One North, a digital agency recently acquired by TEKsystems Global Services®, is looking for a dynamic and driven UX Design System Lead to join our team.

We help some of the world’s most complex organizations stand out from the crowd by delivering breakthrough brand experiences. Leveraging expertise across strategy, brand, experience design, and technology, our experts use digital to reimagine how clients connect, communicate, and engage with their audiences to win new business, strengthen client relationships, and attract and retain top talent.

We are a fast-paced, growing organization with a dynamic and diverse work environment. Our values guide our hiring decisions and shape how we make a meaningful impact for our clients.

Position Overview

One North is looking for an experienced UX Design System Lead. This leader will be responsible for helping to evolve best practices for a UX design team currently serving a handful of clients on design system projects working on a variety of engagements. Primarily serving the Fortune 500, this role will lead teams to partner with clients on long-term engagements focused on client backlog development, design system architecture, platform overhaul, and guiding team engagement across multiple skill sets.

The ideal candidate will have agency experience and will also have spent time in their career as a UX/Product designer; 5+ years of experience is ideal for this role. Strong proven history architecting solutions/approaches, leading teams, and managing workflow required. Strong experience with large scale design systems would be a huge plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead a world-class design team on various projects to help clients make progress and move forward on their complex design systems

• Guide and evolve the design process for current projects and new business

• Inspire, motivate, and mentor the UX/UI Studio practitioners on creative techniques, efficient processes, best practices, and effective communication

• Work with the team and across disciplines to clearly define project goals and standards

• Work with our internal and partner teams to drive the inclusion of feedback, formal user testing, and data-driven metrics and analysis

• Provide leadership and strategic vision to determine how the UX Team will increase its capabilities to support business demands and growth in a way that enhances other agency practices

Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in Experience Design or digital-related field

• 2+ years leading UX teams

• 2+ years developing complex multifaceted design systems for large scale products

• Passionate for agency life, multi-disciplinary projects, collaboration, complexity, and interesting work

• In-depth knowledge of UX methodologies including research, user-testing, planning, strategy, and design

• Proven hands-on ability with the craft of design with relevant brands

• Demonstrated design leadership on projects that met client objectives

• Experienced lead with a focus on mentoring junior team members

• Strong ability to multitask, self-driven and self-motivated, consistently following through on a wide variety and number of tasks from inception to completion

• Highly analytical self-starter with awesome work ethic, loads of initiative, strong prioritization and organizational skills, a passion for quality, and amazing attention to detail

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Thrives in a highly iterative and collaborative environment

• A desire to work and support a diverse and inclusive environment

• Experience with Mobile UI design for iOS, Android, Windows platforms

• Experience with Agile

• Mastery of Figma, Adobe Creative Suite (XD, Photoshop, Illustrator), Sketch, UXPin, InVisionApp, Axure or other UI prototyping software

• Ability to prototype with various levels of fidelity (pixel-perfect, whiteboard, paper, interactive prototypes)

• Solid understanding of graphic design principles (typography, layout, grid systems, visual hierarchy, color, composition)

• This position requires a customer-focused thinker who can pro-actively communicate and lead in creative, business, and technical discussions

• Ability to multi-task and work efficiently in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment while maintaining attention to detail

• Strong verbal and written communication and negotiation skills

• Experience/Good knowledge with user testing techniques, accessibility standards, usability evaluations, user analytics or SEO

• Experience with responsive web design, e-commerce, e-learning or rich Internet applications

Application Requirements

• Portfolio of recent work showing process (in addition to final deliverable) required

Nice to have skills:

• Design System Design and Development Experience

• Front-end development or integration experience

• Experience and passion in photography, video, or illustration