Staff Product Designer - Design Systems

📋 Description

• Discord is a platform used by over 200 million people.

• The Staff Designer will define design quality within Discord Design.

• Responsible for creating and maintaining the design system for product designers, engineers, and product managers.

• Own the look and feel for desktop and mobile experiences.

• Join a passionate team of designers creating fun experiences for millions worldwide.

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years designing consumer-facing products.

• 3+ years leading design systems teams.

• A track record of driving cross-functional initiatives and delivering organizational impact.

• Proficiency in developing scalable design and code libraries, crafting comprehensive documentation, and evolving systems to meet changing needs.

• Experience defining the visual style of products; bonus if this includes brand integration.

• Passion for creating accessible, user-centric design systems that align business goals with user needs.

• Exceptional storytelling skills across multiple mediums, with consistent experience influencing design decisions at all levels, including executives.

• Strong, proactive communication skills to articulate ideas, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and contribute to product strategy and roadmaps.

• A desire to deeply understand the "why" behind decisions to inform the "how," developing a strategic product perspective and vision.

• High level of design craft with a commitment to quality, ensuring excellent execution from design iterations to documentation and QA.

• Demonstrated leadership on large-scale, high-impact projects across desktop and mobile, with a portfolio showcasing work where you were the primary designer.

🏖️ Benefits

• equity

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