Design System Specialist (UX/UI) - (All genders)

at  zooplus SE

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

More than 20 years ago, zooplus was one of the first to bring the pet category into the world of eCommerce. Today, we stand strong as Europe’s leading online pet platform, delivering moments of happiness to more than 9 million pet parents each year.
We’re on a mission to create joy for pets and their parents, driven by our core values of Care, Courage, Openness, and Simplicity. At the heart of everything we do, they inspire us to grow, raise the bar for our customers and fuel a pet-first business.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Your primary role as the Design System Manager involves transforming Zooplus’ design system into a readily consumable resource, empowering multiple cross-functional product teams to ensure the inclusive consistent, user-friendly, and efficient implementation of Zooplus’ digital channels. This includes coordinating the design, development, maintenance, evolution and adoption of our design system.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor/Master degree in product design, HCI, computer science or related fields
• 5 years of experience as a design system designer or manager, product design or related roles
• Strong leadership and management skills incorporating excellent communication, alignment & mediation skills
• Understanding / practical experience in product ownership (vision, strategy, metrics, ticketing) is a plus
• Very strong design skills:
• Solid understanding of atomic design or alternative concepts and how to put them into practice
• Strong UI design skills
• Strong ability to set visual direction for UI
• Strong knowledge about state-of-the-art UI components & interaction patterns for web shops
• Experience with frontend development technologies such as HTML, CSS & JavaScript is a plus
• Experience working with Jira & Confluence
• Portfolio showcasing design system work