Visual Designer

Visual Designer - Human Interface Guidelines

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Product/Visual Designer to help build and evolve a large-scale Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) website—similar in purpose to leading industry design system documentation platforms.

This is a high-visibility initiative focused on creating a best-in-class, design-system-driven resource used by designers, engineers, and cross-functional teams. The role blends strong visual design craftsmanship with systems thinking, with a heavy emphasis on translating complex guidance into clear, intuitive, and visually engaging content.

This position is ideal for designers who thrive in fast-paced environments, care deeply about consistency and detail, and enjoy collaborating closely with engineering teams to bring polished digital experiences to life.

What You’ll Do

• Own and drive ongoing design work for a large-scale design system documentation website
• Translate dense, text-heavy guidelines into clear, scannable, and visually compelling assets
• Replace legacy components with updated design system tokens, typography, and patterns
• Create original illustrations, UI assets, templates, and supporting visuals for documentation pages
• Develop scalable visual frameworks that support usability, learning, and adoption of standards
• Partner closely with engineering to ensure pixel-perfect implementation and provide visual QA feedback
• Contribute to layout strategy, visual storytelling, and overall user experience of the documentation platform
• Support ongoing releases and enhancements while maintaining consistency across the system

What You Won’t Do

• Conduct user research (handled by a dedicated team)
• Build new design system components (system already established)
• Own product management responsibilities or requirements gathering

Required Skills & Experience

• Advanced visual communication skills with the ability to simplify complex information into intuitive visuals
• Strong illustration capabilities, including creating original assets and enhancing baseline references
• Experience producing a variety of formats, including static visuals, GIFs, and lightweight motion/animations
• Deep familiarity with design systems, including tokens, typography, states, and component usage
• Proven ability to support documentation platforms, guideline websites, or content-heavy design systems
• Strong understanding of information hierarchy, layout strategy, and design for scan-based consumption
• End-to-end product design experience with a strong emphasis on UI craftsmanship
• Exceptional attention to detail and comfort conducting design QA and implementation reviews
• Experience collaborating closely with engineering teams during handoff and build phases
• Ability to work independently, make decisions, and solve problems with minimal oversight

Nice to Have

• Experience working with CMS platforms
• Background contributing to design system documentation or guideline portals
• Familiarity with AI-assisted design workflows to accelerate production and ideation

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Systems-oriented designer who values consistency, scalability, and usability
• Strong visual storyteller with a refined sense of hierarchy and clarity
• Comfortable working at speed in a high-volume, deadline-driven environment
• Able to balance big-picture thinking with meticulous execution
• Proactive, self-directed, and confident operating in ambiguous or evolving requirements

Work Environment

• Highly collaborative and fast-paced, with a strong emphasis on execution and delivery
• Close partnership with design leadership and engineering teams
• Ongoing milestone releases with continuous iteration and improvement
• Alignment with Eastern Time (EST) working hours preferred

Why Apply

• Opportunity to shape a foundational design resource used across a large organization
• High visibility with meaningful impact on design consistency and adoption
• Fast-moving environment with opportunities for growth and expanded scope
• Strong team culture focused on innovation, quality, and continuous improvement

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.

• 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 Jul 9, 2026.

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

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.