Lead UX Designer, Design System - Netherlands Remote

Who We Are:

Cimpress Technology develops cutting-edge, best-in-world software that our mass customization businesses use to create personalized products for over 17 million global customers. Our Mass Customization Platform is comprised of modular, multi-tenant services. Our businesses can choose the solutions that work for them, or assemble any custom combination they need. This makes it easier and faster to do things like introduce new products, reach customers and track orders. And this kind of innovation keeps customers coming back. Just last year, Cimpress generated $2.88B in revenue through customized print products, signage, apparel, packaging and more.

We encourage our engineers to think like an owner – to continue to act small as we grow. Every team defines their own roadmaps, and uses the programming languages and technologies that suit them best. This helps us have a big impact at the enterprise level while still feeling small and nimble.

What You Will Do:

The Design System team at Cimpress Technology is responsible for enabling product teams to create beautiful, user-friendly, consistent and accessible user experiences across all our products by establishing a comprehensive design system.

The team is looking for a UX Design lead to join our team and play a key role in building, maintaining, and evolving our company’s design system. You’ll work closely with designers, product managers, and front-end developers to ensure the design system meets the needs of a diverse range of products and teams. 

This position is remote, and candidates are welcome to take advantage of our many collaboration spaces across the globe.

• Design System Leadership: Lead the design, maintenance, and evolution of our design system, ensuring it meets the needs of designers, developers, and other stakeholders across the organization.
• Collaboration: Work closely with product teams, engineers, and other stakeholders to ensure the design system is well-integrated into the product development lifecycle and used consistently.
• Mentorship: Provide guidance and mentorship to junior designers, fostering a culture of learning and growth within the team.
• System Documentation & Best Practices: Iterate on the content and usability of the design system documentation site and Figma UI library, including guidelines, components, patterns, and processes, to foster a shared language between the designer and developer users.
• User Research & Testing: Lead or collaborate in user research and usability testing to gather feedback, refine design solutions, and iterate on the design system to improve its effectiveness.
• Advocate for Consistency: Champion a unified design language and advocate for the principles of consistency, scalability, and accessibility in all design work.

Your Qualifications: 

At Cimpress, we value the experiences that individual team members add to our culture. Please don't hesitate to apply even if you don't meet the exact qualifications, we look forward to learning more about you! 

• Experienced UX Designer: You have 5+ years of experience building, contributing to, and shipping digital products and design systems, with a strong portfolio that demonstrates your ability to craft intuitive, user-friendly experiences.
• Design System Expertise: You have hands-on experience creating, maintaining, or contributing to a design system. You understand the challenges of scaling a design system across multiple teams and products.
• Strong Collaboration Skills: You can work effectively with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers, and other designers, to ensure the design system is implemented correctly.
• Leadership & Mentorship: You have a previous background in training and supporting more junior team members in the usage of design systems.
• Proficient in Design Tools: You are highly skilled with design tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, or similar.
• Strong Communicator: You have excellent communication skills and can present complex design concepts and rationale clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Technical Understanding: You have a basic understanding of how design translates into code, including design tokens, component frameworks (e.g., React), and accessibility. You won’t be coding daily, but this knowledge will enable tight collaboration with engineers. 

Nice to Have: 

• Experience working in SaaS or enterprise-level software products.
• A deep understanding of accessibility standards and best practices.
• Experience with tools like Storybook or design system documentation platforms.

Why You'll Love Working Here:

Being at Cimpress means that you don’t see work as just a building, a desk or a manufacturing floor. You see it as a chance to take a step forward in your career journey – and your life. We strive to give you everything you need to learn, grow, and succeed. Through innovation, collaboration, and perpetual exposure to what’s next, we’re always pushing boundaries and broadening our horizons. We embrace the chance to operate outside of our comfort zone to discover what we’re capable of. Some might call that a challenge; we just call it another great day at work.

We're Remote-First: 

In 2020, Cimpress adopted a Remote-First operating model and culture. We heard from our team members that having the freedom, autonomy and trust in each other to work from home and, the ability to operate when they are most productive, empowers them to be their best. Cimpress also provides collaboration spaces for team members to work physically together when it's safe to do so and when in-person collaboration will deliver the best results. 

About Us:

Led by founder and CEO Robert Keane, Cimpress invests in and helps build customer-focused, entrepreneurial mass customization businesses. Through the personalized physical (and digital) products these companies create, we empower over 17 million global customers to make an impression. Last year, Cimpress generated $2.88B in revenue through customized print products, signage, apparel, packaging and more. The Cimpress family includes a dynamic, international group of businesses and central teams, all working to solve problems, build businesses, innovate and improve.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion:

We believe in the unique contributions of everyone within a diverse global organization. We are collaborative, inclusive, and innovative. We strive to role model and live an inclusive culture of fairness, respect and belonging for all. And we work together to empower each other, creating a space in which each of us can spark our next great idea. 

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Cimpress Tech, a Cimpress company, is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, national or ethnic origin, nationality, age, religion, citizenship, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender presentation, legal or preferred name, marital status, pregnancy, family structure, veteran status or any other basis protected by human rights laws or regulations. This list is not exhaustive and, in fact, in many cases, we strive to do more than the law requires. 

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