Design Systems Designer

The role

Extract the pattern. Build the system.

You are handed a client brand and a few sites they like. You come back with a system: tokens, type scale, spacing, color roles, and core components, structured so it can be built without a translation step. Then you do it again for the next client.

You own

Token architecture

Build tokens in Figma using variables, modes, and semantic naming our build pipeline can read predictably. Not tidy files. Actual architecture.

You own

Component systems

Ship core component libraries that hold up across an entire site, not just a homepage, and document them so a developer or a pipeline can execute without questions.

You own

Rigor across brands

Work across several client brands at once, each looking distinctly different, with the same structural rigor underneath.

Blacksmith builds websites and marketing programs for clients across the US. This is a senior, systems-first seat. Not one-off pages, not maintenance. You stand up new systems fast and get them right the first time.

Why this seat

Built for designers who architect, not decorate.

If the best part of the job is turning a brand into a system that holds up, and the worst part is pushing one-off pages that look the same with a different logo, this is your seat. Precision is the hire.

01

Systems, not screens

You build token architecture and component libraries, not homepage one-offs. The rigor underneath is the product.

02

Built for handoff

Everything you ship is structured so a developer or an automated pipeline can execute it without a translation step.

03

Remote across LatAm

Fully remote, LatAm based, overlapping US business hours. Low process, fast cadence.

04

New systems, fast

You stand up new client systems at volume and get them right the first time. Not governing one system for three years.

How we hire

Portfolio, trial, conversation.

Light process by design. Here is how the process runs.

Portfolio

1

we review the systems work you can show us

Trial

2

a short paid project: three reference URLs, one brand

Talk

3

we look at what you built, then a conversation

The team

Meet some of the Blacksmith team.

Real people, fully remote across LatAm and beyond. You would build the systems the rest of the team ships on.

Rodriquez Pietersen

SDR Manager

Twenty years leading sales and call-centre teams, now building the SDR pod.

Damian Lupton-Smith

SDR

“We're born to be here and to succeed. Let's go, team.”

Kescha Abnett

SDR

“Thank you for the support, team. I appreciate you all more than you know.”

Our team ships websites and marketing programs for clients across industries. You would own the design system underneath that work: the tokens, the components, and the rigor that lets it get built fast.

I have witnessed the strength of character, the hunger and the relentless persistence in this team. Everyone is unique, but what makes this special is how we come together as one. I am genuinely grateful for each person here and proud of what we are building.

Rodriquez Pietersen, SDR Manager

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+ Systems and tokens, not one-off pages
+ Built so a pipeline can execute it
+ Remote, LatAm based, US hours
+ 6 minutes to apply, short assessment next

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