Voy

Product designer

In short

This role leads the strategy, architecture, and adoption of a company's design system across web and mobile, with full ownership of consistency, accessibility, and craft quality. It requires 6+ years of product design experience with deep technical fluency working alongside front-end engineers on tokens, component architecture, and code repos. The company works in a hybrid format in London and expects strong WCAG knowledge, Figma/Storybook/Zeroheight proficiency, and experience in startup environments.

About the Role
We are looking to hire a Staff Product Designer, Design Systems to lead the end-to-end strategy, architecture, and adoption of our design system across both web and mobile platforms. In this role, you will have complete oversight on all design system matters, driving scale, consistency, accessibility standards, and exceptional quality of craft.
Responsibilities
•Provide comprehensive oversight on all design system initiatives across web and mobile platforms, setting the long-term roadmap and vision.
•Partner closely with product design and front-end engineering teams to ensure seamless integration, tokenization, and component library alignment.
•Maintain a high standard of design craft, ensuring UI consistency, interaction quality, and visual polish across all brand and product touchpoints.
•Establish, document, and enforce accessibility (WCAG) guidelines and inclusive design practices across web and mobile ecosystems.
•Drive adoption across product teams, establishing clear governance processes, contribution models, and comprehensive documentation.
•Optimize design-to-code workflows, component libraries, and documentation platforms to boost organizational development velocity.
Requirements
•6+ years of experience in product design and design systems, with a track record of building and managing design systems across web and mobile.
•Deep technical fluency and proven experience working hand-in-hand with front-end engineers on design tokens, component architecture, and code repos.
•Strong knowledge of WCAG standards and experience implementing accessible design systems.
•Proficiency in modern design tooling (Figma, tokens, variables) and documentation platforms (Storybook, Zeroheight, or similar).
•Strong communication and stakeholder management skills to drive adoption and align cross-functional teams.
•Passion for mentoring junior/mid-level designers and elevating design quality across the organization.
•Experience working in startups and small teams.
•Experience with design system automation, AI tooling, and token translation pipelines.
Conditions
No conditions stated in the posting.

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