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

  • Contributed to Google Wallet's migration from Material 3 to Material 3 Expressive, helping establish scalable foundation patterns to support future product evolution and platform expansion.
  • Architected Figma library infrastructure and comprehensive documentation system, reducing onboarding time and accelerating designer-to-engineer handoff cycles.
Pluto TV / Paramount

Senior Design Systems Designer

  • Transformed Nitro Design System component library through systematic refinement, eliminating 30% of redundant design work and accelerating feature delivery across 5+ platforms.
  • Implemented a design token architecture supporting 5+ platforms (web, iOS, Android, tvOS, Roku), 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, resulting in a 40% increase in design token adoption.
Cisco

Senior Product Designer, Design Systems

  • Delivered production-ready components and design documentation for Magnetic Design System, enabling engineering teams to quickly prototype and ship features.
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, reducing design-to-development time by 50% for application development.
  • 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 design-engineering collaboration rituals and contribution guidelines, improving cross-functional alignment and system adoption.
Boulevard

Senior User Interface Developer

  • Founded and launched BLVD UI, Boulevard's first design system, establishing design and engineering standards adopted across entire product organization.
  • Pioneered design token strategy and implementation, creating scalable foundation for multi-theme support and platform consistency.
  • Evangelized design system best practices through documentation, workshops, and office hours, improving designer and engineering productivity.

Skills

Expertise
  • Design Systems Management & Architecture
  • Design Token Strategy & Implementation
  • Component Design & Development
  • Product Design
  • Front-end Engineering
  • Accessibility
  • Iconography
  • Prototyping
Tools and Technologies
  • Figma
  • Figma Token Studio
  • Sass & CSS
  • React
  • Storybook
  • Style Dictionary
  • Angular
  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • Git
  • Supernova
  • Zeroheight