Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Job Type: Contract
Compensation Range: $50 - 58 per hour
We are seeking a Senior UI Designer dedicated to our Website Digital Global Design System to lead the creation, evolution, and management of a scalable, premium design system utilized throughout the business. In this role, you will focus on developing uniform, accessible, and globally adaptable UI components and frameworks that enable teams to deliver seamless user experiences across the globe.
You will work in lockstep with a cross-functional team of UX/UI designers, product managers, engineers, front-end developers, content delivery managers, researchers, accessibility specialists, and brand champions. Together, you will ensure the system embodies industry best practices, accommodates localization requirements, and optimizes design and development pipelines across the entire enterprise.
Responsibilities:
- Component Design & Maintenance: Architect, document, and iterate on reusable components that function seamlessly across the web ecosystem.
- Visual Standards & Scalability: Champion uniform visual guidelines capable of scaling effectively. Assist in defining governance for color palettes, iconography, spacing, and structural layouts.
- Accessibility Advocacy: Act as a subject matter expert on usability and accessibility benchmarks, ensuring inclusive design principles are baked into core system components from the ground up.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Operate effectively both autonomously and within group settings, collaborating closely with product managers, UX/UI peers, engineers, and key business stakeholders.
- Comprehensive Documentation: Author and build out extensive documentation, usage guidelines, and practical "do/don't" examples to facilitate frictionless adoption of the design system across teams.
- System Governance: Help establish the frameworks, processes, and rules required for effective design system governance and organizational compliance.
- Project Scope Definition: Engage in project alignment workshops and cross-departmental exercises to map out and document clear project boundaries.
- User-Centric Championing: Continually advocate for clarity, consistency, and intuitive experiences for the end user.
Qualifications:
- Professional Experience: 5 to 8 years of experience in UI, UX, or equivalent roles crafting digital experiences within fast-paced, agile environments.
- Agility & Execution: Proven capability to balance multiple initiatives simultaneously while meeting deadlines and quality standards.
- Information Architecture: Ability to synthesize and structure complex data sets into clean, intuitive, and highly functional digital layouts.
- Design System Leadership: Demonstrated experience leading the architecture and strategy of enterprise-level, global design systems.
- Tooling Proficiency: Mastery of industry-standard design and rapid prototyping platforms, specifically Figma.
- Publishing Workflows: Experience utilizing system-delivery and publishing tools like Zeroheight and Storybook.
- Technical Acumen: Strong technical literacy with the ability to quickly grasp and adapt to emerging technologies.
- Platform Fundamentals: Solid understanding of core web and mobile operating system environments.
- CMS Familiarity: Experience designing for component-based Content Management Systems, including delivering assets to content managers and development teams responsible for system deployment.
JOBID: 052026-133506
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At Cella, a randstad digital company, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com.
Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Cella by randstad digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).
This posting is open for thirty (30) days.
Any consideration of a background check would be an individualized assessment based on the applicant or employee's specific record and the duties and requirements of the specific job.
