What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Designer of Design Systems position at Oats Overnight?
A Little About Us
Oats Overnight is on a mission to build a generational CPG brand. Since 2016, our high protein, drinkable oatmeal has reached over a million customers through DTC and we're now scaling with all major nationwide retail and club partners. Our goal: become a household brand by leveraging speed, storytelling, and strategy.
We are vertically integrated: we develop, manufacture, and fulfill everything in-house. This operational control allows us to engage customers directly into the R&D process, an initiative where we were first to market in CPG. It also makes our brand tangible and real: our factory, our team, and our product pipeline are all part of the narrative.
This is an exciting stage - we are emerging as a significant omni-channel brand and launching new products to capture significant market share across verticals. We want you to help us get there.
Every teammate here has equity because we're building something big, and everyone plays an important role. If you're excited about building a brand that does things differently, this is that opportunity.
What's The Job
You report to the Director of Digital Product and act as a senior design voice on the team.
This is a systems-first role. You bring deep design systems expertise, strong visual judgment, and real AI fluency. You own design systems and build the foundation that allows the team to scale. You’ll also have your own KRs and design projects that you’ll be expected to complete end to end with support from the team.
You will be part of a three-person design team, working alongside a Senior Product Designer (Product Experience) and a Product Designer focused on visual and UX execution.
What You'll Be Doing, Stop Scanning and Read This Part:
We value people who roll up their sleeves and support their fellow team members. We embrace diversity and encourage equal opportunity every chance we get, and we look forward to learning from people whose backgrounds, skills, and perspectives challenge and enrich our own.
Oats Overnight provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Oats Overnight complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.
Oats Overnight is on a mission to build a generational CPG brand. Since 2016, our high protein, drinkable oatmeal has reached over a million customers through DTC and we're now scaling with all major nationwide retail and club partners. Our goal: become a household brand by leveraging speed, storytelling, and strategy.
We are vertically integrated: we develop, manufacture, and fulfill everything in-house. This operational control allows us to engage customers directly into the R&D process, an initiative where we were first to market in CPG. It also makes our brand tangible and real: our factory, our team, and our product pipeline are all part of the narrative.
This is an exciting stage - we are emerging as a significant omni-channel brand and launching new products to capture significant market share across verticals. We want you to help us get there.
Every teammate here has equity because we're building something big, and everyone plays an important role. If you're excited about building a brand that does things differently, this is that opportunity.
What's The Job
You report to the Director of Digital Product and act as a senior design voice on the team.
This is a systems-first role. You bring deep design systems expertise, strong visual judgment, and real AI fluency. You own design systems and build the foundation that allows the team to scale. You’ll also have your own KRs and design projects that you’ll be expected to complete end to end with support from the team.
You will be part of a three-person design team, working alongside a Senior Product Designer (Product Experience) and a Product Designer focused on visual and UX execution.
What You'll Be Doing, Stop Scanning and Read This Part:
- Own the design system end to end. Components, tokens, variants, spacing, naming, and documentation all hold up under real use
- Use AI heavily as a default part of your workflow, to increase speed and quality
- Set and enforce the craft bar. Figma organization, component quality, and visual consistency are your responsibility
- Establish visual standards that create cohesion across every surface
- Partner closely with a Senior Product Designer (Product Experience) to connect system decisions to real product flows
- Actively pressure test priorities and requirements before design work starts
- Deliver work that is ready to ship, not just ready for feedback
- Ensure your work is handed off to Engineering cleanly, completely, and ready to build
- Show up in reviews and cross-functional discussions with clear, defensible opinions
- 10 years in product design, ideally in ecommerce or DTC
- Built, scaled, and maintained design systems that teams actually use
- Know how to drive adoption through clarity, usability, and restraint
- Strong visual instincts and attention to detail
- Actively use AI in your workflow today. Highly proficient in figma to code or comparable tools.
- Have operated as a senior design voice before. You raise the bar without being asked
- Have improved team output beyond your own work
- Subscription ecommerce or consumer DTC
- Shopify or headless ecommerce platforms
- Scaling systems in a high growth environment
- Formal or informal design leadership
- This is going to be fun.
- Casual, friendly culture. We're serious about what we do but we don't take ourselves too seriously.
- Every employee has equity
- High growth potential with opportunities to expand
- Free oatmeal. It's very good.
- It's not a cushy job, the bar is high
- We are growing quickly, and have a fast-paced work environment.
- Ownership - We are all owners. We show up with passion and accountability in everything we do. If something's broken, fix it or call it out.
- Rational - How we decide matters. We focus on what we can control and make high quality decisions repeatedly.
- Iterative - We challenge the status quo and improve constantly. When data or situations change, we adapt.
- Curiosity - We ask questions, even when it's uncomfortable. Learning and leading go hand in hand.
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- You must be able to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards.
- You must be able to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards.
- Full Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision and 401k
- Parental Leave
- 4 Weeks of paid time off
- Weekly Pay
- Stock options - every employee is an owner
- Free, delicious oatmeal
We value people who roll up their sleeves and support their fellow team members. We embrace diversity and encourage equal opportunity every chance we get, and we look forward to learning from people whose backgrounds, skills, and perspectives challenge and enrich our own.
Oats Overnight provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Oats Overnight complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.