Job Description
Come be a part of the McDonald’s digital Design System team and join our group of designers passionate about creating inclusive products for McDonald’s customer base. You will be an integral part of our Design System team, responsible for maintaining & updating libraries for components across app, web, and kiosk. In this role you can expect to collaborate with agency partners, accessibility experts, product managers, UX researchers and report to the Sr. UX Design Manager for Design System. This is a critical role that will take designs and equip our team and partners with a product that enables productivity at scale with speed, confidence and precision.
Work with Experience Designers, Product Managers and Technical Developer Leads to ensure the delivery of high-fidelity designs with particular focus on creating and modifying design system patterns, specifications, and quality assurance through the agile design and development process.
The ideal candidate will be detail oriented with a deep understanding of scalable, component-based atomic design solutions and UX best practices, someone who approaches design holistically and is passionate about working closely with others throughout the design process; a resilient, self-starter.
Responsibilities
Contribute to, maintain, and utilize McDonald’s first global design system
Audit existing design libraries and combine/reinvent libraries with a strategic and scalable approach
Identify opportunities across our existing digital ecosystems to reduce UX & UI redundancy
Establish naming conventions and organizational frameworks for all levels of atomic design
Work closely with agency partners, product managers and developers to create, modify, document, and deliver designs that scale across a variety of audiences, abilities, devices and platforms
Review and ensure designs are accurately executed by development teams
Effectively collaborate with the product and development teams to understand business, technical and user requirements and dependencies
Communicate designs, verbally and visually, to stakeholders and other team members, and productively address any feedback
Provide clear documentation for designs and work with development through the implementation process
Qualifications
5+ years of experience in omnichannel digital UI/UX design – native app design a must
Must have good understanding and hands-on experience with atomic design best practices
Understanding of visual design principles, including layout, typography, color theory, and information hierarchy
Understanding of responsive/adaptive design principles including rapid iteration process and how to consider breakpoints and different displays
Experience creating, contributing to or consuming component-based design systems
Experience building and managing design system libraries
Experience in Figma, Sketch, PowerPoint, Excel, Jira, Confluence
Ability to concisely document and express interface and interaction guidelines that can be readily understood by experience designers, leadership and applied by developers
Knowledge of WCAG accessibility standards
Experience working with accessibility teams
Experience working in Agile delivery environments where the pace is fast, continuous and a focus on execution is critical
Bachelor’s Degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or related field
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Experience working with or within a digital agency
Experience with motion design and front-end development is a plus
Experience designing for and working with CMS software
Passion for McDonald’s is a bonus!
Additional Information
McDonald’s is an equal opportunity employer committed to the diversity of our workforce. We promote an inclusive work environment that creates feel-good moments for everyone. McDonald’s provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities as part of the application or hiring process or to perform the essential functions of their job. If you need assistance accessing or reading this job posting or otherwise feel you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process, please contact mcdhrbenefits@us.mcd.com. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.
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