Senior Product Designer, Design System

WHO WE ARE 

Zeta Global (NYSE: ZETA) is the AI-Powered Marketing Cloud that leverages advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and trillions of consumer signals to make it easier for marketers to acquire, grow, and retain customers more efficiently. Through the Zeta Marketing Platform (ZMP), our vision is to make sophisticated marketing simple by unifying identity, intelligence, and omnichannel activation into a single platform – powered by one of the industry’s largest proprietary databases and AI. Our enterprise customers across multiple verticals are empowered to personalize experiences with consumers at an individual level across every channel, delivering better results for marketing programs. Zeta was founded in 2007 by David A. Steinberg and John Sculley and is headquartered in New York City with offices around the world. To learn more, go to www.zetaglobal.com.

THE ROLE 

We're building Zeta Developer Platform, our next-generation Marketing Operating System launching in 2026, and we need a Senior Product Designer to own and evolve its design system. This is a foundational role focused on creating the components, patterns, and guidelines that ensure consistency, quality, and efficiency across Zeta Developer Platform and our vertical applications. You'll join at a pivotal moment where we're raising the bar on quality, speed, and innovation. We're looking for someone who can challenge us in the best way: bringing deep expertise in design systems, component architecture, and cross-functional collaboration to push our thinking forward and help us achieve what hasn't been done before.

This is a foundational role for a product that will define our company's future. You won't just be maintaining a component library—you'll be architecting the design infrastructure for an entire operating system.

• Direct Impact on Zeta Developer Platform Launch: Your work is critical to our 2026 success
• High Autonomy: Creative freedom and strategic ownership over the design system
• Scale & Complexity: Build a system that powers multiple products and use cases
• Emerging Patterns: Help define how AI and agentic interactions manifest in our UI
• Room to Shape the Future: Influence not just what we build, but how we work as a team

THE TEAM 

We're evolving how we work to reach the next level:

• Vision over hand-holding leads to more creativity and innovation
• Empowerment and delegation leads to more accountability and ownership
• Strategy and clarity means less management, more impact
• Challenge and growth creates better outcomes through healthy debate

We value people who bring ideas on what we should stop doing, start doing, or change to elevate our team.

RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Own the Design System: Lead the strategy, architecture, and evolution of our design system. You'll define component libraries, design tokens, interaction patterns, and documentation that enable teams to build cohesive, high-quality experiences at scale.
• Build Production-Ready Components: Go beyond static designs to create functional, accessible components. You'll work closely with engineering to ensure design system assets translate seamlessly into code, maintaining fidelity from Figma to production.
• Establish Patterns and Guidelines: Define and document UX patterns, accessibility standards, and best practices that guide how teams design and build across the platform. You'll create resources that empower designers and developers to work faster without sacrificing quality. 
• Drive Adoption and Enablement: Champion the design system across the organization. You'll partner with product teams to ensure adoption, gather feedback, and continuously improve the system based on real-world usage. 
• Design for Emerging Capabilities: As we integrate AI and agentic features into Zeta Developer Platform, you'll help define patterns for new interaction models—ensuring these capabilities feel native to the system rather than bolted on.
• Lead with Vision and Accountability: Drive design system strategy with clear ownership and decision-making authority. You'll operate with high autonomy, identifying opportunities for improvement, and taking full accountability for the system's success.

REQUIREMENTS

• 8+ years designing digital products with at least 3+ years focused on design systems
• Track record of building and scaling design systems used by multiple teams
• Experience working in fast-paced environments where speed and quality both matter
• Background collaborating across design, engineering, and product teams
• Familiarity with AI-powered tools and emerging design patterns is a plus

Core Skills

• Design Systems Expertise: Deep experience building and scaling design systems, including component libraries, design tokens, and documentation
• Visual & Interaction Design: Strong foundation in typography, color, layout, motion, and interaction design principles
• Frontend Development: Proficiency in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript/React—you can build and prototype components, not just design them
• Figma Mastery: Expert-level skills in Figma, including component architecture, variants, auto-layout, and design tokens
• Accessibility: Strong understanding of WCAG guidelines and inclusive design practices

Mindset & Approach

• High Ownership: You take full accountability for your domain and drive results independently
• Systems Thinker: You see the big picture and design for scale, reusability, and maintainability
• Quality-Obsessed: You have exceptionally high standards and the skill to execute on them
• Collaborative: You build strong partnerships with design, engineering, and product teams
• Challenge-Ready: You can push back constructively and help teams think bigger

Motion Tools

• Framer Motion
• Motion.dev
• D3
• GSAP

Design Tools

• Rive
• Figma
• FigJam
• Figma Slides

Vibe Coding Tools

• Cursor
• Claude Code
• Storybook
• React/Next.js 

Comms/PM Tools

• Slack
• Confluence
• Jira

BENEFITS & PERKS

• Unlimited PTO
• Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Employee Equity
• Employee Discounts, Virtual Wellness Classes, and Pet Insurance And more!!

SALARY RANGE

The salary range for this role is $160,000 - $180,000 depending on location and experience. 

PEOPLE & CULTURE AT ZETA

Zeta considers applicants for employment without regard to, and does not discriminate on the basis of an individual’s sex, race, color, religion, age, disability, status as a veteran, or national or ethnic origin; nor does Zeta discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.  

We’re committed to building a workplace culture of trust and belonging, so everyone feels invited to bring their whole selves to work. We provide a forum for employees to celebrate, support and advocate for one another. Learn more about our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion here:  https://zetaglobal.com/blog/a-look-into-zetas-ergs/ 

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