Job Description
- You desire a vital role in shaping, designing, and building a design system that will power news, broadcasters, media, commerce, and marketing websites around the globe, displaying in multiple languages.
- You want to collaborate daily with a design team who is as passionate about user experience as you are.
- You want to work closely with developers to help build prototypes and refine working products.
- You pride yourself on bringing positive energy to the team and want to help attract top talent to the organization.
- You are motivated by difficult and unique design problems and enjoy the process around presenting, receiving feedback, and iterating.
- You have an aptitude for simplifying and communicating complex idea.
- Tell the story of our product experiences through service blueprints, customer journeys and other storytelling methods.
- Produce high-quality work within Figma, including wireframes, prototypes, design explorations, etc.
- Work with client organizations who use the design system to gather feedback and find opportunities to improve efficiencies of the engineer experience.
- Lead workshops and ideation sessions to build consensus amongst peers and stakeholders to drive design system decisions forward.
- Collaborate with the design team to conduct regular research and usability tests to identify areas of design optimization.
- Contribute to Arc XP’s design system, which powers all of Arc XP’s internal tools, in addition to the PageBuilder Themes design system.
- Keep the larger organization apprised on the progress and vision of PageBuilder, through regular presentations and demos of in-flight work.
- Serve as a design system thought leader within the organization by identifying opportunities for process improvements, providing design system feedback, and sharing insights and industry news.
- Work diligently with your fellow designers, developers, product managers and researchers to transform data (both qualitative and quantitative) into rationale design decisions.
- Recommend and execute user research for new and existing products, and make recommendations for change.
- 5+ years of relevant product design experience with a focus on D2C experiences.
- Proven track record of designing and helping to ship successful products and services.
- Experience executing and facilitating concept ideation, wireframing, design iterations, design QA, and successful product launches across multiple products.
- Prior experience working within a component-based design system.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to tell compelling stories about your work and present it confidently to your team and stakeholders.
- BS/BA in Design, HCI, or related field and/or equivalent work experience.
- High proficiency in Figma.
- Familiar with the basics of HTML and CSS.
- Familiar with basic accessibility standards and web best practices.
- Preferred: Designed commerce D2C experiences
- Preferred: Designed editorial B2B experiences
- Preferred: Participated in building and maintaining a growing library of Figma components.
- Preferred: Were involved with the planning, building, and launching of an e-commerce design system.
- Preferred: Are familiar with React.js and the benefits of component-based design.
- Preferred: Experience working with data analytics.
- Preferred: Foster and encourage teams to design experiences for everyone. We’re especially seeking a11y and i18n experts and advocates who can continue to ensure our design system is universal, inclusive, and follows best practice.
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Wherever you are in your life or career, The Washington Post offers comprehensive and inclusive benefits for every step of your journey:
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Competitive medical, dental and vision coverage
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Company-paid pension and 401(k) match
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Three weeks of vacation and up to three weeks of paid sick leave
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Nine paid holidays and two personal days
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20 weeks paid parental leave for any new parent
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Robust mental health resources
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Backup care and caregiver concierge services
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Gender affirming services
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Pet insurance
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Free Post digital subscription
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Leadership and career development program
Benefits may vary based on the job, full-time or part-time schedule, location, and collectively bargained status
The Washington Post includes salary ranges for certain positions to comply with local pay transparency laws. The salary range for this position is:
$100,100.00 - $166,900.00
The actual salary within this range will depend on individual skills, experience, and qualifications as they relate to specific job requirements. This position may be eligible for a bonus or incentive program, and a member of the Talent Acquisition team will discuss bonus payment terms and conditions during the interview process.
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