Algoworks is hiring: Senior Visual Designer in New York

Senior Visual Designer

We are seeking a UX-focused Visual Designer with strong production design expertise and a deep understanding of user experience principles. This role goes beyond execution—you will apply UX thinking through visual design, using hierarchy, layout, typography, color, and design systems to create clear, scalable, and high-quality digital experiences. You will work within established design systems, collaborate closely with engineers and cross-functional teams, and ensure that UX intent is translated into production-ready UI across diverse platforms and industries.
1. Apply UX Thinking Through Visual Design
Translate UX strategy, user flows and wireframes into well-structured, intuitive UI.
Apply hierarchy, spacing, typography and color to guide user behavior.
Identify usability gaps and propose visual solutions to improve clarity and flow.
Balance usability, accessibility and brand consistency in design decisions.
2. Design systems and Figma excellence
Work extensively within design systems using components, variants and tokens.
Apply and maintain semantic tokens (color, typography, spacing, states).
Ensure consistency, scalability and reusability across products.
Leverage modern Figma capabilities: auto-layout, variables, component properties and Dev Mode.
3. Prototyping and interaction design
Create interactive prototypes to communicate flows, states and design intent.
Use prototyping as a collaboration tool with designers, engineers and stakeholders.
Explore motion and interaction patterns to enhance usability where relevant.
4. Production quality and collaboration
Own the visual polish and production readiness of all design deliverables.
Ensure designs are responsive, accessible, and implementation ready.
Collaborate closely with engineers for seamless design-to-development handoff.
Work with project managers to align on timelines, priorities and delivery.
5. Reporting and growth
Reports to Senior Designers, with guidance from Art Director and Creative Director.
Growth opportunities include:
Senior Production Designer
Design Systems Specialist
Visual Design Lead within cross-functional teams
Required skills and experience:
5–7+ years of experience in UX, UI, or Visual Design roles.
Strong understanding of UX principles, usability, and accessibility.
Deep expertise in visual design fundamentals:
Layout and grid system
Typography and visual hierarchy
Color theory and contrast
Proven experience working within design systems at scale
Advanced proficiency in Figma:
Components and variants
Auto-layout
Variables / design tokens
Dev Mode readiness
Experience creating interactive prototypes.
Strong attention to detail and production quality.
Portfolio demonstrating UX thinking applied through visual design.
Nice to have skills:
Experience with motion design or micro-interactions.
Familiarity with WCAG accessibility standards.
Exposure to AI-assisted design tools or workflows.
Experience working across multiple industries or enterprise platforms.
Must have skills:
Strong understanding of UX principles, usability, and accessibility.
Expertise in visual design fundamentals including layout, typography, hierarchy, and color.
Advanced proficiency in Figma (components, variants, auto-layout, variables, Dev Mode).
Experience working with design systems and creating scalable, production-ready designs.
Strong prototyping, collaboration, and design-to-development handoff skills.
Desired attributes:
Collaborate with distributed teams across time zones.
Work effectively in asynchronous environments with clear documentation.
Participate in design reviews, critiques, and system discussions.
Stay curious and adaptable to evolving tools, processes, and technologies.
Interview process
2 rounds of discussion.