Job Description

As a Sr UX Designer Design System, you will lead a group of designers and front-end engineers in creating, growing, and maintaining a design system, from inception to maturity.

Key Responsibilities:

* PPG UX, a team of designers, front-end developers, and (soon) UX researchers working on Protecting and Beautifying the World.
* Evangelize and measure the adoption of the design system across PPG
* Be curious, creative, friendly, and organized
* Systems thinker / information architect at heart
* Proud of your visual design skills and confident in your craft
* Versed in accessibility and universal design
* Great at succinct and engaging writing
* Open to constructive criticism, but also able to defend your work
* Thrive on collaboration in a multidisciplinary environment
* Self-motivated and able to work effectively with minimal supervision
* Interested in digital transformation and e-commerce

Qualifications:

* Experience creating, growing, and maintaining a successful design system
* Experience with atomic design
* An eye for identifying common web and native mobile design patterns
* Experience with common prototyping tools (e.g. Figma, Sketch, etc.)
* High-level understanding of semantic HTML, CSS/SASS, and JavaScript
* Exceptional communication and presentation skills
* At least a bachelors degree and 5 years of relevant experience
* Have experience in B2B e-commerce- Preferred
* Have experience in a cross-functional team lead role Preferred
* Are familiar with and enthusiastic about Lean and Agile practices - Preferred

ABOUT US:

Here at PPG we make it happen, and we seek candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our values, with the commitment and drive to strive today to do better than yesterday everyday.

PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD

Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company. To learn more, visit www.ppg.com and follow @ PPG on Twitter.

The PPG Way

Every single day at PPG:

We partner with customers to create mutual value.

We are insightful, dedicated and proactive. We have intimate knowledge of the market and our customers. We focus on practical solutions that make a difference.

We are One PPG to the world.

We are better and stronger together. We leverage our scale to reach new markets and introduce innovative technologies as we differentiate and disrupt our markets.

We trust our people every day, in every way.

We enable and empower our people to make the right decisions. We are inclusive, transparent and respectful. Our feedback is clear and actionable.

We make it happen.

We have a passion for winning. We achieve. We deliver with discipline and integrity. We bring our best energy to our work. We decide and act intelligently and quickly.

We run it like we own it.

We respect one another by being responsible and accountable. We always act in the best interest of our company, customers, shareholders and our communities.

We do better today than yesterday everyday.

We continuously learn. We develop our people to grow our businesses.

PPG Way: (Click here to learn more about the PPG Way)

PPG vision: http://corporate.ppg.com/Our-Company/PPG-Vision.aspx

We are One PPG: http://one.ppg.com/

PPG provides equal opportunity to all candidates and employees. We offer an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability status, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. If you need assistance to complete your application due to a disability, please email recruiting@ppg.com.

PPG values your feedback on our recruiting process. We encourage you to visit Glassdoor.com and provide feedback on the process, so that we can do better today than yesterday.

Benefits will be discussed with you by your recruiter during the hiring process.

Pay Transparency poster: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ofccp/pdf/pay-transp_ English_formattedESQA508c.pdf

EEO is the Law: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/migrated_files/employers/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf

EEO is the Law Supplement: http://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/migrated_files/employers/eeoc_gina_supplement.pdf