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Perk

Senior Design Systems Designer

Perk

. Own the craft and visual direction of Suitcase, Perk's design system .

Posted 10/15/2026full-timeLondon • United KingdomSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in product design and design systems, with a strong focus on typography, colour, layout, and accessibility standards. Proven ability to collaborate across teams, drive adoption, and guide design decisions while maintaining a clear visual direction.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Product Design ExperienceDesign System DevelopmentWCAG 2.2 AA StandardsHTML, CSS, JavaScript ProficiencyAI Prototyping Tools Experience

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Hard Skills
Design System DevelopmentTypographyColour TheoryLayout DesignMotion DesignMicro-InteractionsComponent Specification WritingToken System MaintenanceFigma-to-Code WorkflowsAccessibility Standards
Soft Skills
PersuasionDecision-MakingCollaborationJudgementConstructive Feedback
Tools & Technologies
FigmaStorybookCode ConnectMCP ToolingAI Prototyping Tools
Industry Keywords
Design SystemsComponent HealthContent DesignLocalisationUser Research

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Own the craft and visual direction of Suitcase, Perk's design system
  • Set Suitcase's direction with design and engineering leadership
  • Translate the vision into a roadmap with named resources and report progress
  • Own the visual language, token architecture, and foundations covering typography, colour, space, motion, and interaction states
  • Collaborate with content design and localisation on content tokens
  • Design, document, and refine components with complete states, variants, platform coverage, and usage guidance
  • Write component specifications for AI prototyping tools
  • Bring components to WCAG 2.2 AA conformance and embed accessibility in component review
  • Define adoption, component health, accessibility, and Figma-to-code parity measures with engineering
  • Run contribution governance between experimental and core system layers
  • Champion Suitcase across Perk and coach designers and engineers on using and contributing to the system

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Strong product design experience, including designing and scaling design systems for a fast-growing product on web and mobile
  • Deep understanding of typography, colour, layout, motion, and micro-interactions
  • Judgement about when to create a new component versus use an existing one
  • Experience designing and maintaining token systems, including naming, theming, documentation, and Figma-to-code workflows
  • Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
  • Practical experience designing components to WCAG 2.2 AA standards, including keyboard and screen-reader behaviour
  • Experience prototyping with AI tools and using Storybook, Code Connect, and MCP tooling
  • Understanding of how design systems connect to code and AI tools
  • Ability to drive adoption through persuasion and guide non-designers from problem to decision to outcome
  • Ability to make and defend design trade-off decisions
  • Experience using customer insight from research, support, sales, and team data
  • Ability to shape roadmap, sequencing, and scope and push back constructively
  • Experience integrating or consolidating design systems
  • Familiarity with content and localisation considerations in components
  • Must be based within commuting distance of a Perk hub
  • English is the official office language
  • Resume must be submitted in English
  • Updated portfolio and/or resume required

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Relocation assistance may be available for certain roles
  • AI-enabled tools used day-to-day to work faster and reduce administrative tasks
  • Equal opportunity workplace
  • Global team environment
  • In-person collaboration 3 days per week