Figma Crash Course: From Basics to Pro in 4 Days

Erin Essex

15+ years in UX — now at YouTube

Ready to transform the way you design in Figma?

Figma has become the go-to tool for modern design teams and solo creators. Whether you’re sketching your very first wireframe or collaborating on polished prototypes, this course will give you the confidence and skills to create, collaborate, and share ideas seamlessly. In just four sessions, you’ll go from beginner to confident user — ready to design smarter and faster.

What you’ll learn

Unlock the mindset of a UX designer and bring your ideas to life — faster, smarter, and cleaner in just 4 days.

  • Swiftly navigate the platform with the essential shortcuts, tools, and panels used by professional designers.

  • Practice hands-on navigation exercises to build speed and comfort inside Figma.

  • Use real project files so you understand how teams structure pages, layers, naming, and organization.

  • Build interactive prototypes with transitions, interactions, taps, overlays, and flows.

  • Test your designs just like end-users would and iterate based on usability feedback.

  • Practice presenting your work to with clarity and design rationale.

  • Apply foundational design principles such as alignment, spacing, typography, color, and more to build polished interfaces.

  • Receive guided feedback so you can refine your visual decisions and understand why they work.

  • Complete layout challenges that mirror real-world UI tasks, like dashboards, cards, and mobile screens.

  • Create sketches and wireframes to define structure and foundation to your designs.

  • Progressively iterate toward high-fidelity screens that are portfolio ready.

  • Develop a polished project (mobile app flow) to showcase your Figma skills.

  • Create components, variants, grids, and auto-layout structures that reduce redesign time.

  • Add interactive elements like fixed headers, sticky bars, and horizontal scroll to modernize your UI.

  • Use industry-standard component patterns so you can confidently work inside any team’s existing design system.

  • Use FigJam to contribute ideas clearly during team reviews, planning sessions, and early design discussions.

  • Apply collaborative tools like widgets, stamps, sticky notes, and more to make team sessions more productive.

  • Learn how to follow, comment, and co-edit live in shared FigJam and Figma files without disrupting the team’s work.

Learn directly from Erin

Erin Essex

Erin Essex

Design Leader at Google | Ex. Product Design Director of MongoDB & Shutterstock

Google
YouTube
Shutterstock
MongoDB
Major League Baseball

Who this course is for

  • Beginners who want to learn Figma from scratch.

    (PMs, engineers, rising digital designers, etc.)

  • Startup founders and business owners who want to be hands on and involved in the design and creation of their product.

  • Graphic designers looking for a new tool and skills for UX/UI, product, and collaborative design.

What's included

Erin Essex

Live sessions

Learn directly from Erin Essex in a real-time, interactive format.

Lifetime access

Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.

Community of peers

Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.

Certificate of completion

Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.

Private Figma Library Access

Never feel lost on Figma again with the ongoing video library.

Maven Guarantee

This course is backed by the Maven Guarantee. Students are eligible for a full refund up until the halfway point of the course.

Course syllabus

17 lessons • 2 projects

Week 1

Mar 9—Mar 12

    Day 1: Understanding Figma and Wireframing

    7 items

    Day 2: Prototyping and UI Design in Figma

    6 items

    Day 3: Optional Office Hours

    1 item

    Day 4: AI and Project Presentations

    5 items

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Schedule

Live sessions

7-9 hrs

Class Time: 7.5 hours| Office Hours: 1.5 hours

Projects

2-6 hrs

In this crash course you will be working on a final assignment where you build out a high fidelity UX flow on an app of your design.

Async content

1-5 hrs

This course is 100% live! I am here to support you through your design journey and troubleshoot any challenges you face along the way.

Testimonials

  • Erin’s course helped me gain the foundational knowledge I needed to get started in the industry. I really appreciated how encouraging and available Erin was during and even after the UX design course. Her encouragement was the extra boost of confidence I needed to start applying for jobs and see what was possible!
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    Amy Henderson

    Sr. Content Designer, Addepar
  • “Getting the opportunity to learn from Erin was a huge turning point in my career. In the time we worked together, I improved my storytelling, learned how to navigate stakeholder relationships efficiently, and most of all, became more confident in myself.”
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    Allison Mui

    Product designer, MongoDB

Frequently asked questions

$449

USD

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