Senior User Interface Designer - Platform Development

About [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] is an independent wealth management firm with an endless passion for enriching the lives of our clients. We continually seek to perfect our craft of personalized financial planning with our team-based Roundtable and [REDACTED] processes that go far beyond the standard approach. We proudly provide unique financial plans and investment management services to over 90,000 households from our over 175 offices - and growing - nationwide.

Since 1997, [REDACTED] has tirelessly raised the standard of wealth management with specialized knowledge and more attentive service that helps every client craft their future. For more information, please visit [REDACTED].

The Senior User Interface Designer – Platform Development is the primary owner and subject-matter expert for [REDACTED]'s Design System. This senior individual contributor defines and maintains the system's standards, component architecture, design tokens, governance, and documentation so it remains consistent, scalable, accessible, developer usable, and understandable by approved AI-assisted tools.

The designer also creates polished interfaces for new screens, workflows, and features across enterprise products. The role partners with user experience, product, engineering, architecture, and business teams at defined points in the service delivery process, carries design intent through implementation validation, and enables teams to apply established patterns independently.

This is a fully remote position.

In the spirit of pay transparency, we are excited to share the base salary range for this position is $110,000.00 to $120,000.00, exclusive of bonuses and benefits. The role is also eligible to participate in the corporate bonus plan. We encourage you to apply and provide us with your compensation expectations when you do. We're big on open conversations, so, let's have one.

Primary Job Functions

Design System Ownership and Governance

• Own and evolve the enterprise Design System, including libraries, components, variables, patterns, and documentation
• Prioritize the design-system roadmap using product needs, adoption data, accessibility risks, and implementation gaps
• Define token architecture, naming, metadata, usage guidance, and front-end alignment
• Govern contributions, releases, deprecation, migration, and adoption, audit for duplication, inconsistency, accessibility, and reuse

UI Design and Prototyping

• Design responsive screens, workflows, and complete interface states using approved patterns
• Translate user, business, and workflow needs into clear, efficient interfaces
• Create high-fidelity designs and prototypes aligned with approved Design Systems

Implementation Quality

• Partner across cross-functional teams to translate Design System specifications into implemented experiences
• Review implementation for fidelity, responsive behavior, system use, and accessibility; document material defects in [REDACTED] and confirm resolution
• Serve as the design authority during validation and user acceptance activities, using recurring gaps to improve the system

Accessible and Inclusive Design

• Apply current accessibility standards and inclusive design practices to components and interfaces
• Document and validate contrast, hierarchy, focus, keyboard interaction, responsive behavior, and content structure

AI Ready Design Standards

• Structure components, tokens, metadata, and guidance for reliable use by people and approved AI tools
• Direct AI-assisted work toward approved patterns and reusable components through clear guardrails
• Evaluate AI-assisted outputs for quality, accessibility, brand alignment, and system compliance

Service Delivery and Collaboration

• Collaborate across cross-functional teams to deliver consistent, high-quality experiences
• Engage at defined Service Delivery Framework checkpoints and provide specifications, assets, acceptance guidance, rationale, and tradeoffs suited to the work's complexity and risk
• Manage priorities and documentation in [REDACTED] and [REDACTED]; use experience-quality measures to guide improvements and coach partners to apply standards independently

Improve Service Quality by Using AI and Digital Tools

• Use approved AI and digital tools to simplify work, improve service quality, and increase efficiency, while validating outputs for accuracy, privacy, and business alignment
• Identify and escalate inaccurate information and knowledge gaps, or issues related to digital tools

Education/Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a design-related field or equivalent professional experience required (as demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, or education)
• Five or more years of professional UI, UX, product, interaction, or visual design experience, including significant responsibility for building, governing, or evolving a Design System
• Portfolio demonstrates strong visual craft, systems thinking, responsive design, accessible interface solutions, and reusable systems work
• Advanced proficiency in [REDACTED], including libraries, components, variants, properties, variables, modes, and prototyping
• Strong understanding of design-token architecture, responsive behavior, complete interface states, and accessible interaction patterns
• Working knowledge of front-end component architecture and the relationship between design standards and coded components - coding is not required
• Clear written, verbal, and presentation skills, including the ability to explain complex design decisions, tradeoffs, and implementation guidance to technical and nontechnical partners
• Ability to manage priorities independently and collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams
• Proficient at using AI and digital tools, creating and maintaining knowledge content, and driving improvements based on data and feedback
• Experience with enterprise software, financial services, or another regulated industry preferred
• Experience designing for platforms such as [REDACTED], [REDACTED], [REDACTED], or comparable enterprise systems preferred
• Familiarity with coded component libraries, design-to-code workflows, and design-system adoption or health metrics preferred
• Experience using or governing AI-assisted design and development workflows preferred
• Proficiency with [REDACTED] or complementary visual design tools preferred

[REDACTED] hires employees and makes decisions about their salary qualifications based on factors such as: the role to be performed; educational and professional experience, qualifications, skills and credentials; tenure, cost-of-living and demand for the role in the applicable market. To comply with state pay transparency laws, we must disclose the entire salary grade. The entire salary grade for those who are classified at this level is $87, 400.00 to $131,100.00. However, the base salary range bolded above ($110,000.00 to $120,000.00) is what we expect to pay as a starting range for this position.

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Comprehensive Benefits Offerings

Our benefits aim to balance four key elements that make life and work meaningful: health and wellness, financial well-being, professional development, and work/life harmony. You may be eligible to participate in the following benefits & development opportunities:

• Training and professional development
• Medical, dental and vision coverage (Available to full-time employees and their families)
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for medical, dependent, and transit expenses
• Life and AD&D insurance – employer paid and voluntary options
• Short-term and long-term disability, workers compensation – employer paid
• 401k with match and profit sharing
• Wellness programs and resources
• Voluntary benefits, including pet insurance
• 18 days of paid time off (PTO), accrued annually (25 PTO days after 4 years of service)
• 12 paid holidays each year (10 pre-determined and 2 floating days)
• Paid parental leave and paid caregiver leave (Caregiver leave available after 6 months of tenure)
• Reimbursement for tuition, licensing, and other credentials (Available after meeting service requirements)

Should you need reasonable accommodation when completing the application form or during the selection process, contact the Human Resources Department at [REDACTED]

Information provided on this application will be kept confidential and only be shared with those involved in the selection process. Equal Opportunity Employer, including disabled and veterans. This organization participates in E-Verify.

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OSHA Requirements: This position requires the ability to stand or sit for long periods of time, file documents in high or low cabinets, to use the telephone and to use the computer systems.

[REDACTED] may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in the initial screening of resumes. All AI-supported evaluations are reviewed by our recruitment team to ensure accuracy and fairness. We are committed to equal opportunity in employment and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected status. Your personal information is handled in accordance with applicable data protection laws.