Here, you’ll find a culture that always has its finger on the pulse of ingenuity and innovation. After all, building on our legacy depends on acting with integrity to deliver future-focused transformation — and that’s where you’ll come in. By adding your resourcefulness and out-of-the-box thinking to ours, we’ll be able to achieve great things — both as a team, and as individuals. Whatever your area of IT expertise, we’ll empower you to bring your authentic self to work and support you to do your best work.Company Background:Genuine Parts Company (“GPC” or the “Company”), founded in 1928 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, is a leading distributor of automotive and industrial replacement parts and value-added services. The Company operates a global portfolio of businesses with more than 10,000 locations across the world. GPC has approximately 50,000 global employees. The Company has operations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Singapore, France, the U.K., Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and China.Position Purpose :Seeking world-class talent to join the world’s leading distributor of automotive and industrial replacement parts and value-added services operating 5,500+ locations and servicing more than 20,000 locations in the U.S and Canada.We are seeking a highly skilled Design Systems designer to drive the development and maintenance of our design systems. The ideal candidate will have strong UX and UI skills and be able to lead the development of our design language, design principles, and design patterns. The successful candidate should be passionate about design and have a strong understanding of the principles of design systems.Responsibilities:Lead the development and maintenance of our design systems, including design language, design principles, and design patterns.Ensure that the design systems are scalable, flexible, and easy to use.Collaborate with designers, developers, and product managers to ensure that the design systems are implemented consistently and effectively.Measure the consistency of application.Maintain and improve a contribution model to streamline the process of multiple autonomous product teams building components for one-off use cases, moving to systematized items.Identify, prioritize, and monitor task, progress of design, development, and documentation across team members.Present the system’s mission, library, and process to other groups, including product managers, content specialists, QA, and other design and development teams throughout the enterprise.Provide technical leadership and guidance to developers working on design system related issues.Develop and deliver training and support to teams to ensure that the design systems are implemented correctly.Develop and maintain documentation for the design systems.Keep up-to-date with the latest developments in design systems.Conduct user research and usability testing to understand the efficacy of the design system components.Other duties as assigned.Location:GPC has two work locations to choose from, Duluth or Atlanta office.We offer a Flexible Work Policy that permits eligible employees to work remotelyDesired Qualifications & Experiences:Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, HCI, or related field.At least 8 years of experience in UX/UI design.At least 3 years of relevant experience building, managing, and contributing to design systems.Strong understanding of design principles and design systems.Strong technical understanding of design systems from a software development perspective, especially with Angular JS.Experience in conducting user research and usability testing.Experience in delivering training and support to teams.Proven record in building a design system from scratch.Strong communication and collaboration skills.Ability to work effectively with designers, developers, and project managers.Passionate about design and user experience.Not the right fit? Let us know you’re interested in a future opportunity by joining our Talent Community on jobs.genpt.com or create an account to set up email alerts as new job postings become available that meet your interest!GPC conducts its business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. GPC’s policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons.Please let know you found this position on DesignX Job Board as a way to support us so we can keep fostering this community.
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