UX Designer (Design Systems)

Location Fully Remote
Type Freelance
Duration Until 12/31/2024
Start ASAP
Hourly Rate $60 - $70 / Hr
Description Our pet industry client is looking for a UX Designer to help with redeveloping their design system.

This role will be roughly 25-35 hours a week depending on workload. This assignment is slated to last through the end of the year and is fully remote. The ideal UX Designer will be in the CST or EST time zone and this does require owning equipment.

UX Designer Responsibilities:

Our client is looking for a UX Designer to support team bandwidth and help build out their new design system in Figma. The ideal UX Designer should be someone with strong experience in building design systems and someone who understands accessibility and usability to ensure that the design system is WCAG compliant.

You will support in the following areas:

• Work with the external agency and internal team to reconfigure the design system in Figma
• Work on a component audit and ensure that the design system is being built in a centralized way.
• Within the design system process, handling linking of assets, develop reusable components, and help with the overall architecture/ guidelines of the design system.
• Work on aspects such as competitive research, wireframing, analyzing current design systems and design architecture.
• Communication between project stakeholders and bring project recommendations to the team.
• Include compliant design practices, WCAG

Requirements:
• Figma
• Experience building out design systems in the past