Sr. UX Designer - Design Systems; REMOTE

Sr. UX Designer - Design Systems (REMOTE)

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At Abercrombie & Fitch, we are a leading global retailer serving millions of customers across digital and in-store touchpoints. The Senior UX Designer – Design Systems plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of our digital ecosystem across global brands. As part of A&F’s Digital Product Design team, you’ll lead the evolution of our latest Design System, ensuring consistency, scalability, localization and accessibility across responsive web, native apps (iOS/Android), and emerging platforms.

• Evolve the Design System:
  Define visual language, interaction patterns, and component standards leveraging Figma libraries, design tokens, and variable-based theming for multi-platform scalability.
• Implement a sophisticated token architecture:
  Drive adoption of semantic tokens for style foundations to ensure consistency across web and native environments.
• Collaborate with engineering:
  Partner with developers to integrate tokens into codebases and ensure parity between design and production using tools like Figma Rest API and Storybook.
• Maintain robust documentation:
  Create clear, accessible guidelines for components, patterns, and usage principles in Figma.
• Champion accessibility and inclusivity:
  Validate components against WCAG standards and ensure global usability.
• Mentor and foster design system culture:
  Host office hours, tutorials, and workshops to teach best practices for implementing the Design System in workflows and designs.
• Foster design education and community building:
  Create learning resources, internal documentation, and lead initiatives that promote a culture of design excellence across the organization.
• Advocate for design maturity:
  Present new component logic, advise on native and custom patterns to stakeholders, socialize updates, and mentor designers on system best practices.
• Stay ahead of trends:
  Continuously research emerging tools (e.g., AI-assisted design, variable fonts, advanced prototyping, MCP servers) to keep the system future‑ready.

• Bachelor’s in Design, HCI, or equivalent experience.
• 5 years minimum in digital product design, with a strong portfolio showcasing design system principles across responsive web and native apps.
• Expertise in Figma:
  Advanced use of variables, component properties, variants, auto‑layout, Dev Mode and token plugins.
• Familiarity with design‑to‑code workflows, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and frameworks like React, AEM, Swift
  
  UI, and Kotlin.
• Experience with design tokens, variable theming, usage of native components and cross‑platform component architecture.
• Strong understanding of Agile and Design Thinking methodologies.
• Ability to synthesize qualitative and quantitative insights into scalable design solutions.
• Exceptional collaboration and communication skills in a remote environment.
• Proficiency in mentoring and teaching others:
  Skilled at guiding designers through design system adoption and best practices, fostering growth and knowledge‑sharing across teams.

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. is a global, digitally led omnichannel specialty retailer of apparel and accessories catering to kids through millennia ls with assortments curated for their specific lifestyle needs. The company operates a family of brands, including Abercrombie & Fitch, YPB, abercrombie kids, Hollister and Gilly Hicks, each sharing a commitment to offer products of enduring quality and exceptional comfort that support global customers on their journey to being and becoming who they are.

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. operates over 750 stores under these brands across North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, as well as the e‑commerce sites , , and

• Incentive bonus program
• 401(K) savings plan with company match
• Annual company wide review process
• Flexible spending accounts
• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Life and disability insurance
• Associate assistance program
• Paid parental and adoption leave
• Access to fertility and adoption benefits through Carrot
• Access to mental health and…