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Summary: The Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development (EOLWD) is seeking a Design Intern to join their Experience Design and Research team at the Massachusetts Digital Service. This role involves evolving and maintaining the Massachusetts Design System, creating shared resources for various agencies, and fostering a culture of inclusive design through community engagement and collaboration. Responsibilities: - Partner with us to evolve, and maintain our design system libraries in Figma, ensuring components are accessible, consistent, and aligned with user needs and technical constraints - Assist with facilitation of the Design System Community of Practice, creating opportunities for knowledge sharing, feedback, and adoption across agency teams - Assist with onboarding new folks to the system and gathering insights to inform iterative improvements - Collaborate with our UX Engineer to ensure parity between design tokens, components, and front-end implementation - Assist as a design system advocate, driving adoption through demos, documentation, and support, while fostering a shared understanding of the system’s value and purpose - Represent Mass Digital in design system-related communities or external working groups, as appropriate Required Qualifications: - 1-2 years of experience in product design or UI/UX design, with working knowledge of design systems - A portfolio demonstrating your recent experience and projects, including real world problem solving, system and visual design skills - Strong knowledge of Figma features such as variables, component properties, auto layout, and file organization best practices - Excellent visual and interaction design skills - Strong communication and storytelling skills to advocate for system thinking and design cohesion across diverse teams Preferred Qualifications: - Understanding of front-end development (HTML, CSS, design tokens), with experience collaborating with engineers Required Skills: UI/UX design, Figma Important Skills: Design systems, Visual design skills Nice-to-Have Skills: Front-end development, Storytelling skills Benefits: Comprehensive Benefits