Senior UI Designer (Design Systems) Job at Lenovo in Chicago

Overview

Lenovo’s Intelligent Devices Group (IDG) is seeking a Senior UI Design Systems Designer to lead the creation, evolution, and stewardship of our cross‑platform design system. This role is central to ensuring visual consistency, interaction clarity, and implementation precision across Lenovo’s portfolio of intelligent devices and experiences. This role reports to the Director of Design and collaborates with designers, engineers, and product managers.

Responsibilities

• Lead the ongoing development and maintenance of a design system, including components, variants, architecture, tokens, and documentation.
• Partner with design and engineering to ensure pixel‑perfect implementation and seamless translation of UI components into code.
• Define system guidelines, usage patterns, and best practices that support consistency, accessibility, and design quality.
• Audit and refine components based on cross‑product needs, feedback, and evolving platform requirements.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for designers and engineers using the system, providing guidance, support, and onboarding.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional partners to ensure alignment between design intent and front‑end execution.
• Advocate for system scalability and thoughtful evolution across the product ecosystem.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in design systems, or product design with a strong systems focus
• Demonstrated experience managing and evolving large‑scale design systems in Figma
• Strong attention to detail in typography, spacing, layout, and interaction
• Experience delivering high‑fidelity, production‑ready UI components with design and engineering teams
• Bachelor’s degree in Design or related field, or equivalent professional experience
• A strong portfolio showcasing your work is required

Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding of component logic, design tokens, accessibility, and responsive behavior
• Excellent documentation, collaboration, and communication skills
• Experience supporting multi‑platform products (web, desktop, or devices)
• Familiarity with design‑to‑code tools (Storybook, Chromatic, Zeroheight, token workflows)
• Basic understanding of front‑end technologies (HTML/CSS, React, Android, or native frameworks)
• Experience scaling or modernizing design systems in complex organizations
• Mentoring experience in system usage and best practices
• Experience building systems for global scale

About the Team

You’ll join Lenovo’s global AI Ecosystems team, a multidisciplinary group shaping the next generation of intelligent experiences across hardware and software. Reporting to the Director of Design, you’ll help bring strategic clarity and design cohesion to Lenovo’s AI product vision.

The base salary budgeted range is $140-190k, with possible bonus/commission. This role is hybrid in Chicago, IL or Morrisville, NC, onsite 3 days/week.

Lenovo benefits: www.lenovobenefits.com.

Application deadline (Colorado EPEWA): September 15, 2025. This applies to external and internal candidates.

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