This is a freelance Design Lead role at Fantasy, focused on design systems for digital products. The role sits within teams shipping products for major clients, owning system-level UI design, accessibility, and visual consistency across products.
What you'll do
- Create human-device interaction and communication through digital products
- Lead and define principles for human-centred digital experiences
- Design visually compelling and high-functioning user interfaces
- Combine layout thinking with visual detail for cohesive design
- Design systems that are scalable, accessible, and expressive
- Ensure visual consistency across products using Figma and component libraries
- Create and document micro-interactions and UI motion briefs
- Work with conceptual and UX designers on wireframes and navigation frameworks
- Help define how people interact with AI
- Translate client goals into clear design solutions
- Build lasting client relationships
- Represent the design discipline in cross-functional meetings
What we're looking for
- Strong portfolio spanning digital products, services and experiences
- 4+ years in the design industry with human-centred experience focus
- Deep expertise in design systems, structure, scalability, documentation
- Skilled in UI best practices, page design, layout, interaction visuals
- Ability to design based on data and user insights
- Strong understanding of accessibility standards and inclusive design
- Proficient in iterating UX wireframes into production-ready UI
- Expertise in navigation frameworks, product flows, system-level thinking
- Ability to create and document micro-interactions and UI motion briefs
- Ensures visual consistency across complex design ecosystems
- Highly skilled in Figma, shared libraries, plugins, design system components
- Passion for continual practice and process improvement
- Meticulous eye for detail and strong design aesthetic sensibilities
- Continued awareness of design trends and innovation
- Exceptional communication skills
- Passion for people and building successful relationships
Good to know
- Freelance role
- Must be willing to work North American hours