Junior design system designer

As a Design System Designer, you will help build and evolve a scalable design system that supports digital products and experiences across web, mobile, and emerging platforms. Working closely with design, development, and cross-functional teams, you will contribute to the creation, maintenance, documentation, and quality assurance of a comprehensive component ecosystem.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys systems thinking, component design, documentation, and creating reusable assets that enable teams to work more efficiently and consistently.

What You'll Do

• Collaborate with design system team members to build, maintain, and evolve the organization's design system.
• Create, update, QA, and manage components, patterns, design tokens, and layout systems within Figma.
• Produce and maintain documentation for components, including usage guidance, behaviors, accessibility considerations, and implementation requirements.
• Partner with designers and developers to support design system adoption and address component-related questions.
• Contribute to design system governance, helping ensure consistency and quality across products and experiences.
• Support the implementation of scalable design solutions across digital platforms.
• Assist in defining reusable design assets that improve efficiency and accelerate product delivery.
• Work with team members and stakeholders to continuously improve design system processes, documentation standards, and workflows.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Graphic Design, Visual Design, Interaction Design, Product Design, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of professional experience in UI design, design systems, product design, UX design, or related fields.
• Demonstrated experience building, maintaining, updating, or governing Figma component libraries.
• Strong portfolio showcasing design system contributions, component work, documentation, and systems-thinking capabilities.
• Advanced proficiency with Figma, including components, variants, libraries, design tokens, and documentation workflows.
• Experience creating clear documentation, specifications, and usage guidelines for design systems.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across design and engineering teams.
• Understanding of accessibility standards, inclusive design principles, and scalable design patterns.

Skills

• Product Design
• Component Design
• Design Systems

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience documenting large-scale design systems and component libraries.
• Understanding of design system governance, maintenance, and adoption strategies.
• Experience partnering with both design and engineering teams throughout implementation.
• Familiarity with complex digital products, enterprise applications, or multi-platform user experiences.
• Understanding of front-end development concepts and design-to-development workflows.
• Portfolio examples demonstrating component architecture, documentation, and design systems thinking.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Warren, MI.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $45.00 - $60.00/hr. Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully remote position.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Sep 4, 2026.

About TEKsystems

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.