Designer, Design Systems
Top Benefits
About the role
About Citco JOB DESCRIPTION Citco is a global leader in fund services, corporate governance and related asset services with staff across 80 offices worldwide. With more than $1 trillion in assets under administration, we deliver end-to-end solutions and exceptional service to meet our clients’ needs. For more information about Citco, please visit www.citco.com
Responsibilities About the Team and Business Line World-class software solutions and innovation are at the core of what differentiates Citco in the alternative investment and financial services spaces. Through our network of global development centers, Citco invests heavily in technology innovation to ensure our clients continue to receive award-winning products. We are seeking an experienced Design System Designer to join a Design System squad to evolve our company-wide design system. In this role, you will ensure a cohesive, scalable, and accessible experience across Citco’s digital products. You will partner closely with product designers, engineering, and platform teams to create, maintain, and document reusable UI components, design tokens, and patterns that reinforce Citco’s brand and design language. The position is based in Toronto and may require some international travel to other Citco locations. The Design Systems Designer will report to the Design Director, and partner with existing designers, engineers, platform owners as well as various business stakeholders.
Your Role
- Leverage the use of design tokens to build responsive components in figma, component variants, patterns, templates in a scalable, enterprise-grade design system that supports Citco’s digital product ecosystem
- Define, document and maintain guidelines and best practices for component and pattern usage
- Partner with product designers, platform/product owners and engineering teams to align requirements, identify edge-cases for components and patterns
- Create high-fi prototypes to explore ideas and collaborate effectively with engineering during implementation
- Manage feedback and contribution requests as you partner with various product teams to understand their unique constraints, and integrate their needs into the Design System
- Train, onboard and enable teams to fully leverage the Design System
- Facilitate design reviews, audits, and contribution models, ensuring high-quality system evaluation
Qualifications About You
- You must have a Bachelor’s degree/certificate in HCI, Design, or similar discipline, or the equivalent education and experience
- 3 – 4 years of experience working on design systems, or enterprise product design
- Proven track record of working on an enterprise-wide design system within a large, global organization
- Strong command of typography, spacing, color theory, hierarchy, motion, and interaction design
- Deep expertise in UI/UX best practices, accessibility (WCAG), and design systems
- Experience level of experience working in Figma, or similar tools
Salary Range: CAD $95,000 - CAD $125,000
- This position is not for an existing vacancy; we are building a candidate pool for future opportunities.
Our Benefits Your well-being is of paramount importance to us, and central to our success. We provide a range of benefits, training and education support, and flexible working arrangements to help you achieve success in your career while balancing personal needs. Ask us about specific benefits in your location.
We embrace diversity, prioritizing the hiring of people from diverse backgrounds. Our inclusive culture is a source of pride and strength, fostering innovation and mutual respect.
Citco welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodation is available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection.
About Citco
Our heritage, since founding a civil law notary practice in the 1940s to establishing the Curacao International Trust Company in the 1960s, is built on challenging paradigms and delivering exceptional service within the financial and professional services industry. Today, with more than 6,000 employees in 45 countries, we continue to pioneer award-winning services and technology solutions that meet ever changing markets.
A commitment to investing in people, and proprietary technologies, has resulted in our reputation as the industry's preeminent service provider, reassuring clients that their critical administration functions are in safe hands.
Our thought leadership and ability to quickly navigate complex change means our clients can depend on us as trusted advisors to make informed decisions in response to market conditions.
Our Divisions
Citco Fund Services & Investor Relations CFS is the global leader in services for the alternative investment industry. With over 2,000 funds under administration and net assets exceeding $840 billion, we provide full service fund administration, fund accounting, net asset value calculations, investor relations, and more.
Governance Services Leveraging our extensive global office network Citco Governance Services provides customised solutions, including corporate and global subsidiary governance, secretarial services, financial accounting and reporting, tax and audit liaison, and market entry services.
Banking, Depositary & Custody Services Citco Banks operate in strategic financial centres and provide Institutional and Fund of Funds clients access to the funds universe through multiple communication and online real-time global funds platforms.
Citco Technology Management Through our eight global development centres, Citco Technology Management provides secure infrastructures and develops award-winning technology products that underpin our commitment to service excellence.
Designer, Design Systems
Top Benefits
About the role
About Citco JOB DESCRIPTION Citco is a global leader in fund services, corporate governance and related asset services with staff across 80 offices worldwide. With more than $1 trillion in assets under administration, we deliver end-to-end solutions and exceptional service to meet our clients’ needs. For more information about Citco, please visit www.citco.com
Responsibilities About the Team and Business Line World-class software solutions and innovation are at the core of what differentiates Citco in the alternative investment and financial services spaces. Through our network of global development centers, Citco invests heavily in technology innovation to ensure our clients continue to receive award-winning products. We are seeking an experienced Design System Designer to join a Design System squad to evolve our company-wide design system. In this role, you will ensure a cohesive, scalable, and accessible experience across Citco’s digital products. You will partner closely with product designers, engineering, and platform teams to create, maintain, and document reusable UI components, design tokens, and patterns that reinforce Citco’s brand and design language. The position is based in Toronto and may require some international travel to other Citco locations. The Design Systems Designer will report to the Design Director, and partner with existing designers, engineers, platform owners as well as various business stakeholders.
Your Role
- Leverage the use of design tokens to build responsive components in figma, component variants, patterns, templates in a scalable, enterprise-grade design system that supports Citco’s digital product ecosystem
- Define, document and maintain guidelines and best practices for component and pattern usage
- Partner with product designers, platform/product owners and engineering teams to align requirements, identify edge-cases for components and patterns
- Create high-fi prototypes to explore ideas and collaborate effectively with engineering during implementation
- Manage feedback and contribution requests as you partner with various product teams to understand their unique constraints, and integrate their needs into the Design System
- Train, onboard and enable teams to fully leverage the Design System
- Facilitate design reviews, audits, and contribution models, ensuring high-quality system evaluation
Qualifications About You
- You must have a Bachelor’s degree/certificate in HCI, Design, or similar discipline, or the equivalent education and experience
- 3 – 4 years of experience working on design systems, or enterprise product design
- Proven track record of working on an enterprise-wide design system within a large, global organization
- Strong command of typography, spacing, color theory, hierarchy, motion, and interaction design
- Deep expertise in UI/UX best practices, accessibility (WCAG), and design systems
- Experience level of experience working in Figma, or similar tools
Salary Range: CAD $95,000 - CAD $125,000
- This position is not for an existing vacancy; we are building a candidate pool for future opportunities.
Our Benefits Your well-being is of paramount importance to us, and central to our success. We provide a range of benefits, training and education support, and flexible working arrangements to help you achieve success in your career while balancing personal needs. Ask us about specific benefits in your location.
We embrace diversity, prioritizing the hiring of people from diverse backgrounds. Our inclusive culture is a source of pride and strength, fostering innovation and mutual respect.
Citco welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodation is available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection.
About Citco
Our heritage, since founding a civil law notary practice in the 1940s to establishing the Curacao International Trust Company in the 1960s, is built on challenging paradigms and delivering exceptional service within the financial and professional services industry. Today, with more than 6,000 employees in 45 countries, we continue to pioneer award-winning services and technology solutions that meet ever changing markets.
A commitment to investing in people, and proprietary technologies, has resulted in our reputation as the industry's preeminent service provider, reassuring clients that their critical administration functions are in safe hands.
Our thought leadership and ability to quickly navigate complex change means our clients can depend on us as trusted advisors to make informed decisions in response to market conditions.
Our Divisions
Citco Fund Services & Investor Relations CFS is the global leader in services for the alternative investment industry. With over 2,000 funds under administration and net assets exceeding $840 billion, we provide full service fund administration, fund accounting, net asset value calculations, investor relations, and more.
Governance Services Leveraging our extensive global office network Citco Governance Services provides customised solutions, including corporate and global subsidiary governance, secretarial services, financial accounting and reporting, tax and audit liaison, and market entry services.
Banking, Depositary & Custody Services Citco Banks operate in strategic financial centres and provide Institutional and Fund of Funds clients access to the funds universe through multiple communication and online real-time global funds platforms.
Citco Technology Management Through our eight global development centres, Citco Technology Management provides secure infrastructures and develops award-winning technology products that underpin our commitment to service excellence.