Senior Illustrator, Design Foundations & AI Transformation

At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive.

Lyft is looking for a Senior Illustrator to join Design Foundations, the infrastructure layer of Lyft's design organization. Illustration at Lyft is an integral part of the overall user experience. Our illustration system spans product surfaces, marketing, and brand, distributed through the Lyft Product Language (LPL) design system and shipped directly to code. You'll own the craft and execution of that system, partner closely with design, engineering, and marketing, and lead illustration work through a period of active brand migration and capability expansion.

This role reports to the Design Systems Manager and works alongside a contract illustrator, a dedicated DPM, and a tight-knit team of design systems practitioners.

Responsibilities

Execute illustration work across product surfaces: Rider, Driver, Marketing with a high craft bar and deep understanding of our system and style

Lead ongoing brand migration work: moving existing illustrations into the updated style across multiple product verticals

Own and maintain Lyft's illustration libraries in Figma — including organization, naming, publishing, and code handoff via LPL

Develop motion design capabilities for illustrated assets; this is an emerging need and a real opportunity to define how Lyft's visual identity moves

Manage the illustration intake process: triage requests, run office hours, set priorities alongside the DPM and manager

Partner with (contract illustrator) on assignments — package work clearly, review output, and maintain quality and consistency across execution

Collaborate with engineers to ship illustrations through LPL — SVGs to code, PRs reviewed, library updates published

Work with Marketing, Brand, and Content teams to extend the illustration system beyond product surfaces

Contribute to documentation, onboarding materials, and illustration guidelines so the system is legible to everyone who depends on it

Experience

4+ years of professional illustration experience, ideally in a product or brand context

Strong Figma skills, you work natively in Figma

Demonstrated experience building or maintaining an illustration system, component library, or visual language at scale

Comfort working directly with engineering: you understand how assets move from Figma to code and can own that handoff without hand-holding

Motion or animation experience, or a genuine appetite to develop it.  After Effects, Lottie, or equivalent

Ability to manage a varied workload: migration work, net-new requests, and system maintenance all at once

Clear communicator: you can run a stakeholder review, give useful feedback to a contractor, and write a brief that someone can execute from

Familiarity with design systems, or similar component-based systems a plus

Benefits

Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options with additional programs available when enrolled

Mental health benefits

Family building benefits

Child care and pet benefits

401(k) plan with company match to help save for your future

In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have discretionary paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off

18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible

Subsidized commuter benefits

Monthly Lyft credits and complimentary Lyft Pink membership

Lyft is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace that fosters belonging. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by law. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

Lyft highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. This role will be in-office on a hybrid schedule — Team Members will be expected to work in the office 3 days per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Lyft considers working in the office at least 3 days per week to be an essential function of this hybrid role. Your recruiter can share more information about the various in-office perks Lyft offers. Additionally, hybrid roles have the flexibility to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per year. #Hybrid

The expected base pay range for this position in the New York City or San Francisco area is $138,000 - $172,500, not inclusive of potential equity offering, bonus or benefits. Salary ranges are dependent on a variety of factors, including qualifications, experience and geographic location. Your recruiter can share more information about the salary range specific to your working location and other factors during the hiring process.