This UX designer role sits in Canonical's Design System Team, reporting to Design Systems Management. It owns defining, evolving and advocating for consistent design system use that scales across Canonical's products. The role is based remotely in the EMEA region.
What you'll do
- Build and evolve the design system for adoption, consistency, scalability and accessibility
- Collaborate with designers, engineers and stakeholders to translate user needs into components and patterns
- Champion design system best practices and provide documentation and support for teams
- Design and document UI components, design tokens and interaction patterns
- Ensure timely and efficient delivery of the roadmap
- Enable alignment on design system usage and governance across teams
- Advocate for accessibility, performance and scalability, iterating based on data
- Stay ahead of industry trends, balancing innovation with system coherence
What we're looking for
- Relevant experience in UX/product design with focus on design systems in complex environments
- Portfolio demonstrating expertise in design systems, component libraries and documentation
- Exceptional educational achievements in design or related behavioural science discipline
- Expertise in Figma, Storybook and design token workflows
- Experience collaborating with engineers and bridging design and code
- Proven ability to apply design process and communicate design decisions
- Excellent attention to detail and systemic approach to complex design challenges
- Commitment to transparent project delivery and owning team deadlines
- Passion for balancing consistency and innovation
Good to know
- Role based remotely in the EMEA region
- Reports to Design Systems Management
- Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events