Staff Designer Design System

Job Description

Hybrid or Remote: Reporting where work can/need to be performed / collaboration should happen. If the person lives w/n 50 miles of such a location they are expected to come in three times a week. If they do not live within 50 miles of any of those locations they dont need to report in.

This role is based remotely but if you live within a 50-mile radius of Austin Warren or Sunnyvale you are expected to report to that location three times a week at minimum.

This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.

About the role:

Were seeking a highly skilledDesignerwith 710 years of experience and a deep appreciation for crafting maintaining and evolving design systems across vehicle mobile and web as part of our cohesive GM Design System strategy.

You bring a modernist sensibility grounded in enduring principlesnot fleeting trends. Your work is shaped by rigorous systems thinking and a disciplined grid-based design methodology applied across both brand and interface design.

As a staff design system designer you will collaborate with UI designers developers and platform teams to craft vehicle mobile and web components systems and processes that supports design excellence across multiple platforms. The ideal candidate will have a passion for design details and systematic thinking.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with team members to craft world-class design systems for our mobile vehicle and web products.
• Create patterns components design tokens and grid systems that work across multiple scenarios as part of a system
• Craft systematic solutions to support design system implementation across vehicle mobile and web Work closely with design and development to bridge the gap

Qualifications

• 710 years of professional experience in design with a focus on design systems.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating mastery of grid systems typographic hierarchy and design systems.
• Proficiency in design software such as Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator InDesign Photoshop) and UI tools (e.g. Figma).
• Experience collaborating with UI Design UX accessibility and front-end development teams.
• Deep knowledge of modernist design principles and their application in contemporary brand systems.
• Ability to think systemically and apply that to design systems
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative team-oriented mindset.
• Prototyping skills are a plus.

What We Value:

• A love for clean rational design and a passion for timeless typographic and grid-based approaches.
• The ability to balance creativity with disciplineensuring every design serves a clear purpose meets strategic goals and communicates and continuous learning about design history theory emerging trends and integrity in the craft of design and typography.
• Commitment to precision clarity and integrity in craft. An openness to iteration and cross-disciplinary collaboration in the pursuit of design excellence.

About GM

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Why Join Us

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