From Clicks to Clarity: Thinking Like a Designer in Figma
Hosted by Erin Essex
In this video
What you'll learn
How to Think Like a Designer
Understand how designers make deliberate choices to balance usability, consistency, and clarity.
The Key to Organized Figma Work
Discover how reusable components streamline work, reduce errors, and keep your designs consistent.
Figma for Design Teams, Not Just Screens
Learn how to use shared systems to align teams, prevent miscommunication, and scale design decisions.
Why this topic matters
Understanding how to think and operate through the lens of experience-driven decision making is essential not only for designers — but for anyone collaborating on developing a product. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to make thoughtful design decisions, stay organized with reusable systems, and collaborate efficiently so your work (and your team’s) stays clear, consistent, and user-focused.
You'll learn from
Erin Essex
Sr Interaction Designer @Google | Former Design Director: MongoDB, Shutterstock
I’m Erin Essex, a UX designer, instructor, and content creator with over a decade of experience helping teams bring ideas to life through design. I’ve taught hundreds of students—from beginners to mid-career professionals—how to level up their design skills. In this lightning lesson, let's dive into deliberate design decision making and how to stay organized on teams.
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Erin Essex
Design Leader at Google | Ex. Product Design Director of MongoDB & Shutterstock