Senior UX Designer, Design Systems

Are you an experienced Design Systems Designer wanting to shape the UX of a product that impacts thousands of SMBs across Denmark? Then this is your chance
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Are you eager to shape the user experience of a product that impacts thousands of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) across Denmark? If so, we are looking for a passionate Senior User Experience Systems Designer to lead and evolve our design system efforts at e-conomic. You'll join a team on a mission to advance, evangelise, and mature a robust design system that empowers designers and developers to build consistent user experiences.

For this role, collaboration is key, which means you will be working closely in a product trio (UX, PM, and Tech Lead) and other stakeholders to improve existing components and patterns, develop new ones, and solve complex problems for our users. Besides improving the Visma e-conomic design system, you will join forces with the rest of our skilled user experience designers to improve the customer journey and spread the UX spirit

In this role, you will:

• Be part of a supportive centralised UX team of 14 that strives to evangelise UX and always pushes for a design thinking approach.
• Work closely with developers, designers, and product managers to align expectations and ensure that the customers' voices are embedded in our decision-making.
• Own the design system documentation and guidelines, ensuring they are always up-to-date and accessible to all teams.
• Ensure the scalability of the design system by building components that can be reused and adapted across different products and platforms.
• Drive the adoption of the design system across the organization, providing guidance and support to other designers and developers.
• Apply your UX toolbox filled with different research techniques to gain meaningful insights through qualitative and quantitative research.
• Test and validate ideas, hypotheses, and prototypes with our customers.

About you:

• You are passionate about building out design systems and creating solutions that are accessible, intuitive, and enjoyable to use.
• You have a deep understanding of atomic design principles and know how to break down complex UI elements into reusable components.
• You are meticulous about maintaining design consistency and can effectively communicate the importance of this across different teams.
• You are a curious soul who finds it interesting to know why people are using a product. You seek to get under the skin of our customers' complexity and turn this complexity into a solution that meets the users' needs.
• You have experience working as a UX designer on a design system with a strong track record of end-to-end design processes.
• You are self-motivated and responsible, capable of independently solving problems with your product trio and making decisions while also receiving guidance from your team lead.

You'll be successful in this role if you have:

• 3+ years of professional experience and a proven track record of your previous work.
• Experience in maintaining and scaling a design system within a growing organisation.
• You are excellent at communicating in English (written and oral) and Danish (oral).
• You have experience designing enterprise/B2B/SaaS products.
• Proficient in UX design tools such as Figma and Adobe Creative Suite.
• Practical experience with different ideation and research methodologies. You are data-driven and skilled at using research and testing to inform your design decisions.
• A collaborative mindset. You are able to facilitate, structure, and drive workshops.
• Strong communication skills. You are visualising your ideas and processes to make sure your work is clearly understood.
• A creative mindset and a can-do attitude. You are not afraid to take risks, experiment, and explore new ideas.

Who we are:
We have an international, social, and playful environment with a group of dedicated teammates who are passionate about changing the financial and accounting world. We believe development is a team effort. We believe in full flexibility and autonomy.

Additionally, our team has 2 monthly 'Hack days', where you can dive deep into passion projects, learn something new, or collaborate with others to make something awesome.

Your e-conomic benefits:

• A Macbook and phone will be part of the tech gear you're provided with.
• Engage with complex challenges and enjoy full autonomy in your projects.
• Two hack days each month to explore and execute your innovative ideas.
• A creative hackathon competition with prizes, held every year.
• Adapt your work environment and hours to suit your lifestyle, with hybrid options available.
• An international and creative workplace with +38 nationalities.
• Comprehensive health insurance and company-paid pension.
• Access a range of services to support your physical and mental health.
• We support your career aspirations with ample opportunities for growth.
• Connect with colleagues at our regular team gatherings.
• Unlimited snacks, coffee and soda to keep you hydrated.
• Located in Carlsberg Byen, equipped with the latest facilities.

Recruitment Process

• Screening call with People&Culture
• Interview with leader and team member
• Interview with leader and stakeholder + case and personality test

Application
To introduce yourself, please answer the application questions in TeamTailor and upload your CV - no motivational letter is needed. If you have any further questions regarding the vacancy, please feel free to contact UX team lead at Visma e-conomic Tobias Holm Jensen at Interviews are ongoing, and the preferred starting date is November 1st 2024 or shortly thereafter. We look forward to hearing from you

Department: UX & Design
Role: UX Designer
Locations: Copenhagen - Gærtorvet 1-5
Remote status: Hybrid Remote

About Visma e-conomic A/S
About e-conomic
We build and design a cloud-based accounting product that helps companies run their businesses. More than +200.000 happy customers use our product on a regular basis. We have more than 400 employees from +38 nationalities.

We are located in Carlsberg Byen together with all Visma's companies in the Metropolitan area. The 20,000 m² building is the largest commercial building in Carlsberg Byen with room for over 1100 employees, and is within walking distance of S-trains and the metro. Our building includes roof terraces, cafes, restaurant, fitness, courtyards and an atrium. Our home in Carlsberg Byen will be a place for knowledge and innovation, which contributes to Visma remaining one of the most attractive workplaces in Denmark.

At e-conomic we respect and value differences and find that a diverse workforce enables creativity and drives innovation. e-conomic is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits Discrimination, Harassment and Bullying of any kind.

All employment decisions at e-conomic are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to gender, race, age, religion or belief, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in Denmark. e-conomic therefore, encourages all interested to apply.

Founded in 2001
Co-workers: 400+