Coursera design system
Accessibility • DesignOps • Components design • Design systems • Bi-directional & Right to left (RTL)
2020-2021
Co-leading the creation of Coursera’s first design system to uplift design quality across the whole company
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Summary
Created a design system with embedded WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility standards to amplify usability
Designed responsive, multi-lingual components. With usage rules, behaviours and variants
My role and team
Principal Product Designer co-leading the design system. Setting the objectives, roadmaps and delivering the day-to-day design assets.
I took the lead on embedding accessibility, setting up operating practices and managing our backlog
Our whole agile team included three front-end engineers, two mid-product designers, and in part-time roles an engineering manager, product manager and design director
Goals
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Challenges to navigate
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Outcomes
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