UX Developer

The need to have standards that can be shared across teams has become crucial to the success of a product development lifecycle. This role focuses on evangelizing the Design System and leading UI design practices across an organization. The Lead UI Designer will be responsible for overseeing, leading and creating new components and patterns that are scalable, user-accessible and meet the needs of their customers. You will work with other UI and UX Designers to propose and get alignment on standards to be shared across teams and work in close collaboration with engineers to build and deliver high-quality user interfaces. The Lead UI Designer will manage other UI Designers, provide guidance throughout the design process and grow the team. The role and responsibilities include:

Requirements

  • Be a primary contact for the Design System questions and be responsible for establishing a practice and vision that endures to the design, build, document, and maintenance of a library used by many product teams
  • Communicate the design system’s mission and process to other departments (e.g. product management and development)
  • Collaborate with other designers to conceptualize, prototype, and present design solutions for the design system
  • Ensure new components and designs meet WCAG and WAI-ARIA accessibility standards
  • Document and review design system's documentation quality, consistency, and usefulness
  • Define and clarify scope to deliver usable, scalable, and accessible functionalities
  • Resolve priorities and maintain a backlog of UI components that align with their product’s roadmap
  • Monitor task progress of design, development, and documentation across team members
  • Lead critique sessions with other designers
  • Facilitate workshops to get cross-team alignment on new standards
  • Support engineers focused on building the design system
  • Report design system progress and adoption to stakeholders
  • Measure and monitor the performance and efficacy of UI components
  • Collaborate closely with other UI and UX Designers to find practical solutions to challenging workflows
  • Guide and coach other designers and non-designers to uplift their design thinking capabilities
  • Identify successes and challenges to propose improvements and foster project growth
  • Lead, inspire confidence and consistently obtain results from others through teamwork
  • Help grow the team at scale alongside other design managers
  • Manage other UI Designer personnel of the design team; This includes handling HR issues, approving vacations, mentoring and developing other team members, laying out career paths

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