Level Up with Figma

4.8 (156)

7 Weeks

Cohort-based Course

Learn all you need to get started and excel with one of the industry's most widely used design tools. Refreshed for Config 2024!

This course is popular

30 people enrolled last week.

Level Up with Figma

4.8 (156)

7 Weeks

Cohort-based Course

Learn all you need to get started and excel with one of the industry's most widely used design tools. Refreshed for Config 2024!

This course is popular

30 people enrolled last week.

Hosted by

Joey Banks

Founder of Baseline. Prev. building design systems at Webflow, Twitter, & Figma.

Joey Banks

Founder of Baseline. Prev. building design systems at Webflow, Twitter, & Figma.

Course overview

Covering all of Figma's features to help you become an expert with the tool.

Become your team's expert with one of the industry's most popular design tools: Figma! Nearly every team is using Figma in some way, due to its take on collaboration, community files and plugins, and its powerful design system and prototyping features.

Whether you're brand new to Figma, looking to brush up on the fundamentals, or want to understand more about how the basics relate to the design tool's advanced features, such as multi-edit, variables, auto layout, or design systems, this course covers it all. ✨

Who is this course for...

Beginners who are interested in learning all about using Figma, with a focus on product design and design systems.

Senior and staff designers looking to learn more about how to best build, structure, and organize components and component libraries.

Design teams who are in the process of making the switch to Figma and want to learn more about how to get the most out of the tool.

Beginners who are interested in learning all about using Figma, with a focus on product design and design systems.

Senior and staff designers looking to learn more about how to best build, structure, and organize components and component libraries.

Design teams who are in the process of making the switch to Figma and want to learn more about how to get the most out of the tool.

Content Designers who would like to learn how to collaborate effectively with designers in Figma.

Key outcomes

Gain a solid understanding of the basics

Learn how to navigate the Figma interface, make and arrange design elements, and create and manage teams, projects, and files. Understand the tool's foundations, such as frames and groups, and practice with all the essential tools to help you succeed.

Learn several advanced techniques and time-saving features

We’ll cover the many features that can help you save time as you design, such as auto layout, variables, component creation, variants, and properties. I'll also cover everything new in Figma's latest redesign and how we can effectively use Figma's new AI in the design tool.

Learn how to make, organize, and publish component libraries

Become the Figma expert on your team in understanding component organization and publishing flows to help everyone design using your team's system and library. I'll be sure to cover methods for following atomic component design within the tool, as well!

Receive feedback and meet other designers

My favorite thing about design is the opportunity to meet and work with others; throughout this course, there’s an emphasis on just that. Through regular office hours (Thurs 12:30p/7p EST), feedback sessions, and built-in community tools, everyone can connect with one another.

This course includes

Interactive live sessions

Lifetime access to course materials

34 in-depth lessons

Direct access to instructor

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

01 – Hello & Welcome • (10/21/24)

1 item

02 – The Basics: Teams, Projects, Files, & Pages • (10/21/24)

1 item

03 – The Basics: Interface Elements & Techniques • (10/22/24)

1 item

04 – The Basics: Collaboration & Teamwork • (10/22/24)

1 item

05 – The Figma Community • (10/22/24)

1 item

06 – Frames vs. Groups • (10/23/24)

1 item

07 – Building with Constraints • (10/23/24)

1 item

08 – Live Discussion: Figma Weekly • (10/24/24)

1 item

09 – Practicing with Constraints • (10/25/24)

1 item

Week 2

Dec 2—Dec 8

10 – Auto Layout: Introduction • (10/28/24)

1 item

11 – Auto Layout: Building with Auto Layout • (10/28/24)

1 item

12 – Components: An Introduction • (10/29/24)

1 item

13 – Components: Creating Variants • (10/29/24)

1 item

14 – Components: Component Properties • (10/29/24)

1 item

15 – Component & File Organization • (10/30/24)

1 item

16 – Creating & Publishing Component Libraries • (10/30/24)

1 item

17 – Live Discussion: Figma Weekly • (10/31/24)

1 item

18 – Practice: Building Components & Applying Auto Layout • (11/01/24)

1 item

Week 3

Dec 9—Dec 15

19 – Variables: An Introduction • (11/04/24)

1 item

20 – Variables: Creating Variables and Modes • (11/04/24)

1 item

21 – Variables: Scoping • (11/04/24)

1 item

22 – Variables vs. Styles: When to Use Which? • (11/05/24)

1 item

23 – Dev Mode: Collaborating with Developers • (11/05/24)

1 item

24 – Editing with Multi-edit • (11/06/24)

1 item

25 – Using AI within Figma • (11/06/24)

1 item

26 – Live Discussion: Figma Weekly • (11/07/24)

1 item

27 – Practice: Creating with Variables • (11/08/24)

1 item

Week 4

Dec 16—Dec 22

28 – Prototyping: An Introduction • (11/11/24)

1 item

29 – Prototyping: Interactive Components • (11/11/24)

1 item

30 – Prototyping: Using Variables • (11/12/24)

1 item

31 – Prototypes & Variables: Other Useful Tips • (11/12/24)

1 item

32 – Practice: Creating Site Interactions • (11/13/24)

1 item

33 – Live Discussion: Figma Weekly • (11/14/24)

1 item

34 – Thank You • (11/15/24)

1 item

Week 5

Dec 23—Dec 29

Nothing scheduled for this week

Week 6

Dec 30—Jan 5

Nothing scheduled for this week

Week 7

Jan 6—Jan 10

Nothing scheduled for this week

4.8 (156 ratings)

What students are saying

Meet your instructor

Joey Banks

Product Designer, Design Systems

Hi there, I'm Joey! 👋 I'm a product designer who's worked for Webflow, Twitter, and Figma, and I focus on design systems at scale. I created this course because I love helping designers feel more comfortable and confident using Figma. I began using the design tool in 2016 and have only fallen more in love with it and its incredible capabilities.

I'm also the creator of many iOS and macOS UI kits for Figma, which have been downloaded over 500,000 times in the Figma Community. Teaching is my passion, and I'm grateful to have worked with designers of all levels and from companies of all sizes in my mentoring and specialized training sessions.

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