Design Systems Lead
<p><b>Salary: £60,000 - 70,000 per year</b></p>
<b>Requirements:</b>
<ul><li>Proven experience designing, scaling, or maintaining a design system in a product environment</li><li>Expert-level Figma skills (components, variants, variables)</li><li>Strong understanding of modern frontend development and component-based architectures (e.g. React)</li><li>Experience partnering closely with engineers on shared component models</li><li>A product-led mindset — you design to solve real problems, not just to make things look good</li><li>Comfort working in complex, data-heavy products</li><li>A solid grounding in user-centred design and evidence-based decision making</li><li>Nice to have (but not essential)</li><li>Hands-on experience contributing to or implementing a coded design system</li><li>Familiarity with tools like Storybook, Tailwind, or token-based theming</li><li>Background in B2B, industrial, or technically complex products</li></ul>
<b>Responsibilities:</b>
<ul><li>Designing, building, and maintaining a design system that spans both design and code</li><li>Creating reusable components, patterns, and guidelines in Figma</li><li>Defining and managing design tokens (colour, spacing, typography, motion)</li><li>Working closely with engineers to ensure design components map cleanly to coded components</li><li>Setting clear standards for accessibility, responsiveness, and theming</li><li>Producing clear documentation so teams know when and how to use the system</li><li>Reducing UI and design decision fatigue so teams can move faster</li><li>Evolving the system as the product, team, and complexity grow</li></ul>
<b>Technologies:</b>
<ul><li>Figma</li><li>Frontend</li><li>React</li><li>Storybook</li><li>UX UI Design</li></ul>
<p><b>More:</b></p>
<p>We are seeking a Design Systems Lead to join our team in Sheffield. This hybrid role allows for two days of in-office collaboration each week. As a high-impact individual contributor, you will own an established design system and influence the design and engineering processes directly. We value clarity, order, and momentum and are dedicated to creating an environment where diverse applicants are respected and welcomed.</p>
<p>last updated 8 week of 2026</p>
<b>Requirements:</b>
<ul><li>Proven experience designing, scaling, or maintaining a design system in a product environment</li><li>Expert-level Figma skills (components, variants, variables)</li><li>Strong understanding of modern frontend development and component-based architectures (e.g. React)</li><li>Experience partnering closely with engineers on shared component models</li><li>A product-led mindset — you design to solve real problems, not just to make things look good</li><li>Comfort working in complex, data-heavy products</li><li>A solid grounding in user-centred design and evidence-based decision making</li><li>Nice to have (but not essential)</li><li>Hands-on experience contributing to or implementing a coded design system</li><li>Familiarity with tools like Storybook, Tailwind, or token-based theming</li><li>Background in B2B, industrial, or technically complex products</li></ul>
<b>Responsibilities:</b>
<ul><li>Designing, building, and maintaining a design system that spans both design and code</li><li>Creating reusable components, patterns, and guidelines in Figma</li><li>Defining and managing design tokens (colour, spacing, typography, motion)</li><li>Working closely with engineers to ensure design components map cleanly to coded components</li><li>Setting clear standards for accessibility, responsiveness, and theming</li><li>Producing clear documentation so teams know when and how to use the system</li><li>Reducing UI and design decision fatigue so teams can move faster</li><li>Evolving the system as the product, team, and complexity grow</li></ul>
<b>Technologies:</b>
<ul><li>Figma</li><li>Frontend</li><li>React</li><li>Storybook</li><li>UX UI Design</li></ul>
<p><b>More:</b></p>
<p>We are seeking a Design Systems Lead to join our team in Sheffield. This hybrid role allows for two days of in-office collaboration each week. As a high-impact individual contributor, you will own an established design system and influence the design and engineering processes directly. We value clarity, order, and momentum and are dedicated to creating an environment where diverse applicants are respected and welcomed.</p>
<p>last updated 8 week of 2026</p>