Senior UX Designer, Design Systems & Enablement

We are seeking a Design Systems Architect to join a newly formed enablement team focused on system unification, governance, and scalable component architecture across multiple digital product surfaces. This role is ideal for a systems-level thinker who thrives in complex environments and understands how to build reusable, extensible design foundations that scale across internal teams and external partners.

This is not a brand or marketing UI role. This is an enterprise architecture and platform design challenge.

You will act as a design systems subject matter expert, advising cross-functional teams and external partners while contributing to enterprise workflow design and emerging AI-enabled tooling.

**What You'll Do:**

• Lead architectural design and documentation of scalable UI components and patterns.
• Define and evolve design tokens, reusable components, and system standards.
• Partner with product and engineering teams to drive cross-platform consistency.
• Conduct system audits and provide recommendations to maintain integrity and scalability.
• Support governance through documentation, guidelines, and advisory sessions.

• Author clear usage documentation and Human Interface Guidelines for third-party partners.
• Provide architectural guidance to ensure proper system implementation.
• Reduce reliance on manual QA by building scalable documentation frameworks.
• Collaborate with engineering and partner teams to align standards and execution.

• Design complex internal tools and multi-step workflows.
• Solve B2B and operational UX challenges involving metadata, content management, and service systems.
• Balance system constraints with usability and long-term scalability.

• Explore AI-driven workflow automation and design system efficiencies.
• Contribute to proof-of-concepts that enhance productivity within design tooling environments.
• Bring curiosity and initiative toward experimentation with emerging AI capabilities.

**What You'll Bring - Required Qualifications:**

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  3-5+ years focused experience in design systems.
  
• Demonstrated experience building or governing scalable component libraries.
• Strong understanding of tokens, extensibility, and system architecture.
• Experience unifying systems across multiple products or platforms.
• Portfolio showcasing system architecture and documentation (not just visual UI work).

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  Experience designing enterprise tools or B2B SaaS products.
  
• Proven ability to manage complex workflows and cross-functional constraints.
• Comfort operating in ambiguous, evolving environments.

• Working familiarity with HTML, CSS, or JavaScript (light exposure acceptable).
• Ability to collaborate effectively with engineering teams.
• Comfort discussing implementation details and system constraints.

• Strong written communication skills for documentation and guidelines.
• Experience advising stakeholders across design, product, and engineering.
• Ability to operate independently and drive alignment across teams.

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  Advanced proficiency in Figma (component libraries, tokens, prototyping).
  
• Experience working within large-scale design system environments.

**Desired Qualifications - Nice to Have:**

• Experience supporting external partners or developer ecosystems.
• Background in enterprise-scale component libraries used by large teams.
• Familiarity with documentation tools such as Storybook, Zeroheight, or similar.
• Understanding of accessibility standards (WCAG AA).
• Experience with large-screen or multi-modal interfaces.
• Demonstrated interest or experimentation in AI-driven design tooling.

**About Aquent Talent:**

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world's biggest brands.

Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. More information on our awesome benefits!

Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We're about creating an inclusive environment-one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.