Advanced Figma Training Program

9.2

(20 ratings)

3 Weeks

Cohort-based Course

Introducing 👉 ❖ Figma Academy 2.0 ❖ Where teams like Stripe and Shopify have sent 4,000+ designers to learn advanced design tactics

Advanced Figma Training Program

9.2

(20 ratings)

3 Weeks

Cohort-based Course

Introducing 👉 ❖ Figma Academy 2.0 ❖ Where teams like Stripe and Shopify have sent 4,000+ designers to learn advanced design tactics

Hosted by

Ridd

Founding designer at Maven and the creator of dive.club

Ridd

Founding designer at Maven and the creator of dive.club

Course overview

There's a reason teams like Shopify keep enrolling more of their designers... 👀

❖ Academy 2.0 is the most advanced design program on the internet

❖ The curriculum features hands-on projects and covers all of the latest features

❖ The lessons are built directly inside of Figma so you can access all of the UI

Who this is NOT for 👇

Designers who are just looking to learn basic Figma features 🙅‍♀️

Graphic designers who don't collaborate with engineers 🙅‍♂️

People who don't want to learn by building each day in Figma 🙅

Designers who are just looking to learn basic Figma features 🙅‍♀️

Graphic designers who don't collaborate with engineers 🙅‍♂️

People who don't want to learn by building each day in Figma 🙅

Are you ready to become a more valuable product designer? 📈

Level up the rest of your company

This program is jam-packed with mental models and examples that will transform you into the Figma guru on your team

Become your engineering team’s favorite designer

Learn specific strategies to help you collaborate with developers more effectively and craft interfaces that are intuitive to build.

Take the entire course directly in Figma

Access all of the lesson UI and view real world examples right on the Figma canvas. Now you can learn Figma directly in Figma.

Introducing the all-new Advanced Figma training program 👇

Everything people loved about Figma Academy redesigned from the ground up as a cohort-based course

9.2

(20 ratings)

Trusted by 4,000+ designers 🎨

If I could give this course 101 stars, I would. Love how meticulously structured and organized all major themes are.

Anastasiia Fortune

Senior Product Designer @ J&J

I wouldn’t be in the job or position I am if I didn’t sign up for this course. It’s genuinely changed my career.

Paul Ashcroft

Designer @ Barclays

Color system lesson is one of the best I’ve had the opportunity to see in my 10+ year career as an interface designer.

Nikola

Product Designer

Fantastic resource, well-paced, has great insights, and will be my north star moving forward in my career.

Elizabeth McDonald

UX/UI Designer @ Tandem

I searched for so long to find a Figma course that was just right - one to take me right to Figma expert level - this is it!

Henry Daggett

Product Designer and Design Systems @ Societe Generale CIB

The Academy opened up a door for me to see how top-level designers think and build their design ecosystem and files!

Ghazaleh Motia

Product Designer @ Mercedes-Benz.io

Course schedule

3-6 hours per week

▶️ Watch the lesson videos on your own time

You'll have access to the full curriculum and can track your progress throughout the week.
✏️ Work on projects throughout the week
This program is designed to be hands-on so you'll be building in Figma from start to finish
📅 Join Thursday live Q&A sessions
12pmEST
Each Thursday at 12pmEST we'll go over all the questions for that week (even if you have to watch the recording).
👀 Show your work for Feedback Fridays
At the end of each week you'll share your progress to hold yourself accountable and get feedback on your work.

Where the top teams train their designers 👩‍💻

Email us for team rates 💌 figma.academy.team@gmail.com

Everything you need to become the Figma guru on your team 💪

Here's an overview of what you'll learn 👇

Week 1 — Variables + Design Systems

❖ Building color and typography systems

❖ Nailing your design system foundation

❖ Strategies for variables and libraries

❖ Leveraging theming and modes

🫵 At the end of week 1 you'll have built a full systems foundation

Week 2 — Advanced Components + Workflows

❖ Strategies for component properties + variants

❖ Building responsive components and layouts

❖ Leveraging slot and content components

❖ Workflows for iterating more quickly

❖ Designing with real data

🫵 At the end of week 2 you'll have built robust layouts and component sets using the most advanced techniques

Week 3 — Prototyping + Handoff

❖ Mental models for prototyping more efficiently

❖ Strategies for collaborating with engineers

❖ Structuring animation libraries in Figma

❖ Prototyping with logic and variables

❖ Organizing Figma like a pro

🫵 At the end of week 3 you'll have created advanced prototypes and learned to think like an engineer

Get to know me 👋

Ridd

Teaching Figma to thousands of designers at the top teams in tech

I joined Maven as the founding designer a few years ago and now I'm building a new type of design school called Dive 🤿

I'm passionate about helping others grow in their careers and luckily I've been fortunate to train thousands of designers from all over the world with Figma Academy 🌍

(trusted by 40k+ designers)

9.2

(20 ratings)

The Academy is designed to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 🙌

I can see this as a resource I'll turn to again and again. Already have put much of this into practice, and it's been truly helpful for my growth as a designer. Real gold here.

Megan Bond

Product Designer @ Hometap

Transferred a ton of knowledge to my team and it contributed heavily to our team's migration from Sketch to Figma this year.

Garrett Lerner-Palomar

UX Designer @ Coast Capital Savings

I really like that it was geared towards an "intermediate" level of Figma, and really opened my eyes to a lot of different things.

Sean Norton

UX Designer @ SPR

Having a course done inside the tool is kind of mind blowing and so interesting. It definitely gives me a competitive edge.

Heber Lopez

UI/UX Designer

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