Exemplifying Design Leadership
Streamling Design Team Practices
Bringing consistency to Figma and streamlining files across projects was the first opportunity I saw as a new designer joining the team.
As our solution suite grew from 3 to 12 and the team size from 3 designers to 14 designers, it was crucial to have consistency in Figma.
As we had Designer #4 joining the team, from my experience of onboarding, I identified the need to create a document. This document would help designers ground themselves- understand the ecosystem, points of contact, acronyms that are used in the company, and the deployment pipeline followed.
Chad is Loyal’s CEO :)
Establishing Loyal’s Design System
I joined Loyal as Designer #3. As the solution suite grew, Alex Roberts & I, along with select front-end engineers, kickstarted the efforts to develop a design system.
It quickly gained momentum. We were working on components in addition to our daily tasks.
Eventually, Amira Pettus, Director of Product Design, got leadership buy-in to create a dedicated function of Design System which supported a team of 14 Designers and 60+ Front-end Engineers.
Improving the Onboarding Process
Actively supporting Design hiring and team growth and cross-functional relationship management at Loyal
Interviewed 60+ Designers, supported the Director of Product Design to work on the career ladders, set up Senior Designer Sync to collaborate on maturing the team processes, craft and cross-functional relationships
Sharing Design knowledge and best practices through Education Series
As part of continuously growing and knowledge sharing, I presented to the team on several topics. My favorite were presentations were Navigating Ambiguity & Value Sensitive Design.
You can access the Navigating Ambiguity Template designed by me here