UX Designer C2C jobs Bridgewater, NJ and Manhattan, NY

UX Designer- Accessibility standards (WCAG)

Bridgewater, NJ and Manhattan, NY- Local ONLY
6-12+ Months C2H

JD:
The UX Designer will collaborate closely with UX Leads, Senior Designers, engineers, and product partners as part of cross-functional teams. They will focus on how experiences feel and function—crafting intuitive, inclusive, and brand-aligned interactions informed by user research, workflow analysis, and domain knowledge. This role requires a strong understanding of atomic design principles, enabling the designer to contribute from foundational tokens to complex interface patterns.
In addition to designing and documenting reusable components, the UX Designer will help define and enforce design standards, contribute to governance practices, and support adoption of the design system across teams globally. They will participate in all phases of the design process—from research and ideation to prototyping, testing, and QA—ensuring that every experience reflects MetLife’s commitment to clarity, empathy, and excellence.

Candidate Differentiation; Must Have
• Clear communication of experience; fluent in work and articulation of using tokenization within design and design systems
Key Responsibilities
• Building, documenting, and maintaining reusable components; understands design tokens, accessibility standards (WCAG), and scalable design patterns ensuring cohesion and consistency throughout the design system
• Design new components based on new requirements and brand standards and enhancement and optimization of existing components based on new brand standards.
• Create and refine UI components within the design system, ensuring GDS and brand standards are followed.
• Making sure design consistency is maintained with new and existing components.
• Collaborate closely with PO, UX leads and other designers to quickly and accurately create components.
• Understanding GDS structures and adhering to GDS work processes in place.
• Essential Business Experience & Technical Skills
• 2+ years of experience designing in Figma for web and mobile applications
• Experience developing or maintaining design systems
• Strong Figma skills to create robust design system components
• Understanding of design system structures and library and how atomic-molecules-organisms-template are organized in multiple libraries
• Understating of Figma design tokens (Variables) and experience using design tokens for components.
• Strong understanding of responsive design and working with grid systems.
• Strong skills producing user interface design, interaction design, visual designs for various digital products.
• Experience designing with scalability and accessibility in mind, ensuring components meet WCAG standards and adapt to various use cases and platforms
• Experience working in fast paced, iterative processes and in an agile environment.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills and experience working with PO, UX leads and other senior designers.
• Understanding of CSS, JavaScript and HTML a plus.

Role Descriptions: The UX Designer will build and maintain reusable design components. They will ensure design consistency across new and existing components. Collaboration with product owners and other designers is crucial for creating accurate components. The designer will adhere to design standards and governance practices. Participation in all phases of the design process is expected.
Essential Skills: Familiarity with CSS| JavaScript| and HTML is beneficial. Experience in agile environments can enhance adaptability. Understanding of design tokens and their application in design systems is advantageous. Knowledge of user research methodologies can improve design outcomes. Experience in fast-paced iterative processes is a plus.Proficiency in Figma for designing user interfaces is essential. Understanding of design systems and the ability to create reusable components is critical. Strong communication skills are necessary for collaboration with cross-functional teams. Knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG) is a must. Experience in responsive design is also required.
Desirable Skills: Adobe Experience Manager Front End Designer
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