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"The details are not the details. They make the design."
— Charles Eames
Design and maintain scalable design systems that empower teams to create consistent user experiences. Collaborate with various teams to ensure efficient implementation and advocate for human-centered design.
Responsibilities
- Design, build and maintain scalable design systems that empower teams to create consistent, high-quality user experiences
- Translate UX principles, accessibility standards and brand guidelines into usable, flexible components and patterns
- Collaborate with UI designers, developers, product owners and brand teams to align design and tech, and ensure efficient implementation
- Facilitate workshops, onboarding sessions, and design reviews to foster adoption and shared ownership across teams
- Support product teams in applying the system effectively, and evolve the system based on real usage, feedback and business needs
- Advocate for human-centered design in every part of the system
- Co-shape governance models and community structures to scale the impact of the system across products and teams
- Stay on top of trends in tooling, tokens, accessibility and front-end tech and translate them into system evolution
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience as UX designer at an agency or renown brand, with a strong track record in building and scaling design systems
- Experience with digital projects for A-brands, demonstrated through a portfolio
- Deep knowledge of Figma (components, variants, tokens) and how to connect design with development workflows
- Experience with working in agile, cross-functional teams, ideally in complex product environments
- Assertiveness; you’re and independent thinker that is able to go beyond backlogs items and client briefs by challenging the status quo and provide new ideas and perspectives
- A passion for enabling others, facilitating collaboration, and building a design culture across teams
- Working proficiency in English (German is a plus)
Benefits
- Flexible, hybrid working policy (1-2 days at the office, depending on location)
- Company pension scheme
- Lease bike options / JobRad and 25% subsidy for the Deutschlandticket
- Occasional breakfast/lunch at the office, Smoothie Tuesdays
- Stay happy and healthy with a contribution to your health through the OpenUp platform
- €30 per month - You can use the flexible package for digital food stamps and/or fitness providers/sport clubs/massage studios, internet costs, and/ or public transport
- Future Bens - Exclusive access to sustainable, healthy products at attractive deals
- Social events, plenty of opportunities to connect with colleagues through organised activities and celebrations
- A reputation for doing good. DEPT® has been a Certified B Corp® since 2021 and named ‘Agency of the Year’ at both The Lovies and The Webby Awards
- Awesome clients. Whether big or small, local or global — at DEPT® you’ll get the opportunity to work with clients of all sizes and across all industries. And we celebrate all of our successes together!
- The opportunity for possibility. We want to enable you to do what you do best and help you develop your skills further with training, development and certifications
- Global annual DEPT® Cares Month in which employees come together and donate their skills to support local charities
About Dept®
We are a pioneering technology and marketing services company that creates end-to-end digital experiences for brands such as Google, KFC, Philips, Audi, Twitch, Patagonia, eBay and more. Our team of 4,000+ digital specialists across 30+ locations on 5 continents delivers pioneering work on a global scale with a boutique culture. We are committed to making a positive impact on the planet and since 2021 have been Climate Neutral and B Corporation certified. We are pioneers at heart. What this means, is that we are always leaning forward, thinking of what we can create tomorrow that does not exist today. We were born digital and we are a new model of agency, with a deep skillset in tech & marketing. We facilitate our pioneering spirit by investing in innovation, by leveraging our proprietary tech, data and knowledge platforms for all our clients worldwide. Our culture is ’big enough to cope and small enough to care. Simply put we can work for any brand in the world, but with the speed
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