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About the Role
General Motors is seeking a Designer to expand our design system team. This role is central to developing and maintaining the GM Design System, ensuring consistency, accessibility, and quality across digital platforms.
Responsibilities
- Design and maintain robust, reusable components and patterns within the GM Design System.
- Build and manage shared libraries in Figma, including UI kits, tokens, and documentation.
- Design component, guidance, and documentation pages for Figma UI Kit/s.
- Partner closely with front-end developers to ensure designs are implemented accurately and efficiently.
- Create documentation, usage guidelines, and specs for system components.
- Ensure accessibility, scalability, and consistency across digital products.
- Collaborate with product designers, engineers, and brand teams across vehicle OS, web, and mobile to unify the system and encourage shared design language.
- Advocate for best practices in systems design, tooling, and handoff workflows.
- Conduct audits and propose system enhancements based on product needs and user feedback.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in HCI, Graphic Design, Visual Design, Interaction Design, Product Design, Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
- 3+ years of professional experience in digital product design, with a strong focus on design systems and component-based design.
- Deep expertise in Figma, including auto layout, variants, tokens, and library management.
- Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and a solid understanding of vector-based design and iconography.
- Experience designing for web, mobile, and software products, with an understanding of responsive and adaptive UI patterns.
- Strong knowledge of typography, visual hierarchy, and UI best practices.
- Experience with versioning, naming conventions, and scalable design workflows.
- Familiarity with accessibility standards (WCAG), prototyping tools, prototyping click-throughs, and design tokens.
- A systems-oriented mindset with an outstanding eye for detail and consistency.
- The ability to translate complex design needs into elegant, scalable solutions.
- Passion for collaboration—especially across design, engineering, and platform teams.
- Discipline in documentation, file hygiene, and naming conventions.
- A belief that the best design systems are built for real-world application—not theory.
Skills
- Figma
- Adobe Illustrator
- Design systems
- Component-based design
- Vector-based design
- Iconography
- Responsive UI patterns
- Adaptive UI patterns
- Typography
- Visual hierarchy
- UI best practices
- Versioning
- Naming conventions
- Scalable design workflows
- Accessibility standards (WCAG)
- Prototyping tools
- Prototyping click-throughs
- Design tokens
- Systems thinking
Location
- Austin
- Warren
- Sunnyvale
- Remote
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Remote
Experience Level
- 3+ years of professional experience
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in HCI, Graphic Design, Visual Design, Interaction Design, Product Design, Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
Benefits
- Relocation benefits
- Total Rewards resources
About the Company
- Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.
- We believe we all must make a choice every day – individually and collectively – to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture.
- Every day, we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team.
Equal Opportunity
- General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of unlawful discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging.
- We strongly believe that providing an inclusive workplace creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers.
- All employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to sex, race, color, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, disability, pregnancy or maternity status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran or protected veteran, or any other similarly protected status in accordance with federal, state and local laws.
- We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications for each role and apply for any positions that match their skills and capabilities.
- Applicants in the recruitment process may be required, where applicable, to successfully complete a role-related assessment(s) and/or a pre-employment screening prior to beginning employment.
- General Motors offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities.
- If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us or call us at 1-800-865-7580.