Product Designer, Visual Systems
San Mateo, CA - USA
Job Summary
Every day tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore create play learn and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences all created by our global community of developers and creators.
At Roblox were building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together from anywhere in the world and on any device. Were on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility and looking for amazing talent to help us get there.
A career at Roblox means youll be working to shape the future of human interaction solving unique technical challenges at scale and helping to create safer more civil shared experiences for everyone.
At Roblox the Visual Systems team defines the design and product visual language that shapes every experience on our platform from color typography and iconography to motion grid and shape. We transform these elements into scalable assets reusable patterns and clear guidance that elevate quality performance and consistency across products. This team is a part of our Design Studio a multidisciplinary organization that is responsible for the visual language and expression of our brand and product.
As a Product Designer on Visual Systems you will own and evolve the iconography that defines the Roblox product experience. You will lead the design execution and systemization of our icon libraries partnering closely with product designers and engineers to ensure every icon is crafted with precision consistency and Robloxs unique identity in mind. Being part of a multidisciplinary team you will also collaborate with brand designers motion designers and editors to extend iconographic work across a variety of surfaces and outputs. Your work will ensure that every icon from utility glyphs to expressive product marks reflects Robloxs character with craft accessibility and performance at the forefront. You have a passion for icon craft a rigorous and systematic approach to design and deep fluency in tools like Figma. This role reports to the Head of Design Studio.
You Will:
- Own evolve and execute icons across our Builder Icon Library and broader product icon ecosystem.
- Define and maintain icon standards grid stroke weight optical sizing and style that scale across platforms and use cases.
- Translate iconographic decisions into clearly documented specs usage guidelines and reusable Figma assets that enable teams to apply icons consistently and confidently.
- Partner with product designers and engineers to integrate icons into features from exploration through launch ensuring quality and fidelity in the final experience.
- Lead visual QA for iconography ensuring consistency accessibility and performance across all platforms and resolutions.
- Identify opportunities to raise the craft quality of existing icons through audits refinements and improved implementation details.
- Collaborate with Brand Design and Foundation partners to keep product iconography aligned with the broader visual language.
- Contribute to other visual primitives (color typography motion grid shape) in support of the wider Visual Systems team.
You Have:
- 3 years in icon design or visual design with a portfolio that demonstrates a strong body of systemized iconographic work at product scale.
- Deep experience building managing and executing icon systems including grid frameworks naming conventions and multi-platform delivery.
- Strong craft in icon construction: geometry optical balance stroke consistency and pixel-level precision.
- Proficiency in Figma and relevant vector tools with experience taking icon work through implementation with engineering partners.
- Clear communication and documentation habits with a collaborative approach to working across product brand and engineering teams.
You Are:
- Obsessed with icon craft attuned to the details of geometry weight and optical correctness that separate good icons from great ones.
- Systematic in your approach with a strong eye for consistency scalability and the rules that make a library cohesive.
- Comfortable owning a significant high-visibility area of the visual system while contributing to broader team initiatives.
- Skilled at partnering with product designers and engineers to ship icon work with fidelity and performance intact.
- Open to feedback and committed to cross-functional collaboration.
- Energized by the idea that a well-crafted icon seen by millions is a meaningful expression of Robloxs identity.
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
Roblox is the ultimate virtual universe that lets you create, share experiences with friends, and be anything you can imagine. Join millions of people and discover an infinite variety of immersive experiences created by a global community!