Staff Product Designer - Design Systems (TV)

The role involves taking ownership of the TV Design System within Hawkins, ensuring it aligns with key business initiatives and evolves to meet organizational needs. Responsibilities include defining long-term vision, establishing standards, and advocating for best practices across teams.

Responsibilities

• Embed within key TV business initiatives and/or horizontal initiatives to ensure strong system alignment and meaningful evolutions to Hawkins
• Own and define the long-term vision and strategy for the TV design system, ensuring it scales effectively to meet evolving organizational needs
• Own creative extensions or evolutions of the TV design system that support emerging identities and enable differentiated, cohesive experiences
• Partner closely with cross-functional leadership (Director+) to influence roadmaps, ensuring Hawkins is a core enabler for both design and engineering teams
• Develop scalable adoption strategies to support the rollout of major changes and new versions of the Hawkins Core libraries across teams
• Establish and govern TV design system standards, processes, and tooling frameworks, ensuring consistent adoption and alignment across teams and disciplines
• Champion the design system by advocating best practices and providing real-time support through office hours and Slack

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience as a Product Designer, including extensive expertise in design systems leadership and cross-functional, system-driven initiatives with 7+ years in design systems
• Expertise in cross-platform design for Consumer products, including proficiency in Android, iOS, Web, and/or TV platforms
• Strong expertise in A/B testing and using data insights to iterate and scale design system components
• A proven track record of governing and contributing to design systems by defining standards, delivering impactful, scalable solutions, and driving adoption across teams and platforms
• Exceptional collaboration and leadership skills, with a demonstrated ability to align stakeholders and influence decision-making at all levels
• Confident in your ability to break down and solve complex problems, balancing tactical execution with system-level thinking
• Recognized as a trusted partner and mentor, fostering growth and collaboration by empowering peers and cross-functional teams to adopt best practices and deliver scalable design solutions
• Comfortable working with ambiguity and complexity, with a strategic mindset for solving large-scale challenges
• Deep understanding of design system tooling (e.g., Figma, Storybook, design tokens) and the ability to lead efforts to evolve tools and workflows
• Strong advocate for accessibility and inclusive design, with experience implementing and promoting industry standards

Key Skills

• Expertise in cross-platform design for Consumer products, including proficiency in Android, iOS, Web, and/or TV platforms
• Strong expertise in A/B testing and using data insights to iterate and scale design system components
• Deep understanding of design system tooling (e.g., Figma, Storybook, design tokens) and the ability to lead efforts to evolve tools and workflows
• Strong advocate for accessibility and inclusive design, with experience implementing and promoting industry standards

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits
• Paid leave of absence programs
• Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off
• Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off