UX Writer - Design Systems
We’re looking for a lead UX writer, also known as a content designer, to join Figma’s UX Writing team. In this role, you’ll work on modernizing our Design Systems features for the world ahead. Design Systems are central to everything users do in Figma and are foundational to all of our products, from AI to Sites to Buzz and beyond. If you have an eye for craft and a demonstrated ability to work with complex systems, you can help us redefine how makers go from idea to product together.
We’d like this role to be filled by a highly skilled UX Writer who thinks in systems and loves a good framework. As one of the seniormost members of the UX Writing team, you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate closely with our AI designers in this role, and can flex into high-priority projects as Figma’s ambitions evolve.
This is a full-time role that can be held in our New York or San Francisco hubs, or remotely in the US.
What you’ll do at Figma:
Shape the next generation of design systems tools
Contribute to overall product strategy around Figma’s offerings
Help deliver and refine clear storytelling around product needs and opportunities
Work cross-functionally with product management, engineering, design, writing, and research peers
Create, collaborate, and iterate on the user experience—content, flows, and prototypes
Partner with design to ship high-quality product experiences and improvements
Oversee language across a broad product suite, building taxonomies, glossaries, and other artifacts in support
We’d love to hear from you if you have:
5+ years of experience crafting UX, whether in content, design, or engineering
A proven understanding of the English written language and its role in crafting high-quality UX
A demonstrated ability to work with technical terminology and complex systems
An eye/ear for cohesive, intuitive storytelling, and for high-quality, well-crafted design
Fluency in Figma, with experience using our suite of tools
Experience working independently to explore information architecture, mental models, and content
A collaborative approach to working with cross-functional partners and leadership
Demonstrated ability to craft simple language solutions to highly complex user problems
While it’s not required, it’s an added plus if you also have:
Experience building, managing, and/or using design systems—components, variables, and props are part of your vocabulary
An understanding of common AI tools and concepts
A generative spirit, and excitement about coming up with novel, simple solutions and language
At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Pay Transparency Disclosure
If based in Figma’s San Francisco or New York hub offices, this role has the annual base salary range stated below.
Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), market demands, and specific work location. The listed range is a guideline, and the range for this role may be modified. For roles that are available to be filled remotely, the pay range is localized according to employee work location by a factor of between 80% and 100% of range. Please discuss your specific work location with your recruiter for more information.
Figma offers equity to employees, as well a competitive package of additional benefits, including health, dental & vision, retirement with company contribution, parental leave & reproductive or family planning support, mental health & wellness benefits, generous PTO, company recharge days, a learning & development stipend, a work from home stipend, and cell phone reimbursement. Figma also offers sales incentive pay for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles. Figma’s compensation and benefits are subject to change and may be modified in the future.
Annual Base Salary Range (SF/NY Hub):
$149,000—$243,000 USD
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UX Writer - Design Systems
We’re looking for a lead UX writer, also known as a content designer, to join Figma’s UX Writing team. In this role, you’ll work on modernizing our Design Systems features for the world ahead. Design Systems are central to everything users do in Figma and are foundational to all of our products, from AI to Sites to Buzz and beyond. If you have an eye for craft and a demonstrated ability to work with complex systems, you can help us redefine how makers go from idea to product together.
We’d like this role to be filled by a highly skilled UX Writer who thinks in systems and loves a good framework. As one of the seniormost members of the UX Writing team, you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate closely with our AI designers in this role, and can flex into high-priority projects as Figma’s ambitions evolve.
This is a full-time role that can be held in our New York or San Francisco hubs, or remotely in the US.
What you’ll do at Figma:
Shape the next generation of design systems tools
Contribute to overall product strategy around Figma’s offerings
Help deliver and refine clear storytelling around product needs and opportunities
Work cross-functionally with product management, engineering, design, writing, and research peers
Create, collaborate, and iterate on the user experience—content, flows, and prototypes
Partner with design to ship high-quality product experiences and improvements
Oversee language across a broad product suite, building taxonomies, glossaries, and other artifacts in support
We’d love to hear from you if you have:
5+ years of experience crafting UX, whether in content, design, or engineering
A proven understanding of the English written language and its role in crafting high-quality UX
A demonstrated ability to work with technical terminology and complex systems
An eye/ear for cohesive, intuitive storytelling, and for high-quality, well-crafted design
Fluency in Figma, with experience using our suite of tools
Experience working independently to explore information architecture, mental models, and content
A collaborative approach to working with cross-functional partners and leadership
Demonstrated ability to craft simple language solutions to highly complex user problems
While it’s not required, it’s an added plus if you also have:
Experience building, managing, and/or using design systems—components, variables, and props are part of your vocabulary
An understanding of common AI tools and concepts
A generative spirit, and excitement about coming up with novel, simple solutions and language
At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Pay Transparency Disclosure
If based in Figma’s San Francisco or New York hub offices, this role has the annual base salary range stated below.
Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), market demands, and specific work location. The listed range is a guideline, and the range for this role may be modified. For roles that are available to be filled remotely, the pay range is localized according to employee work location by a factor of between 80% and 100% of range. Please discuss your specific work location with your recruiter for more information.
Figma offers equity to employees, as well a competitive package of additional benefits, including health, dental & vision, retirement with company contribution, parental leave & reproductive or family planning support, mental health & wellness benefits, generous PTO, company recharge days, a learning & development stipend, a work from home stipend, and cell phone reimbursement. Figma also offers sales incentive pay for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles. Figma’s compensation and benefits are subject to change and may be modified in the future.
Annual Base Salary Range (SF/NY Hub):
$149,000—$243,000 USD