns at scale and speed. Our specialty are digital experiences and communication that change perceptions and shape new behaviors to make a difference in the market. Our clients include nationally and internationally recognized brands such as Jgermeister Lufthansa Beiersdorf and many others.
JOB PURPOSE
As a Senior UI Designer with a focus on Design Systems you bring structure and consistency to life through beautifully crafted components patterns and guidelines. You design visual building blocks that enable scalable brand-consistent and high-quality product experiences with a strong eye for detail motion and clarity.
You care deeply about great design: joyful elegant and accessible interfaces that people love to use. For you a design system is not just a toolkit: Its a foundation for creating experiences that feel thoughtful polished and alive.
You collaborate closely with UX designers developers brand teams and product owners to ensure visual cohesion implementation quality and a shared design vision. You thrive on complex challenges and love turning them into simple beautiful and tangible outcomes all while working in a dynamic environment with the most talented (and fun) people the industry has to offer.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Design and maintain scalable high-quality UI components and patterns within a cross-platform Design System
- Translate strategy UX and brand into visually compelling interfaces with attention to detail motion and clarity
- Bring fresh ideas and cross-industry inspiration to elevate visual design and system thinking
- Make smart bold decisions on when to use adapt or extend the design system
- Collaborate with UX designers developers and product teams to ensure consistency and quality in implementation
- Present your work with clarity and confidence and handle feedback constructively
- Ensure pixel-perfect delivery with detailed specs prototypes and a strong eye for craft
- Contribute to onboarding documentation and visual standards that help teams apply the system with confidence
- Continuously evolve the system based on product and stakeholder needs feedback accessibility standards and design trends
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
- 5 years of experience as visual designer at an agency or renown brand with a strong track record in building and scaling design systems;
- Experience with designing websites apps and digital products;
- A strong portfolio (website or PDF) demonstrating your experience and passion;
- Deep expertise in Figma (design libraries auto layout tokens prototyping) and smooth handoff to development;
- Experience in motion design (Jitter) and AI tools is a big plus;
- Assertiveness; youre and independent thinker that is able to go beyond backlogs items and client briefs by challenging the status quo and provide new ideas and perspectives.
- Experience working in agile cross-functional teams on complex digital products;
- Working proficiency in English (German is a plus)
WE OFFER
- Flexible hybrid working policy (1-2 days at the office depending on location).
- Company pension scheme.
- Lease bike options / JobRad and 25% subsidy for the Deutschlandticket.
- Occasional breakfast/lunch at the office Smoothie Tuesdays.
- Stay happy and healthy with a contribution to your health through the OpenUp platform.
- 30 per month - You can use the flexible package for digital food stamps and/or fitness providers/sport clubs/massage studios internet costs and/ or public transport.
- Future Bens - Exclusive access to sustainable healthy products at attractive deals.
- Social events plenty of opportunities to connect with colleagues through organised activities and celebrations.
- A reputation for doing good. DEPT has been a Certified B Corp since 2021 and named Agency of the Year at both The Lovies and The Webby Awards.
- Awesome clients. Whether big or small local or global at DEPT youll get the opportunity to work with clients of all sizes and across all industries. And we celebrate all of our successes together!
- The opportunity for possibility. We want to enable you to do what you do best and help you develop your skills further with training development and certifications.
- Global annual DEPT Cares Month in which employees come together and donate their skills to support local charities.
WHO ARE WE
We are pioneers at heart. What does that mean We are always looking forward thinking of what we can create tomorrow that does not exist today. We were born digital and we are a new model of agency with a deep skillset in tech and marketing. Thats why we hire curious self-driven talented people who never stop innovating.
Our culture is big enough to cope and small enough to care. Meaning that with people across 30 countries were big enough to provide you with the best tools global opportunities and benefits that help you thrive. While acting small by investing in you your growth your team and giving you the autonomy to solve our clients problems no matter where you are in the world.
DIVERSITY EQUITY & INCLUSION
At DEPT we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We actively seek to recruit develop nurture and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds with varying skills and perspectives.
Not sure you meet all qualifications Apply and let us decide! Research shows that women and members of underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs when they think they may not meet every requirement when in fact they do. We believe in giving everyone a fair chance to shine.
We also encourage you to reach out to us and discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you throughout the recruitment process and your time with us.
Want to know more about our dedication to diversity equity and inclusion Check out our effortshere.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
