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Chris
Griffin

Résumé

I am a design systems architect, product designer, and front-end engineer helping teams level up their design system. Download my resume.

Recent Experience

Google

UX Designer, Design Systems

  • Drove Google Wallet's migration from Material 3 to Material 3 Expressive, defining foundation patterns now standard across the product.
  • Architected Figma component library and documentation for 30+ designers, making it easier to find and apply the right components.
  • Built an AI skill that drafts component guidelines and accessibility specs for 40 components, halving documentation time per release.
Pluto TV

Senior Design Systems Designer

  • Refactored Nitro Design System component library, eliminating 30% of redundant design work and accelerating feature delivery across 6 platforms (web, iOS, Android, tvOS, Roku, Smart TV).
  • Implemented a design token architecture spanning all 6 platforms, establishing a single source of truth that improved design-to-code consistency.
  • Designed and facilitated cross-functional design token workshops for 50+ designers, engineers, and stakeholders, growing design token adoption across the org.
Cisco

Senior Product Designer, Design Systems

  • Designed, built, and documented a complex production-ready navigation component for Magnetic Design System, enabling design teams to prototype new flows faster.
  • Defined component specs and interaction patterns alongside engineering, driving consistent Magnetic implementation across product surfaces.
City National Bank

Senior User Interface Designer, Design Systems

  • Spearheaded accessibility-first color system redesign, achieving WCAG 2.1 AA compliance across all product touchpoints and eliminating accessibility debt for 15+ applications.
  • Conducted comprehensive design system audit across internal products, identifying and documenting 12 high-impact opportunities to streamline designer and engineer workflows.
First American

Senior Design Technologist

  • Architected Ignite Design System (Figma + Angular production code) with Storybook integration, smoothing the design-to-development handoff for application teams.
  • Engineered comprehensive color system with algorithmically-generated accessible color pairings, expanding palette from 8 to 40+ hues while maintaining WCAG 2.1 AA contrast compliance.
  • Built multi-platform design token infrastructure using Style Dictionary, enabling automated token distribution across web, iOS, and Android.
  • Implemented automated component packaging and versioning pipeline, reducing release cycles from hours to minutes and improving developer experience.
  • Established contribution guidelines and design-engineering rituals that drove Ignite adoption across the organization.
Boulevard

Senior User Interface Developer

  • Founded and launched BLVD UI, Boulevard's first design system, establishing design and engineering standards adopted across the entire product organization.
  • Pioneered Boulevard's design token strategy, building the foundation that enabled multi-theme support and cross-platform consistency.
  • Drove design system adoption through documentation, workshops, and office hours, improving design-engineering velocity across the product org.

Skills

Expertise

  • Design Systems Management & Architecture
  • Design Token Strategy & Implementation
  • Component Design & Development
  • AI-assisted design tooling
  • Product Design
  • Front-end Engineering
  • Accessibility
  • Iconography
  • Prototyping

Tools and Technologies

  • Claude AI
  • Figma
  • Figma Token Studio
  • CSS / Sass
  • React
  • Next.js
  • Storybook
  • Style Dictionary
  • Angular
  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • Git
  • Supernova
  • Zeroheight