UX Designer - Design Systems

The role involves evolving and maintaining Twitch's design system while ensuring consistency and efficiency across the platform. You will collaborate with cross-functional partners and advocate for accessibility standards.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with designers and engineers to evolve and maintain Twitch's design system and product visual language, including color, typography, iconography, motion, grid, shape, illustration, and 3D, while demonstrating a high level of attention to detail and a commitment to refining the polish and performance of your work
• Lead the creation and refinement of UI components, patterns, and template libraries, ensuring each element meets high visual craft standards, aligns with accessibility goals, and reflects a systematic approach to design with a strong eye for consistency
• Translate visual language principles into clear, actionable documentation and guidelines for widespread adoption by design and engineering teams, demonstrating your ability to present complex system decisions to diverse audiences
• Participate in design system working sessions and workshops with product teams and demonstrating your comfort in presenting system decisions
• Contribute to the strategic roadmap for the design system's evolution, showing eagerness to learn, iterate, and contribute to a growing, evolving visual system
• Advocate for accessibility standards and ensure compliance across components, reflecting your commitment to inclusive design practices
• Maintain an openness to feedback, a passion for cross-functional collaboration, and excitement about shaping a visual language and design system that reaches millions of users every day
• Participate in design reviews and QA processes to ensure fidelity and consistency across all feature implementations, showcasing your high standards for visual craft

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in building design systems as a product, platform or visual designer, ideally within tech or digital product environments with an emphasis on mobile design
• A portfolio that demonstrates excellent visual craft and systematic thinking, particularly around scaling brand and visual identity
• Ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams and communicate visual decisions with clarity
• Deep understanding of design system principles, governance and accessibility standards (WCAG) including implementation in the design system
• Proficiency in Figma and industry-standard tools (Adobe Creative Suite, After Effects, or equivalent) and iOS and Android operating systems
• Experience with design system documentation platforms (e.g., Storybook, Zeroheight)
• Familiarity with design tokens and related tooling and workflows
• Experience with design version management

Key Skills

• Visual craft
• Systematic thinking
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Design system principles
• Accessibility standards (WCAG)
• Figma
• Adobe Creative Suite
• After Effects
• iOS and Android operating systems
• Design system documentation platforms (e.g., Storybook, Zeroheight)
• Design tokens and related tooling and workflows
• Design version management

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance
• 401(k)
• Maternity & Parental Leave
• Flexible PTO
• Amazon Employee Discount