Design System Designer (Contract) - Toyota European Web Presence
What would you be doing?
As a Design System Designer, you will contribute to creating and evolving Toyota’s European and UK website design system. This system will unify the web presence across all European countries, driving consistency, efficiency, and scalability. Delivering to the Design System Lead, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the design system meets the needs of designers, developers, and stakeholders while maintaining accessibility, inclusivity, and innovation.
What would you be responsible for?
- Support the development, adoption, and governance of the design system under the guidance of the Design System Lead.
- Advocate for user-centred design to meet the needs of designers, developers, and product teams.
- Help ensure the design system reflects Toyota and Lexus’s branding and supports their web presence across Europe and the UK.
Here's how you would support the vision:
- Collaborate with the Design System Lead to refine and promote the vision for the web design system.
- Work closely with design, management, and development teams to support adoption and alignment.
- Contribute to discussions highlighting the design system’s business impact and return on investment.
Here's how you would develop the Design System:
- Assist in prioritising and delivering design system components, patterns, and tools.
- Work with engineers to address design and technical needs, ensuring smooth implementation.
- Contribute to maintaining token structures, file hierarchies, and documentation to enable distributed teams to utilise the system effectively.
- Incorporate research insights provided by the team into design system improvements.
Here's how you would support user research and insights:
- Participate in testing, interviews, and surveys to help identify pain points and opportunities for improving the system and its use.
- Collaborate with the Design System Lead to analyse feedback and guide iterative improvements to the design system.
- Help translate research data into actionable recommendations that improve workflows and usability.
Here's the value you would add with process and operations:
- Assist in implementing the governance model to ensure the design system evolves with product and organisational needs.
- Collaborate on processes for managing requirements, components, and updates for the design system.
- Ensure the design system adheres to accessibility standards and supports diverse user needs.
How would you impact collaboration and communication?
- Facilitate workshops and feedback sessions with guidance from the Design System Lead to engage stakeholders and gather input on the design system’s evolution.
- Serve as a bridge between design, development, and product teams to ensure research insights are actionable and impactful.
- Prepare reports and presentations to communicate progress and findings to stakeholders as needed.
Your impact with accessibility and inclusivity would involve:
- Support adherence to accessibility standards such as WCAG, ensuring inclusivity across web platforms.
- Identify gaps in cultural considerations, language diversity, and accessibility for different abilities, recommending improvements in collaboration with the team.
- Understand and apply the principles of the European Accessibility Act, ensuring the design system meets legal requirements and reflects Toyota’s commitment to accessibility and inclusivity as fundamental aspects of its digital presence.
Here's what we're looking for you to bring:
- Strong of experience in UI, UX, or product design, with direct experience working on design systems for both web and app platforms, including expertise in responsive design and ensuring seamless cross-device support.
- Expertise in modern design tools, with experience working within established design systems.
- Familiarity with design thinking, Lean UX, and agile methodologies.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Interest in accessibility and inclusive design principles.
What do we feel is exciting about this project? You'd get:
- The opportunity to work on a critical design system supporting Toyota and Lexus’s digital presence across Europe and the UK.
- A collaborative, innovative environment where your expertise will contribute to the efficiency and consistency of Toyota’s web platforms.
Another thing we'd like to mention…
There’s been a lot of research showing how marginalised groups of people may not apply for jobs unless they meet all of the requirements. We also know that many UXers come from wide and wonderful backgrounds with different experiences - We value people who bring unique perspectives and add new knowledge to our team!
You might not feel like you “tick all the boxes” but we sincerely hope you’ll apply anyway because you could be exactly what we we're looking for!
