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Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder led, profitable and growing.

We are hiring a UX designer for our Design System Team.

You will play a key role making open source software available to the world. Our Design function ensures the experience of the software and infrastructure we build is true to our intentions, and delivers the tools our community and customers need. The Design System UX designer makes that possible by defining, evolving and advocating for a consistent use of design system that scales across our products.

This role sits in the design system team reporting to Design Systems Management

Location: This role will be based remotely in the EMEA region.

The role entails

• Building and evolving Canonical's design system, ensuring measurable adoption, consistency, scalability and accessibility across our products
• Collaborating with designers, engineers and stakeholders to translate user needs and brand principles into reusable components, patterns and guidelines
• Championing design system best practices, advocating for cohesive user experience and design, providing documentation and support for cross-functional teams
• Designing and documenting UI components, design tokens and interaction patterns
• Ensuring timely and efficient delivery of the roadmap
• Enabling alignment on design system usage and governance across teams
• Advocating for accessibility, performance, and scalability in design system decisions and iterating based on data and technological advancements
• Staying ahead of industry trends, ensuring innovation and balancing it with system coherence and performance
  
  

• Relevant experience in UX/product design, with a strong focus on design systems in complex environments
• A portfolio demonstrating strong expertise in design systems, including component libraries, documentation and handling complex environments
• Exceptional educational achievements in design or related behavioral science discipline
• Expertise in Figma, Storybook and design token workflows
• Experience of collaborating with engineers and bridging design and code
• Proven ability to apply design process and clearly communicate and document design decisions
• Excellent attention to detail and systemic approach to solving complex design challenges
• Commitment to transparent project delivery and owning team deadlines
• A passion for balancing consistency and innovation
• Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events
  
  

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events
  
  

• Seniority level Entry level

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology
• Industries Software Development

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Job Title: Lecturer in Graphic Design

Department: Mass Communication and Public Relations

Program: Bachelor’s degree in mass communication.

College: Administrative and Financial Science

Introduction: The bachelor's in media program at the Gulf University is designed to develop media competencies for students who wish to work in media fields by developing their knowledge and professional skills. The program also targets students with some previous experience in the media.

The program rationale is to provide students with the required knowledge in the media, radio and television, journalism, and public relations fields by following a multidisciplinary approach and professional practices that follow an orderly sequence of modules. These modules allow developing students' knowledge and understanding by focusing on communication theories, history, linguistics, communication technology, social sciences, journalism, media, public relations, and research. The students' skills will be enhanced by studying a wide range of courses that balance knowledge, application, specialized skills, critical and creative thinking, general skills, and graduation projects.

• A Master’s degree in graphic design from an accredited university is required.
• A TOT Professional certificate from Adobe is desirable.
• Membership of a Media and Mass communication professional body is desirable.

• A minimum of two years of experience in teaching different graphic design courses (in the specialization and other related courses).
• A minimum of three years of relevant industrial experience in the field of specialization.
• Experience in developing course specifications as per the National Qualification Framework and international accreditation standards.
• Experience in utilizing different software relevant to the Media specialization.

• Ability to create and maintain effective work relationships with staff.
• Ability to develop teaching curriculum and manage quality enhancement in the higher education environment.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Solid research experience in the field of specialization.
• Ability to teach both in Arabic and English language.

• Teaching and learning: must be able to deliver classes for different levels of the program's specialization domains.
• Contribute to different committees at college and university levels that support the achievement of the program mission.
• Research engagement: must be engaged in different research and scholarly activities related to the specialization field.
• Community engagement: contributes to different community engagement activities organized by the college and university.

• Application Form.
• Copy of earned credential (BSc, Master, and PhD).
• Current Curriculum Vitae.
• Cover letter.
• Teaching, learning, and research philosophy.
• Three referees' contact information (email as well their telephone numbers).
• Any additional documentation that you feel is relevant to your application.