Senior UX Designer - Design System

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About the Role

The Core UX team is responsible for owning and maintaining our Twitch Design System that supports building and maintaining a cross-platform live streaming service. We are seeking a Senior Designer, Design Systems to join our Core UX team at Twitch. In this role, you will lead the evolution and maintenance of Twitch's design system, with a special focus on our mobile design library,  human system interaction practices and visual standards. You will ensure consistency and efficiency across our cross-platform live streaming service while collaborating with senior cross-functional partners, representing our design system to executive leadership, and mentoring junior designers.

Your work will directly impact millions of streamers and viewers, shaping the future of live, interactive entertainment. We're looking for someone who champions human-centered design and can balance playful experiences with systematic thinking. If you're passionate about creating accessible, inclusive, and delightful experiences at scale, you will flourish on this team.

You can work from Twitch’s headquarters in San Francisco, CA; or from one of our hub locations in Seattle, WA; Irvine, CA; Los Angeles, CA or New York City, NY.

You Will :

• Collaborate with senior designers and engineers to evolve and maintain Twitch's design system and product visual language, including color, typography, iconography, motion, grid, shape, illustration, and 3D, while demonstrating a high level of attention to detail and a commitment to refining the polish and performance of your work.
• Lead the creation and refinement of mobile UI components, patterns, and template libraries, ensuring each element meets high visual craft standards, aligns with accessibility goals, and reflects a systematic approach to design with a strong eye for consistency.
• Translate visual language principles into clear, actionable documentation and guidelines for widespread adoption by design and engineering teams, demonstrating your ability to present complex system decisions to diverse audiences.
• Partner with Creative and UX Design teams to align product visual expression with our broader identity and governance, including assisting in the production of scalable assets such as icons and illustrations, while balancing craft with constraints and creativity with scalability.
• Lead and facilitate design system working sessions and workshops with product teams, demonstrating your comfort in presenting complex system decisions and your passion for cross-functional collaboration.
• Contribute to the strategic roadmap for the design system's evolution, showing eagerness to learn, iterate, and contribute to a growing, evolving visual system.
• Advocate for accessibility standards and ensure compliance across components, reflecting your commitment to inclusive design practices.
• Throughout all these responsibilities, maintain an openness to feedback, a passion for cross-functional collaboration, and excitement about shaping a visual language and design system that reaches millions of users every day.
• Participate in design reviews and QA processes to ensure fidelity and consistency across all feature implementations, showcasing your detail-oriented nature and high standards for visual craft.

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Perks

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Job ID : TW8823

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from our lowest geographic market up to our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and / or other benefits. This position will remain open until filled. For more information, please visit  . Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

US Pay Per Year

$127,100 - $211,600 USD

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