Senior Product Designer role on Microsoft's Windows Design Systems and Brand team. Owns visual foundation work for Windows, translating design principles into scalable components, patterns, tokens and Figma libraries used across the platform.
What you'll do
- Define and advance visual language territories for the future of Windows
- Own significant design system workstreams from problem definition through implementation and adoption
- Create and evolve visual and interaction foundations across colour, typography, iconography, motion, materials, layout, tokens, components and patterns
- Translate product and user needs into scalable solutions flexible across Windows contexts
- Partner with UX engineering and engineering on specifications, feasibility, implementation review and quality bar
- Identify systemic product-quality gaps and develop reusable solutions with presentations, prototypes and narratives
- Strengthen the team's visual design practice through mentorship, critique, documentation, standards and AI-assisted workflows
What we're looking for
- Master's degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, HCI, UX, Interaction Design or related field plus 4+ years product or service design experience
- OR Bachelor's degree in same fields plus 5+ years product or service design experience
- OR equivalent experience in product or service design or design thinking
Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Interaction Design, Product Design, HCI or related field plus 6+ years professional design experience, or equivalent
- Portfolio demonstrating exceptional visual and UI craft across typography, colour, composition, hierarchy, iconography, interaction states and adaptive interface design
- Demonstrated ability to create or evolve visual design systems into scalable components, patterns, tokens, templates and guidance
- Advanced Figma proficiency including components, variables, shared libraries and prototyping
- Proven partnership with engineering through specification, implementation, design QA and issue resolution
- Ability to communicate design rationale, facilitate critique, reconcile requirements and influence without authority
- Working knowledge of accessibility and inclusive design including contrast, scaling, input modalities, localisation, high-contrast modes and assistive technologies
- 8+ years professional experience in visual design, UI design, product design or design systems
- Track record establishing visual language for a platform, operating system or multi-product ecosystem
- Leadership of a significant design system workstream from exploration through implementation and adoption
- Deep expertise in one or more visual disciplines such as typography, colour, iconography, motion, illustration, spatial design or data visualisation
- Background designing complex desktop or productivity environments across windows, input methods, display densities, themes and accessibility modes
- Familiarity with design token architecture and the relationship between design libraries and production code
- Demonstrated impact through mentorship, critique, standards, documentation or design education
- Knowledge of AI-assisted design workflows and emerging interaction paradigms
- Experience on global products accounting for localisation, internationalisation and culturally inclusive design
Good to know
- Position open for a minimum of 5 days with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until filled