Design Systems Blueprint: Comprehensive Strategies for Success
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Design systems streamline design processes by providing a cohesive set of guidelines and components that ensure product consistency, improve team collaboration, enhance efficiency and user experience. In this Master Class with Jarvis Moore, Senior Design Lead, Design Systems at Microsoft, you’ll explore the foundational building blocks and strategic approaches necessary to establish a successful design system. This session is for design systems leaders who want to build and organize a design system team effectively. You’ll discover how to conceptualize and implement the core components of a design system, as well as lead and manage a specialized team dedicated to its development and maintenance.
You’ll learn:
- Core systems understanding: Gain in-depth knowledge of the essential elements, such as foundations, tokens, motion, and content that form the backbone of a design system.
- Team building and management: Learn strategies for assembling a skilled design system team, focusing on roles, responsibilities, and collaboration techniques to maximize team efficiency and cohesion.
- Tool proficiency with Figma: Master Figma to effectively convert design concepts into digital assets and libraries, ensuring your team leverages the best practices in tool usage.
- Effective onboarding and communication strategies: Develop and implement communication plans and onboarding processes that align your team and streamline workflow.
- Documentation and governance: Focus on creating, organizing, and maintaining clear and comprehensive documentation, which is crucial for supporting your design system and ensuring consistency across all team outputs.
At the end of this Master Class, you’ll be equipped with the expertise to lead the development and implementation of a scalable and adaptable design system.
Your Speaker and Industry Expert
Jarvis Moore is a Senior Design Lead, Design Systems at Microsoft with expertise in design systems and user-centric experiences. He is also a Founding Member of Black UX Labs, aiming to diversify the tech industry through education and creating opportunities for black designers. As a speaker, mentor, and teacher, Jarvis uses his unconventional path into tech to inspire others, showing them that a degree is not necessary to achieve their dreams.
Outside of work, Jarvis is father of three. He is also a hobbyist photographer and an avid sneaker collector, appreciating the artistry and craftsmanship behind each unique design. Jarvis often incorporates elements of sneaker culture into his design work.
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Questions? We've Got Answers
Why are design skills so important right now?
Design skills are valuable for both you personally and for your company.
For you personally, design skills are important because:
Design roles are growing faster than average. The World Economic Forum ranks human-centered design among the fastest-growing skill areas through 2030.
Employers increasingly expect design skills across roles, not just from designers. Knowing design thinking, user research, or UX principles makes you more competitive in any field.
Designers who combine human-centered skills with AI expertise are in especially high demand.
For your company, design skills are important because:
Design skills help your team increase sales, retain customers, and improve customer satisfaction. Better customer experiences lead directly to better business results.
Companies that invest in design outperform the S&P 500 Index by 228% (Design Management Institute, Design Value Index).
Design is more than aesthetics. It's how teams make products easier to use, services more efficient, and technology more human. These skills create value across every department.
I'm not a designer. Why should I learn design and AI?
Design and tech skills can open up career opportunities.
For example, if you're in a field such as:
Marketing, communication, HR, software development, customer service, business management, healthcare, teaching, and many more.
Why can design skills make you valuable in these jobs and industries?
That's because:
Design skills help your team increase sales, retain customers, and improve customer satisfaction. Better customer experiences lead directly to better business results.
Companies that invest in design outperform the S&P 500 Index by 228% (Design Management Institute, Design Value Index).
Design is more than aesthetics. It's how teams make products easier to use, services more efficient, and technology more human. These skills create value across every department.
Do I need any prior experience in design or tech?
No.
Our courses, master classes, and career programs cover everything from the fundamentals to advanced topics.
Whether you're completely new to design or an experienced professional, you'll find courses, master classes and career programs at your level.
Will I receive a Certificate?
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Will the live Master Class be recorded and become available on-demand?
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You can enjoy your Master Class on-demand at any time, anywhere. Watch it as many times as you want.
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