Senior UI Designer - Focus Design Systems
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Senior UI Designer - Focus Design Systems
Amsterdam Rotterdam hybrid
This role is part of our Experience & Engineering team based in the Netherlands. We combine our skills in developing future-ready technical solutions with our expertise in creating beautiful designs to deliver exceptional and engaging digital experiences that build lasting relationships with our clients like Lufthansa Inter Milan Tikkie and Thuisbezorgd.
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
WE OFFER
- A flexible hybrid working policy (2-3 days from the office depending on location) and the opportunity to work from abroad for 13 weeks a year.
- 24 vacation days per year and the possibility to buy an unlimited number of extra vacation days.
- DEPT/YOU Learning Menu and DEPT/YOU Special Programs. Develop your skills with courses and programs tailored to your needs.
- Stay happy and healthy with a contribution to your health through the OpenUp platform gym and wellness discounts and healthy lunches at the office.
- Get a discount on your lease bike and ride in style. You can also enjoy hassle free-commutes with an NS Business Card.
- A reputation for doing good. DEPT has been a Certified B Corp since 2021 has been named a Great Place To Work since 2022 in the Netherlands and named Agency of the Year at both The Lovies and The Webby Awards.
- Awesome clients. Whether big small local or global at DEPT youll get the opportunity to work with all of them. And we celebrate all of our successes together!
- You can discover even more employee benefitshere.
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
