Coursera design system
Components design • Bi-directional & Right to left (RTL) • Accessibility DesignOps • Design Systems
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
My role and team
Principal Product Designer leading the design system architecture and technical direction of Coursera’s first design system. Setting the objectives and roadmaps and delivering the day-to-day design assets.
I was part of the system leadership group with a Product Manager, Principal Visual Designer and Lead Engineer.
I took the lead on embedding accessibility, setting up operating practices and managing our backlog.
Our whole 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