Overview
Join our Design team to create, inspire, and influence user-centered design at Esri and beyond. Calcite Brand is a part of Esri’s design system and is used by Esri’s Brand UI team to craft engaging and consistent user experiences across Esri.com. Your mission will be to help develop and document foundational design and global components, while collaborating closely with other designers and developers to bring greater consistency, functionality, and flexibility to Esri.com.
Our team has a strong focus on individual responsibility and rapid development. Our goal is to advance Esri’s design first mindset to extend the reach and utilization of our location-based technology. A strong understanding of user-centered design processes, systemic thinking, and interaction design principles are crucial for your success.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to maintaining our Figma environment, work closely with Calcite Brand Team lead, designers, and the Calcite team to enhance UI kits, foundations, tokens, and individual component Figma files
- Provide detailed design specifications for components that include component anatomy, states, types, color, layout, accessibility, and more
- Partner with researchers and the UX team to validate usability of components
- Partner with front-end developers to achieve architectural, visual, and interactive consistency between components in Figma and in the development environment
- Present and sell your design ideas to the broader team
- Participate in design conferences, constantly learning about the latest best practices while applying those to your work
Requirements
- 2+ years of experience in UI design or related field
- Solid understanding of UX and accessibility principles
- Proven record of working with and helping to evolve design systems
- An aptitude for self-ownership and driving results beyond your expected duties
- A portfolio that demonstrates your experience working with design systems
- Advanced knowledge of Figma and related design tools
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Highly motivated, continuously learning, with a deep passion for personal growth and knowledge sharing
- Bachelor’s degree in interactive design or a related discipline
Recommended Qualifications
- Experience designing for and working with Adobe Experience Manager
- Familiarity with GitHub and front-end technologies, such as Stencil, JavaScript, Angular, Ember, React, HTML, CSS, Storybook
- Experience coding interactive prototypes
The Company
Our passion for improving quality of life through geography is at the heart of everything we do. Esri’s geographic information system (GIS) technology inspires and enables governments, universities, and businesses worldwide to save money, lives, and our environment through a deeper understanding of the changing world around them.
Esri is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email askcareers@esri.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please note that only those inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this e-mail address.
Esri’s competitive total rewards strategy includes industry-leading health and welfare benefits: medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance for employees (and their families), 401(k) and profit-sharing programs, minimum accrual of 80 hours of vacation leave, twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year, and opportunities for personal and professional growth. Base salary is one component of our total rewards strategy. Compensation decisions and the base range for this role take into account many factors including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.
A reasonable estimate of the base salary range is $72,800.00 – $135,200.00.
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