Principal Product Designer, Design Systems
You might not know our name, but you know where we are. That's because Compass Group Canada is part of a global foodservice and support services company that's the 6th largest employer in the world, with 625,000 employees.
You'll find us in schools, colleges, hospitals, office buildings, senior living communities, tourist attractions, sports venues, remote camps and military installations and more. We're in all major cities, at remote work sites and everywhere in between - doing business in Canada and 50+ other countries where you can learn and grow. Join us now and point your career forward!
Why work with Compass Digital? We are a member of Compass Group North America the leading foodservice and support services company. We create remarkable customer experiences through the innovative design and development of technology products and services. Compass Digital began as an innovation startup and the team has since rapidly grown and now supports technology and innovation across all of North America. Compass digital is comprised of user experience designers, developers, data scientists, project managers, business analysts, marketers and technology implementation managers, all of whom look at the world from a human perspective to rethink what's possible in the areas of technology innovation and consumer engagement within the foodservice and hospitality industries. Join us.
Job Summary
Hybrid - 3 times a week in office
Now, if you were to come on board as a Principal Product Designer, we'd ask you to do the following for us:
- Hands-on experience managing and contributing to design systems. From building components to maintaining component libraries, you've done it.
- Thoughtful and strategic thinking that will contribute to future experiences for all products
- Inspiration to those around you, promoting a positive design culture through coaching, mentoring, collaboration, and vision-setting
- Partnership in Information architecture, working with Product Designers and Technical Architects on multiple products to create blueprints for design teams to work from
- Partnership in visual design working with product designers to create, maintain and articulate the visual language of our products in alignment with the Brand and Marketing teams
- Cross-functional expertise, working with different Compass Digital teams to implement efficient & harmonious experiences across all products
- Leadership in content with an ability to develop and execute robust content strategy, terminology alignment, and UI taxonomy for all products
- Partnership in Accessibility and can champion accessible design practices for our organization
Think you have what it takes to be our Principal Product Designer? We're committed to hiring the best talent for the role. Here's how we'll know you are the best fit:
- 4+ years of experience with design systems or experience design standards across multiple products and technology stacks.
- 10+ years working in SaaS cloud-based platform design experience
- Proven track record of crafting, launching, and maintaining design standards and systems at scale in complex organizations
- Front-end foundational expertise - understanding of HTML, CSS, JS and component frameworks
- Understanding of visual language and art direction
- Strong written, presentation and verbal communication skills. Proven ability to communicate complex systems design into intuitive stories at a level appropriate to the audience (design system users, engineering partners, product partners, senior management, and executives)
- A curious mindset that can only rest once it's found the answer
Compass Group Canada is committed to nurturing a diverse workforce representative of the communities within which we operate. We encourage and are pleased to consider all qualified candidates, without regard to race, colour, citizenship, religion, sex, marital / family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, aboriginal status, age, disability or persons who may require an accommodation, to apply.
For accommodation requests during the hiring process, please contact PeopleHub@compass-canada.com for further information.