SKY Group
Isleworth, Middlesex
Jul 30, 2022
Full time
What you'll do: Support the Lead & Seniors designers in shaping the principles, standards & day-to-day delivery of Design system tools, components, patterns, interactions and behaviours, ensuring they can scale to support multiple brands, platforms, services and beyond. Work collaboratively with design, UX engineers and development teams to create robust tools & components to encourage design system adoption and increase efficiency in design. Help maintain a flexible design system governance model across Group product design teams, mentoring less experienced team members when needed. Advocate the value and impact of Design Systems throughout the organization. Own your role, challenge established thinking, and discover new ways of approaching design problems in a scrappy environment. Proactively participate in defining and maintaining team standards and best practices. Play a key role in work streams within the Group Product Design Team Plan. What you'll bring: Excellent communication, and organizational skills. Experience building and maintaining design systems. A design system mindset and how design components can be broken down and provide a platform to be more creative. An eye for pixel perfect standards, brand guidelines, design principles, typography, UI (desktop / mobile / TV), colour, layout, iconography and how these elements impact product usability and accessibility. Proficient design and prototyping tools like Figma and Framer and Adobe Creative Suite. Experience working with Designers and Engineers. Strong technical background with an understanding of the basics. Experience designing for TV or Mobile. Team Overview: Design & Sky Labs Brentwood and Aalborg Coming up with fresh ideas. Pushing the boundaries of what's possible. Creating unforgettable customer experiences. Our Design & our Sky Labs Brentwood & Aalborg teams make things happen. That's why we're at the heart of delivering the hardware and software for devices that keep our customers entertained. From UX and UI to product strategy and hardware engineering, we bring new devices like Sky Glass and NOW to life at top speed and support them throughout the lifecycle. The Rewards: There's a reason people can't stop talking about . Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few: Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place A generous pension package Private healthcare Discounted mobile and broadband Where you'll work: Osterley: Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There's also plenty of bike shelters and showers. On campus, you'll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon. Inclusion: Recognised as an 'Inclusive Top 50 Employer' and a 'Times Top 50 Employer for Women', we're working hard to ensure we're a truly inclusive place to work. This means we don't just look at your CV. We're more focused on who you are and the potential you'll bring to Sky. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we're happy to discuss flexible working! And we'll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.