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Staff Product Designer

Skills
Design SystemsFigmaIndependent ContributorIndustry StandardsInteraction DesignPrototypingTypography
Role

What the job involves

The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.

Requirements

  • 8-10+ years experience in a senior Individual Contributor design role
  • 2+ years of experience in a design systems role
  • Experience building products in a remote or distributed team environment
  • Demonstrated portfolio of leading or contributing to systems that have impacted business and customer metrics
  • Expertise in Figma

Nice to have

  • Exceptional interaction design skills, including prototyping
  • Direct experience with engineering and some ability to understand and work directly in code
  • Advanced to expert visual design skills (typography, color, hierarchy)
  • Experience with accessibility standards
  • Engaging storyteller with excellent written and verbal communication
  • Ability to hold conversations on design with executives and external industry leaders

Day to day

  • Drive the architecture and evolution of Dropbox’s design system (DIG), maturing it toward a “system of systems” that supports multi-product strategy.
  • Articulate maturity models, future visions, and tradeoffs for how DIG and systems practices will grow and change over time.
  • Strengthen design system foundations by prioritizing, delivering, and growing adoption for right patterns and components.
  • Evolve design systems operations, education, and metrics to better support internal customers.
  • Bring a spirit of innovation and continuous improvement to all Design Systems practices.