Gartner Digital Market's first ever multi-brand design system

I led the architecture and construction of a Figma component library ecosystem comprised of 7 interconnected files. Our main design system crew was as lean as it gets: me and one engineer. Along the way we've had bursts of help from a QA analyst and other engineers to support our build of v1. Going from nothing to that first big release took us about 8 months. And of course the work doesn't stop there. We continue to make enhancements, like adding variables on the Figma side of the house, squash bugs, and improve our documentation.

Earning leadership's trust that the shared UI elements wouldn't mean sacrificing visual design fidelity of any of our four brands.

Developing processes and system guardrails that balanced 1) making progress with 2) ensuring designers felt included and in the driver's seat when it came to visual design.

Flexing with shifts in business priorities to ensure the system can serve the largest population of consumers possible.

- Ryan Weisser

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