Senior Design Systems Designer (Figma)

Location: 100% Remote (US-based, Eastern Time core hours)
Employment Type: Full-Time W2 Contract | 40 hours/week
Duration: 5–6+ months
 

About the Opportunity

We're looking for a talented, detail-oriented Senior Design Systems Designer to support a large-scale digital experience initiative for a leading hospitality organization.

This role will focus on enhancing and documenting an established design system as hotel websites and associated digital experiences transition to a new content management platform.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on designer who thrives in Figma, enjoys solving complex component-level challenges, and knows how to translate design decisions into clear, comprehensive specifications that engineering teams can confidently build from.

This is a highly collaborative, execution-focused role with an emphasis on component craftsmanship, accessibility, responsive design, and engineering handoff.

What You'll Do

• Audit and refine existing design system components, identifying gaps, inconsistencies, duplication, and opportunities for improvement.

• Design and document reusable UI components in Figma, including component anatomy, layout, spacing, typography, design tokens, and variants.

• Define responsive behavior across mobile, tablet, and desktop experiences.

• Create comprehensive component specifications covering interaction states, including hover, focus, active, disabled, loading, empty, and error states.

• Design and refine transactional components supporting search, date selection, availability, booking, and reservation experiences.

• Document validation patterns, error handling, fallback states, and recovery experiences.

• Ensure consistency across multiple websites, brands, and digital touchpoints.

• Apply accessibility best practices aligned with WCAG 2.1 AA, including keyboard navigation, focus management, color contrast, and accessible form interactions.

• Partner closely with engineers and cross-functional stakeholders to clarify component behavior and resolve design specification questions.

• Prepare detailed, development-ready design documentation and handoff materials using Figma, Confluence, and Jira.

• Support component versioning, documentation updates, and knowledge transfer to internal design teams.

What We're Looking For

• Strong professional experience in UX/UI, Product Design, or Design Systems Design, with significant hands-on component design experience.

• Advanced proficiency in Figma, including auto layout, variants, component properties, reusable libraries, and design tokens.

• Demonstrated experience working within and extending established design systems.

• Strong ability to create detailed component specifications and engineering handoff documentation.

• Experience defining responsive layouts, interaction patterns, component states, and complex UI behaviors.

• Practical knowledge of accessibility standards, particularly WCAG 2.1 AA.

• Experience collaborating directly with engineering teams to support accurate design implementation.

• Strong attention to detail, organization, and documentation quality.

• Ability to work independently and manage deliverables in a remote, collaborative environment.

Nice to Have

• Experience designing booking, reservation, checkout, e-commerce, or other complex transactional experiences.

• Experience supporting multi-brand websites or enterprise-scale design systems.

• Familiarity with CMS-driven websites and component-based content platforms.

• Exposure to Angular-based component libraries.

• Experience maintaining backward compatibility as design system components evolve.

Portfolio Requirements

A portfolio demonstrating detailed design system and component work is required.

We're especially interested in seeing examples that showcase:

• Reusable components designed and documented in Figma.

• Detailed component specifications and engineering handoff materials.

• Responsive behaviors, variants, and interaction states.

• Accessibility considerations and annotations.

• Collaboration with engineering from component design through handoff.

Why This Opportunity?

This is an opportunity to contribute to a high-visibility digital transformation initiative for a globally recognized hospitality organization. You'll work closely with design and engineering partners, helping deliver consistent, accessible, and scalable digital experiences across multiple web properties.

Interested? We'd love to connect and learn more about your design systems experience. Please apply with your resume and portfolio showcasing relevant component design and documentation work.

The hourly pay range for this position (dependent on factors including but not limited to client requirements, experience, statutory considerations, and location) is $60.000 to $70.00/hr.  Benefits available to full-time employees: medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, 401k and commuter benefits.
 
Synergis is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.  We value diversity and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, age, gender, gender identity, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, military/veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.
 
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including but not limited to, the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
 
For immediate consideration, please forward your resume to mpersons@synergishr.com
 
If you require assistance or an accommodation in the application or employment process, please contact us at mpersons@synergishr.com.

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