Senior Designer, Design Systems — Accessibility & Internationalization
About the Team
HubSpot’s Design Systems team builds the foundations for a world-class user experience. Supporting over 2,400 product managers, UXers, and engineers, the system includes 350+ coded components, 300+ illustrations, robust documentation, and a flexible contribution model. We’re a multi-disciplinary team dedicated to shaping the future of our design system that will enable our HubSpot products to be more consistent, and customer-centric with a focus on high-quality and driving customer and business value. We come from diverse backgrounds and like to talk about design thinking and push the boundaries of what is possible.
About the Role
We’re looking for a systems-minded, product-focused designer to work on our Design System with expertise in accessibility (a11y) and internationalization (i18n) to help build and scale inclusive, globally usable design elements, components, patterns, and guidelines. This role blends technical design acumen with a human-centered approach, ensuring that our designed experiences serve all HubSpot customers—regardless of ability, culture, or geography.
In this role, you will:
Ensure any new components and design layouts are WCAG 2.1/2.2+ compliant and localization-ready by default (RTL, date/time formats, pluralization, etc.).
Create a roadmap that will optimize our product experiences for accessible behaviors (keyboard navigation, ARIA roles, focus states)
Help define component behaviors, guidelines, and usage best practices that accommodate assistive tech and cultural variance.
Partner closely with our engineers, localization team, content designers, and UX design leads to align on an inclusive design strategy and vision.
Embed a11y and i18n into Figma libraries, tokens, and documentation; collaborate on tooling to streamline implementation with our design technologists and engineers.
Define contribution and governance models that include accessibility and internationalization review.
Drive education, audits, and workshops to embed inclusive design across the org.
Contribute to the exploration of design language elements that are being updated, including typography, color, iconography, data visualization, elevation, grids, sound—with a focus on a11y and i18n
Prototype and explore solutions using emerging tools like AI-powered design platforms.
What You’ll Tackle
Designing flexible but opinionated components that scale across varied use cases.
Maintaining high accessibility standards, especially during a design language transformation.
Establishing a governance model for adoption and contribution to the system.
Balancing complexity with usability and clear documentation.
What We’re Looking For
A portfolio demonstrating impactful design at scale, with a focus on accessibility and systems thinking.
Deep knowledge of a11y (WCAG, ARIA) and i18n (Unicode, RTL, localization workflows) and stays on top of the latest updates in those standards.
Experience in building and documenting component libraries and token strategies.
Ability to prioritize, drive projects, and make data-informed decisions in a fast-paced environment.
Exceptional communication and storytelling skills to influence cross-functional teams and leadership.
A curious mindset with a passion for emerging tools like Replit and Lovable to accelerate the conceptualization of ideas.
About UX at HubSpot
Our UX team is a passionate and diverse group of more than 300 product designers, content designers, researchers, and design ops folks who build consumer-grade experiences while solving enterprise-level problems. We’re set up to work as equal partners to our peers in product management and engineering. And we design and deliver a crafted experience to our customers by setting a high bar on ease of use. We’re investing deeply in building whole and healthy UX teams across all of our disciplines so we can better solve problems for our customers.
We involve our customers in every step of our development process. And we strive to deliver a B2B product that’s just as easy to use as the best B2C products on the market. When our customers grow, we grow, too!
Want to know more about HubSpot’s design system?
By the people, for the people: keeping your design system evergreen
How building a design system empowers your team to focus on people — not pixels
By the people, for the people: keeping your design system evergreen
One more thing you should know…
There’s a lot of research showing how marginalized groups of people may not apply for jobs unless they meet 100% (or more!) of the qualifications. We also know that many UX folks come from backgrounds with different experiences that might not seem “standard”—and that’s okay! We really value people who bring unique perspectives and add new knowledge to our team.
But you might not feel like you “check all the boxes” as you read this job post. We get it. And we feel these things ourselves, too. But we hope you’ll apply anyway because we’ll take great care in working with you. 🧡
Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But we'll let you in on a secret: there's no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate. HubSpot is a place where everyone can grow. So however you identify and whatever background you bring with you, please apply if this is a role that would make you excited to come into work every day.
Pay & Benefits
The cash compensation below includes base salary, on-target commission for employees in eligible roles, and annual bonus targets under HubSpot’s bonus plan for eligible roles. In addition to cash compensation, some roles are eligible to participate in HubSpot’s equity plan to receive restricted stock units (RSUs). Some roles may also be eligible for overtime pay. Individual compensation packages are tailored to your skills, experience, qualifications, and other job-related reasons.
This resource will help guide how we recommend thinking about the range you see. Learn more about HubSpot’s compensation philosophy.
Benefits are also an important piece of your total compensation package. Explore the benefits and perks HubSpot offers to help employees grow better.
At HubSpot, fair compensation practices aren’t just about checking off the box for legal compliance. It’s about living out our value of transparency with our employees, candidates, and community.
Annual Cash Compensation Range:
$145,400—$232,600 USD
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Senior Designer, Design Systems — Accessibility & Internationalization
About the Team
HubSpot’s Design Systems team builds the foundations for a world-class user experience. Supporting over 2,400 product managers, UXers, and engineers, the system includes 350+ coded components, 300+ illustrations, robust documentation, and a flexible contribution model. We’re a multi-disciplinary team dedicated to shaping the future of our design system that will enable our HubSpot products to be more consistent, and customer-centric with a focus on high-quality and driving customer and business value. We come from diverse backgrounds and like to talk about design thinking and push the boundaries of what is possible.
About the Role
We’re looking for a systems-minded, product-focused designer to work on our Design System with expertise in accessibility (a11y) and internationalization (i18n) to help build and scale inclusive, globally usable design elements, components, patterns, and guidelines. This role blends technical design acumen with a human-centered approach, ensuring that our designed experiences serve all HubSpot customers—regardless of ability, culture, or geography.
In this role, you will:
Ensure any new components and design layouts are WCAG 2.1/2.2+ compliant and localization-ready by default (RTL, date/time formats, pluralization, etc.).
Create a roadmap that will optimize our product experiences for accessible behaviors (keyboard navigation, ARIA roles, focus states)
Help define component behaviors, guidelines, and usage best practices that accommodate assistive tech and cultural variance.
Partner closely with our engineers, localization team, content designers, and UX design leads to align on an inclusive design strategy and vision.
Embed a11y and i18n into Figma libraries, tokens, and documentation; collaborate on tooling to streamline implementation with our design technologists and engineers.
Define contribution and governance models that include accessibility and internationalization review.
Drive education, audits, and workshops to embed inclusive design across the org.
Contribute to the exploration of design language elements that are being updated, including typography, color, iconography, data visualization, elevation, grids, sound—with a focus on a11y and i18n
Prototype and explore solutions using emerging tools like AI-powered design platforms.
What You’ll Tackle
Designing flexible but opinionated components that scale across varied use cases.
Maintaining high accessibility standards, especially during a design language transformation.
Establishing a governance model for adoption and contribution to the system.
Balancing complexity with usability and clear documentation.
What We’re Looking For
A portfolio demonstrating impactful design at scale, with a focus on accessibility and systems thinking.
Deep knowledge of a11y (WCAG, ARIA) and i18n (Unicode, RTL, localization workflows) and stays on top of the latest updates in those standards.
Experience in building and documenting component libraries and token strategies.
Ability to prioritize, drive projects, and make data-informed decisions in a fast-paced environment.
Exceptional communication and storytelling skills to influence cross-functional teams and leadership.
A curious mindset with a passion for emerging tools like Replit and Lovable to accelerate the conceptualization of ideas.
About UX at HubSpot
Our UX team is a passionate and diverse group of more than 300 product designers, content designers, researchers, and design ops folks who build consumer-grade experiences while solving enterprise-level problems. We’re set up to work as equal partners to our peers in product management and engineering. And we design and deliver a crafted experience to our customers by setting a high bar on ease of use. We’re investing deeply in building whole and healthy UX teams across all of our disciplines so we can better solve problems for our customers.
We involve our customers in every step of our development process. And we strive to deliver a B2B product that’s just as easy to use as the best B2C products on the market. When our customers grow, we grow, too!
Want to know more about HubSpot’s design system?
By the people, for the people: keeping your design system evergreen
How building a design system empowers your team to focus on people — not pixels
By the people, for the people: keeping your design system evergreen
One more thing you should know…
There’s a lot of research showing how marginalized groups of people may not apply for jobs unless they meet 100% (or more!) of the qualifications. We also know that many UX folks come from backgrounds with different experiences that might not seem “standard”—and that’s okay! We really value people who bring unique perspectives and add new knowledge to our team.
But you might not feel like you “check all the boxes” as you read this job post. We get it. And we feel these things ourselves, too. But we hope you’ll apply anyway because we’ll take great care in working with you. 🧡
Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But we'll let you in on a secret: there's no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate. HubSpot is a place where everyone can grow. So however you identify and whatever background you bring with you, please apply if this is a role that would make you excited to come into work every day.
Pay & Benefits
The cash compensation below includes base salary, on-target commission for employees in eligible roles, and annual bonus targets under HubSpot’s bonus plan for eligible roles. In addition to cash compensation, some roles are eligible to participate in HubSpot’s equity plan to receive restricted stock units (RSUs). Some roles may also be eligible for overtime pay. Individual compensation packages are tailored to your skills, experience, qualifications, and other job-related reasons.
This resource will help guide how we recommend thinking about the range you see. Learn more about HubSpot’s compensation philosophy.
Benefits are also an important piece of your total compensation package. Explore the benefits and perks HubSpot offers to help employees grow better.
At HubSpot, fair compensation practices aren’t just about checking off the box for legal compliance. It’s about living out our value of transparency with our employees, candidates, and community.
Annual Cash Compensation Range:
$145,400—$232,600 USD