Design System Designer

Kickstart your career
As a Design Intern focusing on our design system, you’ll be responsible for building a strong foundation of UI components, patterns, and guidelines that ensure consistency across all our platforms. You’ll work closely with product designers, developers in a trio setup, contributing to a continuous discovery process that keeps user needs at the forefront of our design decisions.

About us

Sharegain began with one question: If the largest institutions solely exercise the right to lend their stocks, bonds, and ETFs, what would it take to unlock this revenue opportunity for every investor?

Our team of experts in the UK, US and Israel built the solution: a platform that empowers online brokers, private banks, and wealth managers to offer securities lending to their clients. We call it SLaaS: Securities Lending as a Service. It’s a fully digital, customizable, end-to-end solution that automates front- and back-office operations. Institutions and investors are now free to earn more from what they own.

Every Sharegainer has their own backstory, but we all share an ambition to do things differently – bigger, better, and greater. Together we’re on a mission to democratize capital markets by building a more liquid world. The more we share, the more we all gain.

About you

If you get excited about:

• Creating and maintaining a foundational design system
• Experimenting with new ideas and approaches that could redefine the future of our products
• Work in close collaboration with a cross-functional team, including product and development managers
• Gain invaluable experience by working alongside senior product designers that will accelerate your professional growth

you will flourish at Sharegain and we can’t wait to talk to you!

Responsibilities

We’re looking for a Design Intern to help shape and craft our Design System.

As a Design Intern, you will develop and refine UI components that are smart, scalable, and consistent across platforms, forming a key part of our design system. This includes using variables and creating tokens for both new and existing components. You will create detailed documentation for each component, outlining usage guidelines and best practices. Collaboration is essential, as you will work closely with product designers and front-end teams to ensure the design system aligns with our product vision and technical requirements. By integrating user research findings, you'll ensure the design system meets the needs of users across various products. Your role will also involve regularly reviewing and updating the system based on feedback to keep it relevant and effective. Additionally, you’ll provide guidance to other team members, fostering a culture of design consistency across the company.

What your day-2-day will look like

• Start your day with team stand-ups or sync meetings with product managers, developers, and other designers to align on priorities and address any blockers.
• Create and enhance UI components for the design system, ensuring scalability and consistency across platforms.
• Use variables and design tokens to standardize styles and functionalities across new and existing components.
• Work closely with product designers and front-end developers to ensure the design system aligns with product goals and technical capabilities.
• Regularly review and update the design system based on user and stakeholder feedback, ensuring it remains effective and up-to-date.
• Regularly update or create documentation for new components, providing clear guidelines for use and implementation to maintain consistency across teams.
• Test components in prototypes and gather feedback from stakeholders and users to iterate and improve the design system continuously.
• Allocate time to stay updated on the latest trends in design systems and UI/UX to bring new insights and improvements to your work.

Job requirements

• Proficiency in Figma: Strong understanding of Figma, including experience with components, design systems, variables, themes and tokens.
• Design System Knowledge: Familiarity with design system principles and the ability to create scalable, reusable UI components. High-Level Proficiency in Figma-must!!!
• Collaboration and Communication: Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with other designers, developers, and other stakeholders in a trio setup.
• Keen Attention to Detail: Ensuring all design elements are consistent and follow the design system guidelines.
• Documentation Skills: Ability to create clear and comprehensive documentation, including guidelines and best practices for component usage.

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