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The Principal Product Designer (Math) will lead the development and maintenance of the Savvas Product Design Systems, ensuring consistency and quality across product design initiatives while integrating innovative solutions such as AI.
Responsibilities: Key responsibilities include designing and maintaining design system guidelines, creating concise documentation, driving system adoption, and collaborating with various teams to ensure effective implementation.
Skills: Candidates should possess strong UX/UI design skills, experience in building design systems, proficiency in design tools like Adobe Creative Cloud and Figma, and excellent communication abilities.
Qualifications: Preferred qualifications include 3-5 years of experience in product design, a relevant degree or certification, and a strong portfolio demonstrating graphic and UX design expertise.
Location: This job is located in the United States with no additional travel required.
Compensation: Not provided by employer. Typical compensation ranges for this position are between $100,000 - $140,000.
As a key leader on the Product Design team, the Principal, Product Design System leads, creates, maintains, and promotes the Savvas Product Design Systems, ensuring consistency, efficiency, and scalability across all product development efforts.
The Product Design System Specialist concentrates on strategic initiatives related to the visual and interaction design of the Design System, developing and documenting reusable components, patterns, color schemes, and typography.
This role serves as a connector between the product design, art, and production teams, emphasizing the infrastructure that supports consistent, high-quality learning experiences across the product design.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Design System Strategy, Creation, & Maintenance: Develop and maintain a comprehensive set of design guidelines, reusable design components, patterns, and standards.
- Documentation & Guidelines: Create and maintain an actionable, concise documentation, including usage guidelines, accessibility standards (WCAG), behavioral specifications, and code examples for designers and developers.
- Evolve Design Systems by strategically integrating AI to maximize its effectiveness throughout product development. Resulting in accelerated product delivery, improved consistency, and more efficient system maintenance.
- Partner closely with Product Design Directors, Product Design Managers, and Product Designers to gather requirements, ensure seamless implementation, and advocate for best practices in design implementation.
- Conduct regular audits of existing or new product development to identify inconsistencies and ensure high-quality execution and adherence to the design system's standards.
- Drive the adoption of the design system across the Savvas Product Design organization through advocacy and influence. Provide ongoing support, training, and workshops to various teams to ensure system usage.
- Define and evolve the design system's roadmap, integrate feedback loops, and stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies (like AI assistance and design tokens) to ensure the design system remains scalable and relevant.
SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS
- 3-5+ years of experience in senior product design, UX/UI, or a similar role, with a dedicated focus on building and scaling design systems.
- Demonstrated (through portfolio of work) experience in graphic design/UX design/human-centered design, that demonstrates proficiency in interaction and visual design
- A certificate or degree in the aforementioned fields is a plus.
- A strong portfolio of innovative design work experience, evidence of graphic/visual, UX, and UI design experience, and website usability best practices, rapid prototyping, and working on product design from the big picture to the last details.
- Advanced knowledge of Product Design Tools like the Adobe Creative Cloud suite, Figma, and Figma Make. Including component properties, variants, and libraries.
- The ability to think abstractly and design solutions that work as a system across multiple products, gadgets, and platforms, not just a single use case.
- Embody the work ethic and personality that thrives in a fast-paced culture with tight deadlines, shifting priorities, and working with super-smart colleagues from numerous departments and locations.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills to align diverse product design teams, product stakeholders, and mentor other designers. Ability to self-manage and work independently.
- Accessibility Expertise: Strong knowledge of accessibility principles and guidelines (WCAG) to ensure inclusive and usable products for all users.
