Senior UX Designer I , Design Systems

WHO WE ARE

ActBlue is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating cutting-edge technology that fuels Democratic victories and enables progressive causes to thrive.

Our vision is simple: building change through the power of people. Since our founding, we’ve been building innovative solutions to revolutionize grassroots fundraising – if you’ve donated to a Democratic campaign or a progressive organization online, you’ve probably used our platform! We believe in putting power in the hands of small-dollar donors by helping thousands of groups — from local candidates to national movements — mobilize their communities and create a lasting impact. Every member of our team is deeply committed to advancing our shared mission and core values. Together, we are shaping the future of democracy.

THE OPPORTUNITY

As a Senior UX Designer I, you will lead discovery, ideation, and end-to-end design of products and product features — working with agency and in concert with UX research, product management, engineering, and internal teams. In this role, that work is anchored in design systems: you'll be a core contributor to the quality and consistency of ActBlue's design system, doing the hands-on work of building and maintaining tokens, components, and documentation alongside your product design work.

This is a role for someone who moves fluidly between product design and systems thinking — equally comfortable shaping a user flow and speccing a component — and who is genuinely curious about what emerging design tools make possible when paired with a strong foundation.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

Design & delivery

• Conceptualize and create design solutions that bring clarity, cohesion, and visual impact across product experiences — from early exploration through detailed execution.
• Partner with UX research and data teams to ground design decisions in user behaviors, needs, and motivations.
• Translate concepts into cohesive, user-centered designs, balancing speed with craft and structure with storytelling.
• Contribute to information architecture and influence best practices that raise the standard of design across the team.
• Participate actively in team crits, providing constructive feedback and fostering a strong design culture.
• May support supplementary projects as assigned, ensuring timely and efficient completion in line with organizational objectives and standards.
• Actively build and apply AI fluency in your design practice, contributing to shared workflows and helping teammates explore how AI can support faster, more consistent design outcomes.

Cross-functional collaboration

• Collaborate closely with product, engineering, and internal teams to translate creative direction into practical, user-centered solutions.
• Communicate design intent effectively through visuals, prototypes, and storytelling that align teams and stakeholders.
• Lead through influence — fostering alignment, elevating work quality, and helping peers think through design challenges with clarity.
• Work with cross-functional partners to define timelines, trade-offs, and constraints throughout the design process.

Design system execution

• Contribute to component specs, token definitions, and library maintenance in collaboration with the UX team, ensuring accuracy and consistency across the system.
• Identify gaps and opportunities within the system, helping define patterns that support product growth and scalability.
• Partner with front-end engineers to ensure specs translate cleanly into production and the token pipeline stays reliable.
• Support documentation and guidelines that enable adoption across design and development, including versioning and deprecation.