Design Systems Designer Resume Example

Profile

Design systems designer who makes the shared kit the easiest path, not the strictest one. Comfortable collaborating with stakeholders at Oak & Pixel, turning ambiguous requests into prioritized plans, and using Figma, Tokens, Accessibility, Documentation, Component APIs to ship outcomes that managers can measure. Prefers concise writing, honest estimates, and documentation teammates can reuse.

Experience

Design Systems Designer 2021 – Present

Oak & Pixel · Portland, OR

Published a token set that removed 40 one-off colors from product files in one quarter.
Wrote contribution rules that cut design-system PR back-and-forth by half.

Associate Design Systems Designer 2018 – 2021

Beaconfield Collective · Portland, OR

Documented recurring workflows so new hires could contribute in their first two weeks.
Partnered with adjacent teams to remove blockers before deadlines slipped.

Skills

Figma · Tokens · Accessibility · Documentation · Component APIs

Education

B.F.A. Interaction Design 2017

Willamette Arts College

Focus on practical projects and measurable outcomes

Projects

Pattern Shelf

Sample component library docs with do/dont examples for spacing and states.