Summary of the UI & Motion Designer (Design System) job at abacum

About Abacum

Abacum is the leading Business Planning solution for finance teams to drive performance. By automating reporting, enabling collaboration, and simplifying planning and forecasting, we help finance teams shift from number crunching to driving strategic decisions.

Founded in 2020 by two former CFOs, we’ve grown into a global team of 100+ people across 30+ nationalities. Headquartered in New York, we have offices in Toronto and Barcelona. We’re trusted by industry leaders such as Dish Networks, Strava, BetterUp, Kajabi, JG Wentworth, Abridge, Cortex, and hundreds more.

We have raised over $100m, closing in June 2025 our $60M Series B, led by Scale Venture Partners, with the strong participation of Cathay Innovation, Y Combinator, Atomico, Creandum, and angel operators from Adyen, Zapier, and Twitch.

Our mission is ambitious and we can’t do it alone - join Abacum as we build the future of Business Planning!

Your role

As a UI Design System & Motion Designer at Abacum, you'll own the foundation of our product's visual language and bring it to life in motion. You'll be accountable for our Abax Design System, keeping it consistent, scalable, and increasingly AI-consumable, while crafting high-quality motion and video that showcase our platform.

You'll be part of our Abacum Design team, working closely with Product Designers, Engineers, our Brand Designer, and Marketing.

What you'll do:

• Own the design system. Maintain, evolve, and scale the Abax Design System — components, tokens, and patterns — as the single source of truth in Figma and Storybook.

• Make it AI-consumable. Structure components, tokens, and documentation so AI tools and agents can reliably generate and assemble on-system UI. Help our design system become a foundation that both humans and AI can build with.

• Design in motion. Create internal videos and motion pieces that showcase the platform — micro-interactions, transitions, and prototypes that make the product feel alive.

• Collaborate with Brand & Marketing. Work with our Brand Designer and the Marketing team to produce videos with exceptional quality and motion effects — for launches, campaigns, and product storytelling.

Who you are

• You are efficient, proactive, and thrive in fast-paced environments. You can wear many hats, juggle shifting priorities, and take end-to-end ownership of projects. Optimally, you have been part of an early-stage startup.

• Design systems craft. You have deep, up-to-date knowledge of UI patterns and design systems — components, tokens, and scalable structure. You care about consistency and pixel-perfect detail.

• Motion maker. You bring interfaces and stories to life through motion. You're comfortable producing polished videos and effects (e.g. After Effects, Rive, Spline, or similar), with a strong sense of timing, easing, and craft.

• Systems and AI mindset. You're a logical thinker who enjoys understanding, visualizing, and simplifying complex systems. You're curious about how AI consumes structured design, and excited to shape a design system built for that future.

• You understand the fundamentals of software development, particularly front-end, and know how to create efficient and scalable UI solutions (not in code).

• Portfolio: We look for potential and attitude over experience. It does not need real client work, but should show solid UI and design system craft, plus a motion or video reel that demonstrates your sense of quality.

• Tooling: Expert proficiency in Figma and Design Systems, plus hands-on motion tooling (e.g. After Effects, Rive, Spline).

• Location: Based in Barcelona (essential).

• Language: Professional English (essential) + Spanish/Catalan (nice to have).

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Benefits

• Competitive compensation including equity package

• Competitive vacation policy

• Medical Insurance

• L&D budget

• Access to Meditopia (wellbeing platform)

• Language courses (English / Spanish)

Our Values

Customer Obsession: We share the understanding that Abacum's sole purpose is to create value for customers and relentlessly deploy all creativity and energy to that end.

Audacious Ambition: We dream big and embrace discomfort. We assume risks, make on-time mistakes and learn how to methodically accomplish our goals.

Good People: We are self-reflective and praise diversity of thought. We don't justify the end with the means and know where to draw the line. We have fun every day.

Tough Love: We truly care for everyone in the team and embrace honest feedback and radical candor as ways to genuinely help each other.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.