Senior Design Systems Designer; FTC

Senior Design Systems Designer (9-month FTC)

We’re looking for a Sr. Design Systems Designer to join our Product Design team on a 9-month FTC to evolve Yoto’s design system, raising the visual bar and creating the foundations that help a growing team design consistently, confidently, and at pace.

Yoto is a screen‑free interactive audio platform for kids. We make carefully connected audio players that kids control, with no microphones, cameras or ads. We have a catalogue of audio that inspires creative play and learning with 1,000+ titles in our card store from top creators, publishers and labels - think Disney, Marvel, Roald Dahl and Universal Music. We also create Yoto Originals like Brain Bots.

We’re on a mission to be the soundtrack of childhood, and help families on their own unique adventures. By creating products that inspire independent play, we help families discover and grow with an inspiring world of audio – and we would like you to help us achieve it!

• Voted the 14th fastest‑growing private software technology company in Britain in The Sunday Times 100 Tech 2025; and named the 94th fastest‑growing company in Europe in the prestigious FT1000.
• Ranked 9th in Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in 2024; and featured in the Sifted 100 fastest‑growing startups across the UK & I by revenue growth.
• Featured in Bloomberg’s 25 UK startups to watch in 2023; and ranked second fastest growing tech company in the UK in the Deloitte Fast
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• Named one of TIME Magazine’s Top 100 Inventions of 2020.
• We’re over 200 employees spread across the world… and growing!

The Product Design team at Yoto designs the end‑to‑end experiences that bring our screen‑free audio platform to life, from the physical players children control independently, to the apps and services parents rely on every day. As the team has grown, one of our key priorities is creating stronger design foundations that allow us to move quickly without compromising quality. This role plays a critical part in that, evolving our design system to reflect Yoto’s playful brand, support consistent design across platforms, and enable designers and engineers to build joyful, accessible experiences that help families get the most out of Yoto.

• Taking ownership of Yoto’s design system and evolving it to better reflect our brand, playfulness, and craft, with a clear focus on visual quality and interaction design.
• Raising the visual and UI standard across the product by creating polished components, patterns, and assets that designers can confidently reuse.
• Defining how the design system is used and contributed to, including principles, workflows, and decision‑making frameworks that help a growing team design as one.
• Partnering closely with engineering to ensure the design system is well integrated into code and works effectively across native apps and web.
• Advocating for the value of the design system across the business, sharing progress and impact through presentations, documentation, and collaboration.
• Creating a pragmatic roadmap for system improvements, balancing long‑term ambition with the realities of a fast‑moving product organisation.

• Significant experience designing and maintaining design systems used across multiple products and teams.
• A strong visual and UI design eye, with a passion for craft, polish, and expressive yet functional design.
• Deep experience with Figma, including components, variables, tokens, and system‑level thinking.
• Proven ability to work closely with engineers to deliver systems that are both beautiful and buildable.
• Experience designing for multiple platforms, including native apps and web.
• Confidence working as a senior individual contributor who can self‑prioritise, influence others, and advocate for their work.

• Experience with motion, animation, illustration, or playful interaction design.
• Background in media, content, or playback‑driven products.
• Experience using AI tools to enhance design to dev workflows.

£80,000 - £90,000 pro‑rated based on experience.

• Flexibility: Hybrid working – expectation of 1 day a…