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Senior Ux Designer

TEKsystems
$75.00 - $85.00 / hr
life insurance, sick time, 401(k), retirement plan
United States, Maryland, Baltimore
Sep 10, 2025
Duration: 6+ months W2 Location: Hybrid - Baltimore, MD Top Skills' Details - 5+ years of experience in UX/Product Design with at least 2-3 years focused on design systems. - Proven experience scaling and governing a multi-platform design system. - Expertise in Figma (component libraries, variants, autolayout, tokens, etc.) and related tools (e.g., Storybook, Zeroheight, Miro) - Strong experience building and maintaining robust documentation, design kits in figma, and internal training to support widespread adoption and contribution. - Strong portfolio showcasing your systems work, including contributions to pattern libraries, guidelines, and cross-functional collaboration Description Our client is on a mission to build and scale industry-leading digital experiences for our customers-and the foundation of that vision is a robust, scalable, and cohesive design system. We're looking for a Sr UX Designer with deep expertise in Design Systems to help define, expand, and champion our system across web and mobile platforms. This is a pivotal role focused on leading the strategy, structure, and evolution of our design system, ensuring consistent, accessible, and high-quality experiences across all customer touchpoints. You'll work closely with product designers, engineers, accessibility specialists, and brand teams to drive adoption, build scalable components and patterns, and deliver documentation and tooling that empowers teams across the organization. You're passionate about systems thinking, design craft, and creating scalable solutions. You thrive on collaboration, love digging into the details, and are excited to help shape the foundation that powers future digital experiences. About the Role: As a Sr UX Designer focused on Design Systems, you will play a foundational role in shaping the infrastructure that powers consistent, high-quality user experiences across our digital products. You'll collaborate closely with designers, engineers, product managers, and brand teams to define, build, and scale our design system and its core components. You'll lead the effort to ensure the system is accessible, flexible, and easy to adopt, while also crafting a vision for how it evolves to meet future needs. With a strong systems-thinking mindset, you'll deliver documentation, tooling, and standards that promote design excellence and development efficiency across the organization. You are a culture carrier, helping to mentor fellow designers, uphold quality, and foster a sense of shared ownership around the system. You'll also actively participate in team design critiques and working sessions, contributing to a culture of craft, feedback, and continuous improvement. What You bring to the Team: Deep understanding of systems thinking, atomic design principles, and how to scale UX across multiple teams and platforms. Strong experience building or significantly contributing to a modern design system in Figma, including component libraries, documentation, and governance. Passion for quality, design consistency, and accessibility (WCAG compliance knowledge a plus). Experience working closely with engineers to bring components to life with precision and performance. Strong communicator who can advocate for systems thinking and clearly articulate design rationale to stakeholders at all levels. Comfortable balancing long-term vision with practical implementation in fast-moving environments. Enthusiastic about mentorship, design critique, and elevating the team's craft. Required Qualifications and Skills: The ideal candidate will be highly motivated, dependable, and detail-oriented, with a strong drive to work quickly and effectively within a high-performing, cross-functional product team. We thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, with teams spread across the East Coast, Midwest, and West Coast. We are committed to the iterative process of discovering and delivering exceptional customer experiences. We are seeking the following: 5+ years of experience in UX/Product Design with at least 2-3 years focused on design systems. Proven experience scaling and governing a multi-platform design system. Expertise in Figma (component libraries, variants, autolayout, tokens, etc.) and related tools (e.g., Storybook, Zeroheight, Miro). Strong portfolio showcasing your systems work, including contributions to pattern libraries, guidelines, and cross-functional collaboration. Working knowledge of HTML/CSS/JS and how design translates to code. Ability to self-manage, prioritize, and communicate across distributed teams. Contribute to the development, expansion, and maintenance of design system, ensuring consistency, scalability, and accessibility across products. Solid experience collaborating with cross-functional partners (Product, Engineering, Accessibility, Brand, and other Design teams) to define standards, components, interaction patterns, and usage guidelines. Strong experience building and maintaining robust documentation, design kits in figma, and internal training to support widespread adoption and contribution. Experience supporting and mentoring product teams in applying the design system effectively while evolving it based on feedback and usage. Ability to drive governance processes to ensure system quality, contribution workflows, and component lifecycle management. Ability to stay current with industry besst practices in design systems, tooling, accessibility, and UI/UX design and communicate to broader org. Skills* Product design, Ux design, figma Top Skills Details Product design,Ux design,figma Additional Skills & Qualifications Preferred Qualifications Experience in financial services, fintech, or other highly regulated industries. Experience with design tokens, theming, and accessibility-first component design. Familiarity with content design, localization strategies, and internationalization. Background in service design or information architecture a plus. Experience Level Expert Level Pay and Benefits The pay range for this position is $75.00 - $85.00/hr. 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) Workplace Type This is a hybrid position in Baltimore,MD. Application Deadline This position is anticipated to close on Sep 23, 2025. h4>About TEKsystems: We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law. About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services We're a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We're a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We're strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We're building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.