Senior User Interface Designer - Platform Development

About Wealth Enhancement
Wealth Enhancement is an independent wealth management firm with an endless passion for enriching the lives of our clients. We continually seek to perfect our craft of personalized financial planning with our team-based Roundtable and UniFi processes that go far beyond the standard approach. We proudly provide unique financial plans and investment management services to over 90,000 households from our over 175 offices - and growing - nationwide.
Since 1997, Wealth Enhancement has tirelessly raised the standard of wealth management with specialized knowledge and more attentive service that helps every client craft their future. For more information, please visit www.wealthenhancement.com.
The Senior User Interface Designer – Platform Development is the primary owner and subject-matter expert for Wealth Enhancement's Design System. This senior individual contributor defines and maintains the system's standards, component architecture, design tokens, governance, and documentation so it remains consistent, scalable, accessible, developer usable, and understandable by approved AI-assisted tools.
The designer also creates polished interfaces for new screens, workflows, and features across enterprise products. The role partners with user experience, product, engineering, architecture, and business teams at defined points in the service delivery process, carries design intent through implementation validation, and enables teams to apply established patterns independently.
This is a fully remote position.
In the spirit of pay transparency, we are excited to share the base salary range for this position is $110,000.00 to $120,000.00, exclusive of bonuses and benefits. The role is also eligible to participate in the corporate bonus plan. We encourage you to apply and provide us with your compensation expectations when you do. We're big on open conversations, so, let's have one.
Primary Job Functions
Design System Ownership and Governance
Own and evolve the enterprise Design System, including libraries, components, variables, patterns, and documentation
Prioritize the design-system roadmap using product needs, adoption data, accessibility risks, and implementation gaps
Define token architecture, naming, metadata, usage guidance, and front-end alignment
Govern contributions, releases, deprecation, migration, and adoption, audit for duplication, inconsistency, accessibility, and reuse
UI Design and Prototyping
Design responsive screens, workflows, and complete interface states using approved patterns
Translate user, business, and workflow needs into clear, efficient interfaces
Create high-fidelity designs and prototypes aligned with approved Design Systems
Implementation Quality
Partner across cross-functional teams to translate Design System specifications into implemented experiences
Review implementation for fidelity, responsive behavior, system use, and accessibility; document material defects in Jira and confirm resolution
Serve as the design authority during validation and user acceptance activities, using recurring gaps to improve the system
Accessible and Inclusive Design
Apply current accessibility standards and inclusive design practices to components and interfaces
Document and validate contrast, hierarchy, focus, keyboard interaction, responsive behavior, and content structure
AI Ready Design Standards
Structure components, tokens, metadata, and guidance for reliable use by people and approved AI tools
Direct AI-assisted work toward approved patterns and reusable components through clear guardrails
Evaluate AI-assisted outputs for quality, accessibility, brand alignment, and system compliance
Service Delivery and Collaboration
Collaborate across cross-functional teams to deliver consistent, high-quality experiences
Engage at defined Service Delivery Framework checkpoints and provide specifications, assets, acceptance guidance, rationale, and tradeoffs suited to the work's complexity and risk
Manage priorities and documentation in Jira and Confluence; use experience-quality measures to guide improvements and coach partners to apply standards independently
Improve Service Quality by Using AI and Digital Tools
Use approved AI and digital tools to simplify work, improve service quality, and increase efficiency, while validating outputs for accuracy, privacy, and business alignment
Identify and escalate inaccurate information and knowledge gaps, or issues related to digital tools
Education/Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in a design-related field or equivalent professional experience required (as demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, or education)
Five or more years of professional UI, UX, product, interaction, or visual design experience, including significant responsibility for building, governing, or evolving a Design System
Portfolio demonstrates strong visual craft, systems thinking, responsive design, accessible interface solutions, and reusable systems work
Advanced proficiency in Figma, including libraries, components, variants, properties, variables, modes, and prototyping
Strong understanding of design-token architecture, responsive behavior, complete interface states, and accessible interaction patterns
Working knowledge of front-end component architecture and the relationship between design standards and coded components - coding is not required
Clear written, verbal, and presentation skills, including the ability to explain complex design decisions, tradeoffs, and implementation guidance to technical and nontechnical partners
Ability to manage priorities independently and collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams
Proficient at using AI and digital tools, creating and maintaining knowledge content, and driving improvements based on data and feedback
Experience with enterprise software, financial services, or another regulated industry preferred
Experience designing for platforms such as Salesforce, Workday, Drupal, or comparable enterprise systems preferred
Familiarity with coded component libraries, design-to-code workflows, and design-system adoption or health metrics preferred
Experience using or governing AI-assisted design and development workflows preferred
Proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud or complementary visual design tools preferred
WEG hires employees and makes decisions about their salary qualifications based on factors such as: the role to be performed; educational and professional experience, qualifications, skills and credentials; tenure, cost-of-living and demand for the role in the applicable market. To comply with state pay transparency laws, we must disclose the entire salary grade. The entire salary grade for those who are classified at this level is $87, 400.00 to $131,100.00. However, the base salary range bolded above ($110,000.00 to $120,000.00) is what we expect to pay as a starting range for this position.
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Comprehensive Benefits Offerings
Our benefits aim to balance four key elements that make life and work meaningful: health and wellness, financial well-being, professional development, and work/life harmony. You may be eligible to participate in the following benefits & development opportunities:
Training and professional development
Medical, dental and vision coverage (Available to full-time employees and their families)
Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for medical, dependent, and transit expenses
Life and AD&D insurance – employer paid and voluntary options
Short-term and long-term disability, workers compensation – employer paid
401k with match and profit sharing
Wellness programs and resources
Voluntary benefits, including pet insurance
18 days of paid time off (PTO), accrued annually (25 PTO days after 4 years of service)
12 paid holidays each year (10 pre-determined and 2 floating days)
Paid parental leave and paid caregiver leave (Caregiver leave available after 6 months of tenure)
Reimbursement for tuition, licensing, and other credentials (Available after meeting service requirements)
Should you need reasonable accommodation when completing the application form or during the selection process, contact the Human Resources Department at 763-417-1700
Information provided on this application will be kept confidential and only be shared with those involved in the selection process.
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