UX Design Systems Designer
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, 49528, USA
Listed on 2026-10-13
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Design & Architecture
Creative Design / Digital Art, Front End Developer
UX Designer
100% remote EST Hours – must be located in the United States – first preference to candidates located in EST or CST timezone
Portfolio Link required on resume
Hourly rate included above
Retail/b2c Industry Experience Required
Skills & Qualifications- 5 to 10 years of relevant UX, product design, or design-system experience.
- Demonstrated experience building, extending, or maintaining a substantial design system in Figma.
- Advanced proficiency with Figma components, component properties, variants, variables, modes, styles, libraries, and prototyping.
- Demonstrated experience creating scalable variable and design-token structures.
- Experience adapting or extending an established design system rather than designing only stand‑alone product interfaces.
- Strong understanding of component anatomy, states, responsive behavior, reusable interaction patterns, and systematic design.
- Experience designing complex, data-heavy interface components such as tables, filters, forms, pagination, sorting, selection, and bulk actions.
- Ability to create flexible Figma components that support intended use without detaching instances.
- Working knowledge of accessibility requirements and their effect on component design, contrast, focus treatment, interaction states, and usability.
- Ability to audit an existing library, identify gaps, recommend a practical completion plan, and independently execute against an approved scope.
- Ability to convert consolidated stakeholder direction into cohesive design-system decisions.
- Strong attention to detail, organization, consistency, and maintainability.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain design-system decisions to designers, developers, and product partners.
- Direct experience with IBMs Carbon Design System.
- Experience adapting an open-source design system to an organizations brand and application needs.
- Experience designing systems for enterprise, operational, or internal applications.
- Experience supporting both web and mobile application design.
- Familiarity with the relationship among design tokens, CSS variables, themes, and coded component libraries.
- Experience collaborating directly with front‑end developer
This is a Contract position based out of Grand Rapids, MI.
Pay And BenefitsThe pay range for this position is $60.00 – $65.00/hr.
Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job‑related factors.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
- Medical, dental & vision
- Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
- 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
- Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
- Short and long-term disability
- Health Spending Account (HSA)
- Transportation benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
This is a fully remote position.
Final date to receive applicationsThis position is anticipated to close on Oct 12, 2026.
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