Anywhere

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Art Director, Product Design Systems Role Summary The Anywhere UX team is scaling quickly, and we’re looking for an Art Director, Product Design Systems to define and elevate the visual language of our digital products. In this role, you’ll guide the evolution of our design system (Bespoke) and set the creative standard for how our products look, feel, and connect with users. You’ll lead the principles, assets, and system foundations that shape our UI — from typography, color, and layout to illustrations, iconography, and imagery. You’ll collaborate closely with design, engineering, and brand partners to balance cohesion and differentiation across our ecosystem, ensuring that our products are not only consistent, but compelling. This is a hands-on leadership role for a designer who thrives at the intersection of craft, systems thinking, and cross-functional influence. What you’ll do Set the visual quality bar across our product ecosystem, ensuring UI is polished, purposeful, and connected to our design language. Evolve Bespoke, our design system, to enable high-quality art direction and scalable UI foundations. Lead the creation and refinement of visual assets including illustrations, iconography, color, and imagery within product UI. Partner with Brand Studio to align product design with company brand expression, while maintaining a unified product experience. Mentor and inspire designers, raising the bar for craft, collaboration, and system thinking. Shape governance models that drive adoption and maintain high execution quality without slowing delivery. Advocate with cross-functional leaders on the impact of visual/UI design on usability, accessibility, and brand perception. Support strategic storytelling by designing clear, compelling presentations and visuals for team-wide and cross-functional communications. Experiment with emerging tools and technologies (including AI) to accelerate asset creation, documentation, and system management. What you bring 8–12 years of experience in visual/UI design, art direction, or design systems in a product environment. 3–5+ years in a senior/lead role with experience mentoring or managing designers, strongly preferred. A portfolio demonstrating visual design leadership in digital products (UI, systems, creative direction). Expertise in typography, color, iconography, and visual design systems. Experience balancing brand alignment with product-specific differentiation. Proficiency with Figma and shared asset libraries. Familiarity with documentation tools (Zeroheight, Storybook) and collaboration platforms (Jira, Confluence, GitHub). Strong communication and storytelling skills; ability to influence partners and executives.