As a Production Designer on the Central Design team, your role will be to provide product design teams with the technical design support needed to help team designs high-quality user experiences.
The required responsibilities for this role include supporting the adoption and implementation of Yahoo's design system. This may include creating and updating component libraries, optimizing files and assets for technical implementation, and partnering with engineering during the design handoff process to ensure a smooth development process.
Additionally, you will need to conduct audits, research, and present your findings and recommendations to the team. This role requires meticulous attention to detail, strong technical acumen, and excellent communication skills to cultivate strong collaboration, consistency, and quality across Yahoo product development
Role Responsibilities
Design System Implementation Support
Champion the adoption of Yahoo's design system by aligning with product team objectives and proactively addressing challenges and gaps. This may include migrating design files from one library to another, building product-specific modules using design system components. Work closely with the Systems Design team and to help identify gaps on product teams and contribute back to the design system.
Design-to-Engineering handoff support
Support designers and engineers during the development process by providing asset optimizations and technical design support needed during the development process. Provide supplemental technical design requirements so that product designers can focus on designing products.
Design audits
Research across multiple project files to see the commonly used components, catalog inconsistencies and provide recommendations to improve the consistency and speed of design workflows.
Asset library management
Help create, maintain and update asset and component libraries to streamline the design process across products.
Design specifications
Review design files that are ready for engineering, add detailed specifications for developers and provide technical design partnership to engineers during the development process.
Qualifications
3-5+ Years Experience as a Production Designer, Systems Designer, or in a similar design role.
Proficient in Figma. Familiarity with other design tools such Adobe, Framer, etc. is a plus.
Strong technical understanding of design systems, web and mobile development processes.
Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
Highly-organized and detail-oriented with the ability to deliver precise and accurate specifications and documentation.
The material job duties and responsibilities of this role include those listed above as well as adhering to Yahoo policies; exercising sound judgment; working effectively, safely and inclusively with others; exhibiting trustworthiness and meeting expectations; and safeguarding business operations and brand integrity.
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The compensation for this position ranges from $128,250.00 - $266,875.00/yr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience.The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions. Our comprehensive benefits include healthcare, a great 401k, backup childcare, education stipends and much (much) more.Currently work for Yahoo? Please apply on our internal career site.