Coursera Design System
Co-leading the creation of Coursera's first design system to uplift design quality across the whole company.
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.
At a glance
- designers said CDS made design and build easier
- 73%
- engineering efficiency gains reported
- 78%
- reduction in accessibility hotspots
- 30%
- improved learner retention (sub-team)
- 0.34%
System survey, June 2021
My role and team
Principal Product Designer leading the design system architecture and technical direction of Coursera’s first design system. Setting objectives and roadmaps and delivering the day-to-day design assets.
Part of the system leadership group with a Product Manager, Principal Visual Designer, and Lead Engineer.
Took the lead on embedding accessibility, setting up operating practices, and managing the backlog.
The full agile team included three React front-end engineers, two component designers (mid-level), and in part-time roles: an engineering manager, product manager, and design director.