Lead Product Designer, Design Systems (Contract Talent)
Apply on Robert HalfRobert Half is hiring a Lead Product Designer, Design Systems as contract talent to join the Experience Design department. The role focuses on contributing to and evolving enterprise design systems by creating scalable frameworks, reusable components, patterns, and guidance. The position helps lead design system initiatives that improve quality, accessibility, adoption, and alignment with user, business, and engineering needs.
What you'll do
- Translate product and experience needs into scalable design system solutions
- Evolve reusable components, patterns, foundations, and guidance
- Partner with engineering to ensure design system solutions are scalable, technically aligned, accessible, globally inclusive, and adoptable
- Evaluate product designs for standardization opportunities
- Work with UX, Product, Engineering, Marketing, Brand, and other cross-functional partners
- Lead strategic design system initiatives and contribute to roadmap planning
- Champion design quality through accessibility reviews, implementation validation, and system stewardship
- Partner with front-end engineers on quality, parity, and maintainability between design and code
What they're looking for
- BA or equivalent in related fields
- 5-8+ years of experience in Product Design or UX Design
- 3+ years of dedicated experience contributing to and evolving enterprise design systems across multiple products or platforms
- Portfolio demonstrating scalable design patterns, systemized complex UI challenges, and cohesive accessible experiences across platforms
- Strong visual craft, interaction quality, and attention to detail
- Expert proficiency in Figma, including component architecture, variables, design tokens, Auto Layout, and scalable library management
- Exceptional knowledge of accessibility standards and commitment to inclusive design
- Strong understanding of front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, React, or similar
Learn the skills this role asks for
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