Senior UX Designer I , Design Systems

<p><strong>WHO WE ARE</strong></p> <p>ActBlue is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating cutting-edge technology that fuels Democratic victories and enables progressive causes to thrive. </p> <p>Our vision is simple: building change through the power of people. Since our founding, we’ve been building innovative solutions to revolutionize grassroots fundraising – if you’ve donated to a Democratic campaign or a progressive organization online, you’ve probably used our platform! We believe in putting power in the hands of small-dollar donors by helping thousands of groups — from local candidates to national movements — mobilize their communities and create a lasting impact. Every member of our team is deeply committed to advancing our shared mission and core values. Together, we are shaping the future of democracy. </p> <p><strong>THE OPPORTUNITY</strong></p> <p>As a Senior UX Designer I, you will lead discovery, ideation, and end-to-end design of products and product features — working with agency and in concert with UX research, product management, engineering, and internal teams. In this role, that work is anchored in design systems: you'll be a core contributor to the quality and consistency of ActBlue's design system, doing the hands-on work of building and maintaining tokens, components, and documentation alongside your product design work.</p> <p>This is a role for someone who moves fluidly between product design and systems thinking — equally comfortable shaping a user flow and speccing a component — and who is genuinely curious about what emerging design tools make possible when paired with a strong foundation.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>WHAT YOU WILL DO</strong></p> <h3>Design & delivery</h3> <ul> <li>Conceptualize and create design solutions that bring clarity, cohesion, and visual impact across product experiences — from early exploration through detailed execution.</li> <li>Partner with UX research and data teams to ground design decisions in user behaviors, needs, and motivations.</li> <li>Translate concepts into cohesive, user-centered designs, balancing speed with craft and structure with storytelling.</li> <li>Contribute to information architecture and influence best practices that raise the standard of design across the team.</li> <li>Participate actively in team crits, providing constructive feedback and fostering a strong design culture.</li> <li>May support supplementary projects as assigned, ensuring timely and efficient completion in line with organizational objectives and standards.</li> <li>Actively build and apply AI fluency in your design practice, contributing to shared workflows and helping teammates explore how AI can support faster, more consistent design outcomes.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <h3>Cross-functional collaboration</h3> <ul> <li>Collaborate closely with product, engineering, and internal teams to translate creative direction into practical, user-centered solutions.</li> <li>Communicate design intent effectively through visuals, prototypes, and storytelling that align teams and stakeholders.</li> <li>Lead through influence — fostering alignment, elevating work quality, and helping peers think through design challenges with clarity.</li> <li>Work with cross-functional partners to define timelines, trade-offs, and constraints throughout the design process.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <h3>Design system execution</h3> <ul> <li>Contribute to component specs, token definitions, and library maintenance in collaboration with the UX team, ensuring accuracy and consistency across the system.</li> <li>Identify gaps and opportunities within the system, helping define patterns that support product growth and scalability.</li> <li>Partner with front-end engineers to ensure specs translate cleanly into production and the token pipeline stays reliable.</li> <li>Support documentation and guidelines that enable adoption across design and development, including versioning and deprecation as the system evolves.</li> <li>Develop fluency with AI-powered design tools, applying them to generate and validate on-system designs using the design system as a reliable foundation.</li> </ul> <p><strong>WHAT YOU BRING</strong></p> <ul> <li>3–5 years of experience leading end-to-end delivery of products, starting from ideation and discovery to pixel-perfect mocks.</li> <li>Experience working with remote, geographically distributed, cross-functional teams on complex product features.</li> <li>Experience leading discovery, ideation, and user research sessions.</li> <li>Some hands-on exposure to design systems work — contributing to components, tokens, or documentation.</li> <li>Strong design tooling skills (e.g. Figma), including component libraries and an interest in deepening your Variables and token workflow knowledge.</li> <li>Familiarity with token architecture and an eagerness to learn how design tokens connect to engineering implementation.</li> <li>You bring a user-first approach to UX design, grounding decisions in research and data.</li> <li>You're a strong storyteller with experience presenting to audiences at multiple levels of the organization.</li> <li>Experience mentoring junior designers.</li> <li>Familiarity with AI-powered design tools and genuine curiosity about how they can be grounded in a strong design system — or excitement to develop that fluency as the space evolves.</li> <li>You're comfortable working in a culture of feedback and approach conflict with curiosity.</li> <li>You're dedicated to fostering a collaborative and inclusive work environment, and don't just welcome, but center and amplify, backgrounds and points of view that differ from yours.</li> <li>You care about progressive causes and politics and want to spend your time making a meaningful impact by doing what you do best.</li> <li>You're comfortable with our design and tech stacks and are not afraid to dive in with curiosity to areas beyond your comfort.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>WORK & BENEFITS SNAPSHOT</strong></p> <p>This posting is for a full-time, remote, salaried position. Travel may be required on a limited basis to attend all-staff and departmental retreats (1-2 times per year). Additional travel may be required for select positions. </p> <p><strong>Registered States*: </strong></p> <p>Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming, and Washington D.C.</p> <p><strong>*</strong>While ActBlue is currently registered to support remote work in the states listed above, we possess the ability to register in additional states as needed. If you are located in a state not listed, we may still be able to proceed with your application, but please note that the offer process may take longer to accommodate registration requirements.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Work Schedule: </strong></p> <p>This role requires availability during established, regular business hours (Mon-Fri).</p> <p><strong>Travel Requirements: </strong>Travel may be required on a limited basis to attend all-staff and departmental retreats (1-2 times per year). Additional travel may be required for select positions.  <br><strong>Work Environment: </strong>At ActBlue, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and belonging remote-first culture that empowers our diverse workforce to excel in their roles. Employees can expect to work with distributed teams across all U.S. time zones. Our roles require extended technology usage, and proficiency with virtual communication tools such as Zoom and Slack. Regular attendance in virtual meetings is inherent to every position. </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Work Environment:</strong> </p> <p>Employees can expect to work with distributed teams across all U.S. time zones. Our roles require extended technology usage, and proficiency with virtual communication tools such as Zoom and Slack. Regular attendance in virtual meetings is inherent to every position.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Salary Range Details: </strong>$141,906 - $153,026 - $164,145</p> <p>ActBlue is committed to consistent compensation practices across our organization. Final salary offers will take into account factors such as candidate experience, interview performance and current team salary parity. </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Benefits: </strong></p> <ul> <li>Flexible work schedules and an unlimited time-off policy</li> <li>Fully paid and trans-inclusive health, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their families; plus fully-paid health reimbursement arrangement to use for out of pocket expenses and fully-paid short- and long-term disability </li> <li>Fully paid basic and AD&D life insurance and a voluntary supplemental life insurance option</li> <li>Dependent and health care flexible spending account options</li> <li>Employee Assistance Program (EAP) benefits for employees </li> <li>Automatic 2% Employer-paid 401K contribution, plus up to an additional 6% match on employee contributions</li> <li>A minimum of three months paid medical, family and parental leave (for all new parents, adoptions included)</li> <li>Commuter or home-office benefits, including a $1,000 home-office setup allowance for all new full-time remote employees</li> <li>Additional perks including quarterly snack deliveries and digital subscriptions to the Boston Globe & New York Times</li> </ul> <p><strong>ActBlue is unable to sponsor work visas at this time.</strong></p> <p><strong>UNION INFORMATION</strong></p> <p><strong>Bargaining Unit: </strong>The terms and conditions of this position are subject to a collective bargaining agreement with the Communications Workers of America, the exclusive bargaining agent of covered ActBlue Technical Services employees.</p> <p><strong>BACKGROUND CHECKS</strong></p> <p>As part of our hiring process, ActBlue will conduct a background check at the time of offer. This will be completed in compliance with applicable laws and will not be initiated without your consent.</p> <p><strong>INCLUSION STATEMENT FROM ACTBLUE</strong></p> <p>ActBlue is committed to equal employment opportunities and fostering a diverse, inclusive workplace. We celebrate unique perspectives, honor the dignity of all individuals, and recognize that diverse backgrounds and identities strengthen our mission.</p> <p>If you’re passionate about our work and see yourself in this role, we encourage you to apply—even if you don’t meet every requirement.</p> <p><br>We also provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities throughout the hiring process and employment. To request an accommodation, email <a href="mailto:recruitment@actblue.com">recruitment@actblue.com</a>.</p><div class="content-conclusion"><p>*ActBlue will <em data-stringify-type="italic">never</em> ask candidates to buy equipment, nor will we email from anything other than an <a class="c-link" href="http://actblue.com/" target="_blank" data-stringify-link="http://actblue.com" data-sk="tooltip_parent">actblue.com</a> or <a class="c-link" href="http://actbluetech.com/" target="_blank" data-stringify-link="http://actbluetech.com" data-sk="tooltip_parent">actbluetech.com</a> email address. </p></div>