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Senior Designer - Design Systems

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idme logoIdme · Mountain View, CA
Full-timeOn-site1mo ago
AccessibilityCross-functional CollaborationDesign SystemsDocumentationInteraction DesignMentoring
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Responsibilities

  • Craft & Execution
  • Conceptualize and design creative solutions that bring clarity, cohesion, and visual impact across web, product, and marketing experiences.
  • Work from concept to delivery with a systems mindset, applying and expanding the frameworks of the existing design system to ensure scalability and consistency.
  • Use interaction, and storytelling to elevate the quality and personality of digital experiences.
  • Adapt visual direction across multiple touchpoints, balancing brand integrity with usability and performance.
  • Set the standard for design quality, inspiring peers through strong execution and creative problem-solving.
  • Design Systems & Consistency
  • Apply and evolve design system components and visual frameworks to maintain consistency and scalability across all touchpoints.
  • Identify gaps or opportunities for improvement within the system and help define patterns that support product and brand growth.
  • Support documentation and guidelines that enable broader adoption and alignment across design and development, with a strong understanding of variables, variants, and styles.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Collaborate closely with product, UX, and marketing teams to translate creative direction into practical, user-centered solutions.
  • Communicate design intent effectively through visuals, prototypes, and storytelling that align teams and stakeholders.
  • Contribute to a collaborative design culture by participating in reviews, sharing insights, and providing constructive feedback.
  • Lead through influence - fostering alignment, elevating work quality, and helping peers think through design challenges with clarity.
  • Design Quality & Process Improvement
  • Help identify and refine design processes that improve efficiency, clarity, and collaboration within the broader design organization.
  • Advocate for design excellence through consistency, accessibility, and attention to detail across all deliverables.
  • Partner with other designers to uphold and evolve visual standards, mentoring peers and encouraging executional excellence across the team.

Requirements

  • Demonstrated ability to adapt visual direction and design language across multiple touchpoints, including web, product, marketing, and brand experiences. (Bonus point if you have agency experience).
  • Strong foundation in visual design principles. Composition, layout, typography, color, and hierarchy, wi

Benefits

Health insurancePerformance bonus

Additional Information

Company Overview ID.me is the next-generation digital identity wallet that simplifies how individuals securely prove their identity online. Consumers can verify their identity with ID.me once and seamlessly login across websites without having to create a new login and verify their identity again. Over 152 million users experience streamlined login and identity verification with ID.me at 20 federal agencies, 45 state government agencies, and 70+ healthcare organizations. More than 600+ consumer brands use ID.me to verify communities and user segments to honor service and build more authentic relationships. ID.me's technology meets the federal standards for consumer authentication set by the Commerce Department and is approved as a NIST 800-63-3 IAL2 / AAL2 credential service provider by the Kantara Initiative. ID.me is committed to "No Identity Left Behind" to enable all people to have a secure digital identity. To learn more, visit https://network.id.me/ . Senior Designer - Design Systems Location: Mountain View, CA, required 5 days/week in office At ID.me, we're shaping the future of digital identity to make proving who you are online easier, more secure, and accessible to everyone. Serving over 150 million people, we're also on a mission to ensure no identity is left behind. As a design-led company, design influences everything we do. We believe great design is more than aesthetics; it's the foundation of trust, accessibility, and connection in every experience we create. Our designers, engineers, and product partners move quickly together, empowering each other to make thoughtful decisions that have real impact. Within our team, empathy and kindness aren't just values, but how we collaborate, give feedback, and grow. If you're passionate about crafting experiences that are both human and transformative, you'll have a seat at the table here. Role Overview The Senior Designer plays a key role in bridging creativity and systems thinking, shaping how design systems are applied across web, product, and marketing experiences. In this role, you'll collaborate closely with other designers, UX partners, and product teams to bring ideas to life, translating concepts into cohesive, user-centered designs that feel consistent across touchpoints. You're comfortable moving fluidly between early exploration and detailed execution, balancing speed with craft, and maintaining an eye for both structure and storytelling through the thoughtful application of design systems. A strong sense of UI motion and interaction design is a plus.


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