Figma Fast-Track: Design Apps Faster, Deliver with Confidence

4.9 (14)

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4 Weeks

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Cohort-based Course

Master Figma, learn to design apps from zero, gain skills from wireframing to prototyping. Deliver designs faster & with more confidence.

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Course overview

Learn how to craft beautiful product designs faster

As a product designer, your process and skills define not only how fast you can deliver designs, but also the bounds of the experiences you can craft for end users.


Designing the "easy" way in Figma takes away so much precious time. It's time to gain all the necessary skills and tools it offers to build an efficient design process and deliver high-quality designs that "Wow" your product team and end users.


Here's what you'll walk away with by the end of this course:

💎 How to read & understand requirements shared by product owners/managers

💎 How to put together a design system from scratch (typography, brand colors, and more)

💎 How to turn concepts into wireframes that kickstart a great UI/UX

💎 How to structure your designs using Components, Auto-layout, and Variables

💎 How to make responsive designs that you can use for web & mobile

💎 How to leverage AI (both inside Figma and out) to kickstart your design process and give you ideas

💎 How to create an advanced prototype that looks like the real app using Animations and Variables

💎 A complete mobile & web app design that you can add to your portfolio


What our cohorts look like:

✅ You'll join a group of designers also early in their careers

✅ You'll have lifetime access to 157+ lectures that you can watch at your own pace

✅ You'll be able to join 4 live Zoom sessions for Q&A and learning as we design together

✅ You'll design a real booking app for mobile & web from scratch

✅ You can submit 9 Assignments and get my feedback directly in your Figma file

✅ You'll get access to a ton of bonus content to improve your designs even further

✅ You'll get a $20 credit to do user testing with Lyssna


This course is right for you if...

01

You're a designer looking to improve your process!

Level up and get quick in using components, auto-layout, variables, and more.

02

You're looking to switch into product design.

You've done some design work or dabbled with UI/UX and now looking to get serious with it.

03

You're an entrepreneur looking to make a killer product!

You have an idea on paper and want to turn it into prototypes to "Wow" investors.

What you’ll get out of this course

A Complete Web & Mobile App Design

You'll design a complete product that's both mobile and web-friendly. By the end of this course, you'll have a new project for your portfolio and UX case study.

All the Latest Features, Tips & Tricks of Figma

You'll learn how to do things more than just 1 way, taking advantage of all the latest features that Figma offers, saving you hours of extra work in the future!

Knowledge of Taking a Product from 0 to 1

You'll put together everything product. From branding, colors, typography, images, wireframes, and more. You'll have tons of useful resources to use in the future!

UX Design & Research

You'll learn how to ask customers the right questions to help you with problem-solving and make improvements to your designs based on findings.

Leveraging AI in your Design Process

We'll learn how to use AI tools including FigmaAI to help us put together wireframes, first drafts, and improve our overall copywriting.

This course includes

4 interactive live sessions

Lifetime access to course materials

160 in-depth lessons

Direct access to instructor

9 projects to apply learnings

Guided feedback & reflection

Private community of peers

Course certificate upon completion

Maven Satisfaction Guarantee

This course is backed by Maven’s guarantee. You can receive a full refund within 14 days after the course ends, provided you meet the completion criteria in our refund policy.

Course syllabus

Week 1

Nov 25—Dec 1

    Nov

    27

    Session 1

    Wed 11/275:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)

    Project Overview

    3 items

    Wireframing the App

    13 items • Free preview

    Setting up a Design System

    8 items

Week 2

Dec 2—Dec 8

    Dec

    4

    Session 2

    Wed 12/45:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)

    Starting our Mobile Mockups

    16 items • Free preview

    Mobile Mockups Continued

    12 items

Week 3

Dec 9—Dec 15

    Dec

    11

    Session 3

    Wed 12/115:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)

    Finishing our Mobile App Designs

    12 items

    Web App Designs

    16 items • Free preview

Week 4

Dec 16—Dec 22

    Dec

    18

    Session 4

    Wed 12/185:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)

    Design Concepts Deep Dive

    5 items • Free preview

    Building a Prototype

    19 items

    Variables

    11 items

    The UX of Product Design

    9 items

    Animations & Interactions

    11 items

Post-course

    Dark Mode & Responsive Design

    5 items

    Working Smarter in Figma

    7 items

    Variables & Conditional Logic in Prototyping

    10 items

    Team Work & Dev Handoff

    11 items

    Conclusion

    1 item

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Meet your instructor

Nima Tahami

Nima Tahami

Product Designer, Entrepreneur, and Instructor

Nima Tahami is an entrepreneur & product designer, passionate about solving real user problems, creating beautiful products, and seeing ideas come to life.


Nima has been in the product space since 2010, when he first designed & developed more than 6 mobile games and apps, not long after Apple's app store launched.


In 2016, he went on to co-found ShiftRide, a car subscription marketplace used by thousands of users, generating over $0.5M in revenue. Nima was in charge of the product, and his work was covered in news outlets including Forbes, CBC, CNBC, and local papers. He exit ShiftRide mid-2021 to pursue teaching & freelance design work.


His online courses have enrolled 15,000+ students to date, from over 120 countries around the world, with his best-selling Figma course.


While freelancing, Nima helped dozens of clients in spaces including E-Commerce, Sport, Web3, Fintech, and Health Tech build beautiful and user-friendly products. Nima is currently working as a product designer at Raise, a recruitment company building products to help connect candidates & clients.


Ultimately, Nima's goal is to create beautiful and useful products, while teaching and inspiring others to become the best designers they can be.

Student Success Stories

        "I wholeheartedly recommend Nima's course to anyone interested in UI/UX design. This course is a game-changer! By the end, you'll not only be a Figma pro but also feel confident creating stunning designs from scratch. Don't miss this opportunity to boost your design career!"
Priyank B.

Priyank B.

Web Developer & Designer
        Nima'a course helped me change my career from teaching to UI-UX Design. It is not complicated and perfect for someone who doesn't have any ideas about color psychology, and the fundamentals of design. You also get to learn a lot while working on a solid project instead of just theory.
Pelin S.

Pelin S.

UI/UX & Instructional Designer
        If you have just finished bootcamp and are having major imposter syndrome this course helps give you the confidence in yourself and how attainable your new career can be.
Silvana B.

Silvana B.

Product Designer
        I would highly recommend this course to anyone who would like to pivot into UX or get better at interface design in general. You get to work on some cool projects in this course!
Monica I.

Monica I.

Full Stack Developer & UX Designer
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Course schedule

6 hours per week

  • Self-paced Lectures

    30 mins/day

    Bite-sized lectures to bring your product to the next step, learning as we design together.

  • Small Assignments

    30 mins/day

    Some of the design work we'll do will be left as small assignments for you to take-home. I'll share my designs for you to compare.

  • Live Sessions and Q&A

    30 mins/week

    Once a week, we'll sit do a live lecture together and also leave time to go over your questions.


    Wednesdays @12:00 PM Eastern Time

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