Design Systems Designer

Salary up to: Competitive

Nando’s is on a journey to Create Lasting Happiness, making a difference to the lives of our people, our customers, and the communities we work in.     Originally started in Johannesburg, South Africa, we pride ourselves on creating memorable experiences for everyone involved in Nando’s: from our employees, communities, founders, and suppliers, but most importantly, our customers. 

We’re looking for an exceptionally detailed oriented, Design Systems Sesigner with a strong sense of flair and negotiation skills.
 

We’ve built a robust system run by a strong, dedicated team. While workflows, tooling and processes are in place, there’s plenty of room for you to bring your ideas, make an impact, and shape how we continue to evolve.
 

Key Responsibilities & Expectations: 

• Lead the development of the design system, working with the Head of UX Design and Tech Lead to ensure scalable components across platforms and use cases. Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to define design requirements for the system.
   
• Possess the necessary UI skills to take existing conceptual work and transform them into scalable and user-friendly designs while maintaining their unique style and visual appeal.
• Create and document design guidelines, patterns, and components to ensure consistency and efficiency in design implementation.
   
• Ensure we design our experiences to enable customers to seamlessly transition between our digital and physical channels.  A champion of accessibility, you will ensure our digital products and services are inclusive for all.
   
• Have excellent negotiation skills and work closely with designers and engineers to ensure seamless integration and implementation of the design system within our digital products.
   
• Know that words and narrative play a strong part in explaining design decisions, and presenting work with the relevant context to the UXD team, peers and stakeholders.
   
• Mentor, help and educate as needed. Evangelising the design system in the organisation.
   
• Be a key contributor to the meeting and are comfortable presenting or facilitating workshops and guilds.
   
• Keep current with trends, and stay ahead of the curve.
   
• Suggest improvements in existing methodologies and best practices for design systems. Contribute to our communities of practice through knowledge-sharing and presentations with other members of the UXD and design system team.

Key Stakeholders: 

This role will touch into many different parts of the business, including: 

• Customer
• Tech
   

The candidate should possess / be: 

• 5+ years of experience in a Design System role or evidence of strong cross transferable experience.

• Experience can be varied across industry but some domain specific experience can help but is not necessary.

• Delivered multiple instances of successful work within product areas, with a solid understanding of the design systems, the double diamond process, heuristics and UX methodologies.

• Be a strong collaborator, balancing the voice of the user with business goals, pushing for the best experience possible.

• Excellent attention to detail and craft, you pick on up the little things before anyone else.
   
• Experience in the use of motion with UI to product level.
   
• Proficiency in Figma is essential, including the ability to build and maintain design components, ensuring consistent and efficient design implementation across projects.
   
• A proven self-starter with the ability to work confidently within ambiguous environment.
   
• Passionate about all things design with a good level of product thinking, market fit and customer experience.
   
• Aware your words count. How you describe your design decisions is as important to the success of your work as the work itself.
   
• Able to manage your time effectively and know when to say no or ask for help.
   
• Able to ask for open feedback, listen and take appropriate actions to course correct.
   
• Someone who wants to show up as the best version of you at work.
   
• Inspiring. What can we learn from you as much as what can you learn from us.
   
• In depth knowledge in your subject matter, strong knowledge other domains, the holistic customer experience and the business.

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