Production Designer

at  Horizontal Digital

At Horizontal Digital, we hold ourselves to one key belief: You’re only as good as your worst customer experience. This mantra is what drives our digital consultancy to think beyond the easy answers and instead create websites, apps, portals and other experiences that solve customer needs for Fortune 500 companies in intuitive and empathetic ways. And we make this lofty standard a reality by fusing strategy, data, design and technology together to arrive at solutions that set the bar higher for everyone.
We use these values to fuel superior results:
Lock arms
We forge relationships that make our impact 1,000x stronger. This means working across departments and engaging both our clients and our communities to deliver the greatest good.
Show hustle
We’re not ones to sit on our hands and wait. Instead, we anticipate opportunities, collectively roll up our sleeves and find ways to execute the exceptional.
Embrace change
From new technologies to workplace philosophies, we welcome the unexpected and constantly anticipate what’s next.
Elevate empathy
We listen before we take action. This means understanding a variety of perspectives and holding ourselves to a higher standard of accountability.
Never settle
We motivate each other to push past the easy answers and collectively arrive at bigger, more inspiring ideas.
But enough about us. Let’s talk about you.
Horizontal Digital is experiencing tremendous growth in the EMEA market. We are seeking a highly skilled Production Designer with over 7 years of relevant design experience to join our dynamic team. Our ideal candidate is an expert in Figma, adept at working on design systems and toolkit development, and has experience designing for various platforms and devices.

What you’ll do:

• Develop and maintain design systems, toolkits, and guidelines to ensure consistency across all platforms.
• Expertly use Figma, including Autolayout, Libraries, and Tokens, to create and manage design files.
• Manage file versioning and ensure the integrity of design assets.
• Train and mentor team members, scaling organizational knowledge and best practices.
• Design for native platforms including iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows, as well as web platforms for both mobile and desktop.
• Utilize HTML/CSS and basic markup to enhance design functionality.
• Create a variety of UX and Visual Design artifacts, such as ecosystems, flows, wireframes, detailed UI, and prototypes.
• Collaborate with engineers to deliver pixel-perfect designs.
• Maintain a high level of detail orientation and process thinking in all design tasks.
• Adapt and thrive in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities and frequent ambiguity.
• Leverage CSS, frontend, and Webflow experience to enhance web designs (preferred)
• Previous experience building a large design system at a major tech company
• Experience communicating ideas and present well in order to gain consensus on new ideas and processes
• Experience advocating for design systems teams, and interested in nurturing partnerships with product teams
• Prototyping experience

Who you are:

• Bold – you understand how to be bold and innovative to push the boundaries of digital
• Passionate – You are passionate about understanding and improving the end-to-end digital experience. Your passion and positivity about the work makes everyone around you better
• Courageous – You aren’t afraid to fail and are open to feedback
• Curious – You have a desire to learn all the things you don’t know and enjoy the research
• Collaborative – You seek out collaboration and want to grow by being pushed each day to stretch your capabilities
• Proficient – You have a strong portfolio that demonstrates your thoughtful approach to the entire UX process and your capabilities
• Connected – You’re plugged into the local UX community and are an active seeker of inspiration

What you bring:

• 7+ years of relevant design experience
• Experience working on design systems, toolkit development and stewardship
• An expert in Figma (Autolayout, Libraries, Tokens)
• Experience with file management and versioning
• Experience training others and scaling the organization/product/team knowledge base
• Experience designing native platforms (iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows) as well as web for both mobile and desktop
• Familiar with HTML/CSS/Basic Markup
• Highly detail-oriented and a process thinker
• Experience thriving in the face of rapidly shifting priorities and frequent ambiguity
• Experience designing a variety of UX/Visual Design artifacts, such as: ecosystems, flows, wireframes, detailed UI, prototypes, etc.
• CSS, frontend, and webflow experience is a plus
• A blend of expertise in product-interface (UI/XD, etc) and brand-identity (visual primitives like type, color, etc.)
• Partner with engineers to ship pixel-perfect designs

You’ll get extra credit for:

• Experience with designing for content management systems (Sitecore, Acquia)
• Agile process experience

• Requirements gathering and analysis experienceMobile app design experience

• The above description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice

• Develop and maintain design systems, toolkits, and guidelines to ensure consistency across all platforms.
• Expertly use Figma, including Autolayout, Libraries, and Tokens, to create and manage design files.
• Manage file versioning and ensure the integrity of design assets.
• Train and mentor team members, scaling organizational knowledge and best practices.
• Design for native platforms including iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows, as well as web platforms for both mobile and desktop.
• Utilize HTML/CSS and basic markup to enhance design functionality.
• Create a variety of UX and Visual Design artifacts, such as ecosystems, flows, wireframes, detailed UI, and prototypes.
• Collaborate with engineers to deliver pixel-perfect designs.
• Maintain a high level of detail orientation and process thinking in all design tasks.
• Adapt and thrive in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities and frequent ambiguity.
• Leverage CSS, frontend, and Webflow experience to enhance web designs (preferred)
• Previous experience building a large design system at a major tech company
• Experience communicating ideas and present well in order to gain consensus on new ideas and processes
• Experience advocating for design systems teams, and interested in nurturing partnerships with product teams
• Prototyping experienc