Senior Product Designer

Summary

Join Esri’s marketing design team and contribute to crafting engaging user experiences using Calcite Brand, Esri’s design system. You will help develop and document foundational design and global components, collaborating with designers and developers to ensure consistency and functionality across the site. This role requires a strong understanding of user-centered design and systemic thinking. You will architect the Figma environment, define design specifications, and facilitate design reviews. Success requires 5+ years of experience designing for web and mobile platforms and a portfolio showcasing design system management expertise. Esri offers competitive total rewards, including industry-leading health and welfare benefits, retirement programs, paid time off, and opportunities for professional growth.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience designing and delivering products for both web and mobile platforms
• Showcase a portfolio illustrating successful management of design systems, highlighting expertise in this area
• Proven ability to take ownership and drive results, going beyond expected duties for the success of the team and deliverables
• Passion for continuous improvement and advocacy for leveraging innovative design and front-end practices to drive excellence
• Ability to facilitate workshops and present to large audiences, effectively communicating design concepts and ideas
• Experience using Figma, Figma UI Kits, adhering to established pattern libraries and required frameworks
• Strong written and verbal communication skills essential for collaborating with cross-functional teams and stakeholders
• Bachelor’s in human-computer interaction, graphic design, or a related field

Responsibilities

• Contribute to architecting our Figma environment, working closely with other designers, front-end developers, and the Calcite team to enhance UI kits, foundations, tokens, and individual component Figma files while helping govern processes for component creation, version control, announcements, and more
• Define detailed design specifications for components in Figma that include component anatomy, states, types, color, layout, accessibility, and more
• Define component documentation, ensuring consistent content organization for usage guidelines
• Facilitate design reviews with internal and external teams and company stakeholders incorporating feedback into your work
• Partner with researchers and the UX team to validate usability of components and proactively advocate for the right work
• Provide design direction on component usage and facilitate educational demos to users and developers
• Help lead engagement with front-end developers to achieve architectural, visual, and interaction consistency between components in Figma and in the development environment
• Participate in design systems conferences, constantly learning about design system and Figma innovation practices while applying those into your work
• Help mentor more junior designers and participate in design critiques and reviews

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing for and working with Adobe Experience Manager
• Familiarity with GitHub and front-end technologies (Stencil, JavaScript, Angular, Ember, React, HTML, CSS, Storybook)
• Experience coding interactive prototypes or/and component interactive samples

Benefits

• Industry-leading health and welfare benefits: medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance for employees (and their families)
• 401(k) and profit-sharing programs
• Minimum accrual of 80 hours of vacation leave
• Twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year
• Opportunities for personal and professional growth