Associate Designer, Design Systems

About this role

We are seeking an Associate Designer to join our London-based design systems team, working directly with the Design Systems Lead. This is a unique opportunity to help build, maintain, and evolve a multi-brand design system that powers digital experiences across BlackRock, iShares, and Aladdin.

As an Associate Designer, you'll contribute directly to the design and documentation of system components, ensuring consistency, usability, and accessibility across both public websites and enterprise applications. You'll collaborate closely with design, product, and engineering partners, while developing your skills under the guidance of experienced design system leaders.

What You'll Do

• Contribute to the System – Design and maintain UI components, patterns, and libraries that scale across brands and platforms.

• Support the Craft – Assist in audits, documentation, and design reviews to ensure clarity and consistency across experiences.

• Collaborate Across Teams – Work with product owners, engineers, and brand teams to ensure designs are implemented effectively.

• Champion Standards – Advocate for accessibility, inclusivity, and best practices in every component and interaction.

• Learn & Grow – Develop skills in design systems governance, tooling, and workflows while receiving mentorship from senior leaders.

Who You Are

• Early-career designer with 1–3 years' experience in UI or digital product design.

• Comfortable using modern design tools such as Figma, with an eagerness to deepen skills in component libraries and prototyping, as well as emerging technologies (AI in design).

• Detail-oriented and systematic: able to spot inconsistencies and refine designs for polish and precision.

• A collaborative teammate with strong communication skills and an openness to feedback.

• Passionate about accessible, inclusive, and user-first design.

• Curious, adaptable, and motivated to learn from senior leaders in a fast-paced, global environment.

Why Join Us?

• You'll be part of a team that is central to how our brands deliver digital experiences — your work will directly impact consistency, speed of design delivery, and overall quality.

• Opportunity to learn from senior system designers and grow your craft in component design, system governance, design tokens, documentation.

• Be part of building and scaling design outputs across multiple product lines / platforms, gaining broad exposure.

• Work in London in a design team that values quality, feedback, and continuous improvement.

Our benefits

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including: retirement investment and tools designed to help you in building a sound financial future; access to education reimbursement; comprehensive resources to support your physical health and emotional well-being; family support programs; and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.

Our hybrid work model

BlackRock's hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees, while supporting flexibility for all. Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person – aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock.

About BlackRock

At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being.  Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children's educations, buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress.

This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment – the one we make in our employees. It's why we're dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed, valued and supported with networks, benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive.

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BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.  We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected characteristics at law.