This is a freelance UX/UI Designer, Design Systems role for Rightsideup's talent collective, not a current internal or client opportunity. The role sits between design systems craft and AI fluency, working across Figma token architecture and AI-tooling connections for clients modernising their systems.
What you'll do
- Audit existing design systems for structural gaps in tokens, variables, component architecture and documentation
- Resolve foundational issues in naming, token structure and variable setup without breaking engineering
- Build and maintain design system documentation covering components, patterns, usage guidelines and variant rules
- Configure and maintain AI-tooling connections between design platforms and AI coding or design assistants
- Extract undocumented institutional knowledge from designers and engineers into clear documentation
- Establish or refine governance models, contribution workflows and success metrics
- Collaborate with design and engineering stakeholders, translating between the two
- Stay current on evolving AI-assisted design and design-to-code workflows
What we're looking for
- Strong experience in design systems, UX/UI design or design engineering, with foundational depth in tokens, variables and component architecture
- Hands-on fluency with AI-assisted design or coding tools, including configuring AI-tooling connections
- Strong written communication skills for turning tribal knowledge into documentation
- Comfortable working independently on defined, timeboxed engagements with light oversight
- Adaptable to different company environments, including regulated or compliance-sensitive ones
Nice to have
- zeroheight preferred for design system documentation platforms
- Supernova, Backlight, Frontify or similar documentation platforms also valued
- Familiarity with how design tokens map into code, such as CSS variables, JSON tokens or Style Dictionary-style pipelines
Good to know
- Freelance contract role, joining a talent collective rather than a current internal or client role
- Contract projects typically range from ten to forty hours per week
- Projects often run as focused, timeboxed engagements rather than open-ended retainers