Token Tamer Wanted: You’re not just comfortable using design systems. You’ve worked with tokens, variables, component properties, variants, libraries, and documentation — and you know the difference between a tidy Figma file and a system that can actually scale. In this 12-month contract, you’ll help restructure our existing single-brand design system into a scalable multi-brand architecture.

That means separating shared platform foundations from brand-specific expression, building a net-new brand library, refactoring components, and supporting the prototype of a new e-commerce experience using the system you’ve helped create. If that sounds like the kind of challenge you love, you might have what it takes to be our new UX/UI Designer. We’ll see structured components, thoughtful patterns, scalable libraries, and design decisions that make life easier for everyone who uses the system after you.

A serious design systems mindset: You don’t just use design systems. Core foundations. You’re highly comfortable with components, variants, component properties, nested instances, auto-layout, variables, tokens, and responsive behaviour.

You know how color, typography, spacing, radius, elevation, and other foundations need to be structured so multiple brands can operate from one shared platform without everything becoming a tangled mess. You can audit an existing component ecosystem, classify what belongs where, separate brand-specific assets from shared foundations, and migrate work without introducing a trail of inconsistencies behind you.

Design fundamentals you can feel: You care about polish.



You understand the basic building blocks of e-commerce experiences: product pages, offers, promotions, bundles, pricing hierarchy, content modules, CTAs, comparison sections, and purchase paths. But you do need to understand that the system you build will be used by teams creating real customer-facing commerce experiences — not theoretical design exercises.

Front-end awareness: You do not need to be a full time developer. But you do need to understand how front-end code works well enough to collaborate intelligently with developers. You’re comfortable with HTML and CSS.

You can reason about component-based frameworks like React. You understand why certain design decisions are easy to implement, why others create headaches, and why handoff details matter. You’ll work closely with UX, Design, Development, E-commerce, and brand stakeholders.

So yes, you need strong technical design systems skills. You can defend a system decision when it matters, but you do not turn every discussion into a courtroom drama. And this is not a job for someone who has only used a design system from the outside.

Other Qualities

You’ll Need We’re going to insist that you have these 3 qualities: The truth is, if you don’t have these qualities you won’t last long with us.

Flexible Stat

Holidays with the option to bank days for later use So, to make sure our future UX/UI Designer is the real-deal, will be a great fit, and will thrive at AlgaeCal, we ask a little more than your run-of-the-mill job application: Why you're the best UX/UI Designer for this role. Include the URL link to your personal website / portfolio****

📌 UX/UI Designer (12 month contract) (Vancouver)
🏢 AlgaeCal
📍 Vancouver