Senior Design System Designer
At Air France – KLM, we are looking for a Senior Design System Designer to continue to shape our Design System. As a design community we create digital experiences for our customers that spread across different touchpoints, in a way that reflect both of our brands. To create the best possible experiences, all of the basics should be in good shape. This allows us to deliver easy-to-use products that are consistent, inclusive and can be delivered in a fast and efficient way. Our design system plays a vital part in that by providing clear vision, standards and ready-to-use components to build any number of applications.
For this role, you will focus on the evolution of our Design System to extend and continuously improve it, ensuring it aligns with industry design principals and best practices, including the use of design tokens. It is your job to provide the standards and components so the rest of our design community can focus on building great products. Products that use the building blocks you created, used by millions of passengers every year! If you are passionate about driving design system excellence, operational efficiency, and delivering scalable experiences, this role is tailored for you.
Where do you land?
You’ll be within the vibrant Business Platform / Digital team. Here, you’ll collaborate with a diverse group of professionals who are passionate about digital innovation and user-friendliness. The atmosphere is collegial and focused on teamwork, where creativity and customer orientation are highly valued.
Your profile
- A bachelor's degree in Design or a related field;
- A minimum 5/6 years of experience in the digital design field;
- Proven experience in designing and maintaining design systems at large scale;
- Proficiency in setting up and maintaining design tokens. Experience setting up a design tokens strategy for a large company, ideally a multi brand company, to streamline the work of building, maintaining, and scaling products with a design system;
- Extensive knowledge about Figma as a tool to create and distribute all parts of the design system to the design community;
- Strong understanding of web and mobile design principles;
- Knowledge of accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG) and inclusive design practices;
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills;
- Strong eye for detail and a high commitment to quality;
- Excellent understanding of HTML/ CSS; knowledge of GitHub,
- Fluent in English;
- Ability to adapt to evolving design and technology trends.
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More benefits
If your position allows this: working from home and working from abroad for up to 8 weeks (EU and Caribbean)
2% development budget to be spent freely
Plenty of room for personal development and great career opportunities
Substantial discount on airline tickets (if you have been employed for at least 6 months)
What do we offer
- A gross salary between €5.101,24 and €7.287,48 per month;
- Plenty of scope for personal development and great advancement opportunities;
- An excellent pension scheme and 8% holiday allowance;
- A year-end bonus of 8.33%;
- A profit-sharing scheme, up to 20%;
- 25 leave days and 5 extra days off;
- 7 extra days off if you work irregular shifts;
- Substantial discount on airfare (when you have been employed for at least 6 months);
- A sustainable transport policy, which allows you, among other things, to use all public transport for your commute within the Netherlands, free of charge;
- If your job allows it: working from home and up to 8 weeks working from abroad (EU and Caribbean);
- 2% development budget;
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If you have any questions regarding this vacancy, contact our recruiter Ishana or hiring manager Marie!This job has the following ID number: 22373