Lead UX Designer (Mobile Design System) i Göteborg

Who are we?

Everything we do starts with people. Our purpose is to provide freedom to move, in a personal, sustainable and safe way. We are committed to simplifying our customers’ lives by offering better technology solutions that improve their impact on the world and bringing the most advanced mobility innovations to protect them, their loved ones and the people around them. 

Volvo Cars’ continued success is the result of a collaborative, diverse, and inclusive working environment. The people of Volvo Cars are committed to making a difference in our world. Today, we are one of the most well-known and respected car brands, with over 40,000 employees across the globe. We believe in bringing out the best in each other and harnessing the true power of people. At Volvo Cars your career is designed around your talents and aspirations so you can reach your full potential. Join us on a journey of a lifetime as we create safety, autonomous driving and electrification technologies of tomorrow.

Who you are:

• 8+ Years of Consumer-Tech Design Experience: You've crafted elegant, consumer-focused experiences for over 8 years in tech.
• System Thinker & Tech Enthusiast: You naturally think in systems and embrace the tech-side of design, understanding code as the building blocks of our digital products.
• Brand-sensitive Design Virtuoso: You effortlessly design within brand guidelines, always pushing for fresh and contemporary design ideas.
• Collaborative Innovator: A strong collaborator, engaging with various stakeholders from marketing to engineering, and an avid believer in collaboration's power.
• Visual Design Maestro: Proven skills in visual/graphic design, layout, motion, and typography design.
• Design System Advocate: Proficient in building and maintaining design libraries or systems, empowering design teams internally and externally.
• People-Focused Design Mentality: Always seeking user feedback to refine design instincts, whether through hands-on research or quantitative A/B tests.
• Effective Communicator: Strong communication and presentation skills, with a flair for the visual narrative.

Key Responsibilities

1. Design System Leadership Lead the development, maintenance, and evolution of our design system together with designers, engineers and product partners. Define and enforce design guidelines, patterns, and best practices to ensure a unified and delightful user experience.

2. Collaborative Design Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers, and other designers, to integrate the design system into our product development process. Conduct design reviews and provide constructive feedback to ensure alignment with the design system and overall design direction.

3. Documentation and Training Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for the design system, ensuring ease of use and understanding for all team members. Provide training and support to designers and developers to encourage proper utilization and understanding of the design system.

4. Quality Assurance Ensure the consistency and quality of design assets and implementations across various platforms and devices.

5. Research and Innovation Lead Designer - Mobile Design Systems 3 Stay updated on industry trends, emerging technologies, and design advancements to continuously improve the design system and incorporate innovative solutions.

Show, don’t tell Applicants must provide a portfolio of work as part of their application.

Location Volvo Cars in Stockholm or Gothenburg Sweden

Our business since its inception in 1991 has been to develop the best retail dealer system and information services for the automotive industry. In the current situation, we have about 100 employees with expertise in areas such as automotive trade, project management, systems and IT. Some of our largest customers are Volvo, Renault and Ford dealers and their general agents and today we have over 10 000 users of our solutions. We are seated in beautiful, newly renovated premises at Lindholmen in Gothenburg. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Volvo Car Sweden.

To enjoy your job with us it is important that you enjoy working in a close and unpretentious environment where we care about each other. It happens a lot of exciting things in the company so it is important that you are inspired by change and development.
If you take great responsibility for both your personal and corporate development, has a strong focus on our customers and like to have fun, then you will enjoy your stay with us!

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