UX/UI Designer, Design Systems

About Citco

Citco is a global leader in fund services, corporate governance and related asset services with staff across 80 offices worldwide. With more than $1 trillion in assets under administration, we deliver end-to-end solutions and exceptional service to meet our clients’ needs. For more information about Citco, please visit www.citco.com

About the Team and Business Line

World-class software solutions and innovation are at the core of what differentiates Citco in the alternative investment and financial services spaces. Through our network of global development centers, Citco invests heavily in technology innovation to ensure our clients continue to receive award-winning products. 

We are seeking an experienced UX/UI Designer, Design Systems to join a Design System squad to evolve our company-wide design system. In this role, you will ensure a cohesive, scalable, and accessible experience across Citco’s digital products. You will partner closely with product designers, engineering, and platform teams to create, maintain, and document reusable UI components, design tokens, and patterns that reinforce Citco’s brand and design language. The position is based in Toronto and may require some international travel to other Citco locations. The Design Systems Designer will report to the Design Director, and partner with existing designers, engineers, platform owners as well as various business stakeholders.

Your Role

• Leverage the use of design tokens to build responsive components in figma, component variants, patterns, templates in a scalable, enterprise-grade design system that supports Citco’s digital product ecosystem
• Define, document and maintain guidelines and best practices for component and pattern usage
• Partner with product designers, platform/product owners and engineering teams to align requirements, identify edge-cases for components and patterns
• Create high-fi prototypes to explore ideas and collaborate effectively with engineering during implementation
• Manage feedback and contribution requests as you partner with various product teams to understand their unique constraints, and integrate their needs into the Design System
• Train, onboard and enable teams to fully leverage the Design System
• Facilitate design reviews, audits, and contribution models, ensuring high-quality system evaluation

About You

• You must have a Bachelor’s degree/certificate in HCI, Design, or similar discipline, or the equivalent education and experience
• 3 – 4 years of experience working on design systems, or enterprise product design
• Proven track record of working on an enterprise-wide design system within a large, global organization
• Strong command of typography, spacing, color theory, hierarchy, motion, and interaction design
• Deep expertise in UI/UX best practices, accessibility (WCAG), and design systems
• Experience level of experience working in Figma, or similar tools

Salary Range: CAD $95,000 - CAD $125,000

• This position is not for an existing vacancy; we are building a candidate pool for future opportunities. 

Our Benefits:

Your well-being is of paramount importance to us, and central to our success. We provide a range of benefits, training and education support, and flexible working arrangements to help you achieve success in your career while balancing personal needs. Ask us about specific benefits in your location. 

We embrace diversity, prioritizing the hiring of people from diverse backgrounds. Our inclusive culture is a source of pride and strength, fostering innovation and mutual respect.

Citco welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodation is available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection.