Product Designer, Design Systems

Build the design system that helps teams ship consistently. The Services Design Systems team is seeking an experienced systems designer to shape the Media Tools and Infrastructure design system at Apple. You’ll design, build, and maintain design system components, patterns, and tokens while partnering with senior stakeholders to support cohesive, efficient product experiences.

What you’ll do

• Design, build, and maintain design system components, patterns, and tokens so product designers and engineers can focus on product-level problems while delivering high-quality work.
• Collaborate closely with design and engineering teams to evolve the design system and tooling over time, supporting creation of exceptional product experiences.
• Facilitate cross-disciplinary collaboration by gathering feedback, promoting system usage, and strengthening adoption across teams.
• Create clear, expressive, and intuitive systems and guidelines spanning visual design, motion, and interaction design, anchored in consistent principles and patterns.
• Advance the design token architecture to enable seamless theming across multiple platforms.
• Apply fluency in the web design system landscape alongside strong understanding of native platforms such as iOS and macOS.
• Develop and refine comprehensive guidelines and documentation that resonate with teams using the design system.
• Stay current on emerging technologies, with emphasis on AI, and communicate a clear point of view on how it intersects with design systems, product design, and engineering.

What you bring

• Experience across design system fundamentals, including system architecture, component and token design, and tooling and infrastructure.
• Portfolio demonstrating strength in design systems, interaction design, and visual design.
• Commitment to transparency, privacy, and trust while supporting business goals.
• Strong communication skills to present ideas to designers, system consumers, engineers, and product managers using writing, visuals, and presentations.
• 7+ years of design experience focused on design systems for web; iOS and macOS UI frameworks are a plus.
• Ability to communicate concepts through sketches, wireframes, high-fidelity comps, and prototypes using tools such as Sketch, Figma, Photoshop, Keynote, and similar.
• Passion for Apple, Apple products, and Apple customers.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Design, or equivalent work experience.

Tools and technologies

• iOS, macOS
• Sketch, Figma
• Photoshop, Keynote
• AI

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
• Retirement benefits
• Discounted products and free services
• Reimbursement for certain educational expenses, including tuition
• Opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs
• Eligibility for discretionary restricted stock unit awards
• Ability to purchase Apple stock at a discount when voluntarily participating in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Discretionary bonuses or commission payments and relocation (as applicable)
• Learn more about Apple Benefits

Note: Apple benefit, compensation, and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Location: Culver City, CA (onsite)

Salary range: USD 175,000 - 263,300 per year

Additional Apple Services: App Store, Apple Music, Apple TV, Apple Podcasts