Senior Creative Engineer (Production - Design Systems - IA)
Criticalmass · San Jose, Costa Rica · 2026-06-26
About this role
As a Senior Creative Engineer, you are a design systems-minded creative professional who excels at building scalable design solutions for high-volume digital production environments. You combine strong visual design fundamentals with advanced Figma expertise, helping transform creative concepts into efficient, reusable systems that enable teams to produce high-quality work at scale.
You are an ideal candidate if you have experience creating and maintaining Design Systems, building scalable component libraries in Figma, and leveraging AI-powered tools to improve creative workflows. You bring strong aesthetic judgment, a production-first mindset, and the ability to mentor others while driving operational excellence across creative projects.
You Will:
• Translate creative concepts and key art into scalable design solutions for digital campaigns and marketing initiatives.
• Build, maintain, and evolve Design Systems that support efficient and consistent creative production.
• Create and manage reusable Figma components, libraries, templates, and production frameworks.
• Utilize advanced Figma functionality, including Variables, Auto Layout, component architecture, and scalable design workflows.
• Help establish and propagate design standards across projects, ensuring consistency and efficiency across teams.
• Collaborate with Creative, Account, and Production teams to deliver high-quality assets that align with brand guidelines and business objectives.
• Design and produce high-volume creative assets while maintaining pixel-perfect execution and quality standards.
• Explore and implement AI-powered tools and workflows to enhance creative production, efficiency, and scalability.
• Support motion design needs for digital campaigns and creative deliverables.
• Maintain organized, scalable, and technically sound creative files.
• Contribute ideas that improve workflows, processes, and production efficiencies.
• Adapt quickly to shifting priorities and provide creative support across a wide variety of projects.
• Mentor junior Creative Engineers and help elevate the team's technical and production capabilities.
You have:
• 3–5+ years of experience as a Production Designer, Creative Engineer, Design Systems Designer, or similar role within an agency, creative studio, or in-house creative team.
• Extensive experience working in high-volume, fast-paced creative production environments.
• Advanced proficiency in Figma.
• Strong hands-on experience with:
• Design Systems
• Component Libraries
• Variables
• Auto Layout
• Component architecture and scalability
• Experience creating, maintaining, and scaling reusable design frameworks.
• Understanding of how design systems support efficient creative production and cross-functional collaboration.
Skills asked for
- figma
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