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Design Engineer, UX Engineer, Design Technologist… There are many names for this role, but what we can all agree on is that there are designers who can code. The question is, should you? Does this blend of skills benefit the business and/or your career?

During this panel chat we’ll hear from 3 Design Technologists at Netflix, DuckDuckGo and Graphite and learn how they got there, what value they drove at various company types, and the challenges of integrating a role that doesn’t fit neatly into design or engineering.

Key Takeaways:

- Why and how Design Technologists drive business value

- Insight into the diverse responsibilities of the role

- How to navigate the challenges of integrating a hybrid skillset

Prototyping in Figma allows us to create realistic designs to test on real users, but there are a lot that goes into taking static designs to a functional piece. Join our Designer Advocate team for a Q&A focused on bring your designs to life for user testing with prototyping.

What does it actually mean to build with AI? Join us for a livestream with product leaders from Duolingo, LinkedIn, and Asana to learn about how they are building and launching AI-powered experiences for their businesses. We'll chat about how AI can change how you develop products—from start to finish—covering questions like:

How do you decide which use cases are best enabled by AI?

How does working with LLMs change the way design and prototype?

How do you prevent harm and mistrust when launching AI experiences?

Following the livestream, each PM will share the FigJam templates they used with their team when developing new features. Make sure you register to get these templates and the recording!

We’ve already launched 21 Little Big Updates, and have 20+ more to unveil! Join us for a live launch party as we wrap up our largest Little Big Updates launch ever. Hear from the designer advocates, product managers, designers, and engineers behind your favorite little features that make a big impact on how you work.

Join David from the Figma for Education team for an informal FigJam Jam Session! This informal session is an opportunity to get your questions answered, and meet other Figma K12 educators.

During this time we'll:

- Spotlight and share lesson ideas from teachers in FigJam

- Answer your FigJam questions

- Explore and demo new features

What does it mean to redesign travel? What just needs to be overhauled about the industry? And, what’s the role of design and research in all of that? Join us as Alan Grehan, Head of Design and Research at British Airways shares his approach and perspective.

Starting with a solid foundation is essential to your team's success. Figma Designer Advocate Jessica Emily along with Marc Obieglo, UI & Design System Lead at WiseTech Global will show us how to build a great design system foundation and give us an inside look behind the development of their design system at Wisetech.

Effective product development hinges on a well-defined process and seamless team communication. However, implementing these concepts can be more challenging in practice. Join our team, which includes a designer, design ops manager, and developer, for an interactive AMA discussion. We'll share our successful strategies for processes, communication, and ways of working. Bring your questions, and we'll do our best to address as many as possible during the live session!

Join the Figma for Education Team for an introductory session on how to use FigJam in the K12 classroom. FigJam is our online ‌whiteboard that facilitates collaboration for any class activity like brainstorming, researching, or making learning visual. Every student is empowered to create and explore on our playful, interactive canvas. FigJam is free to educators, students, and districts.

During the session, we will:

-Introduce FigJam and spotlight K12 classroom use cases

-Explore FigJam's powerful and fun tools

-Showcase sample classroom activities

-Answer any questions you have about FigJam

If you’re ready to bring your FigJam skills to the next level, this session is for you. Building on what you learned in FigJam 101, we’ll dive deeper into FigJam’s features and explore what FigJam can do to support teaching, learning, and engagement in your classroom.

FigJam is our online ‌ whiteboard that facilitates collaboration for any class activity like brainstorming, researching, or making learning visual. Every student is empowered to create and explore on our playful, interactive canvas. FigJam is free to educators, students, and districts.

During the session, we will answer questions like:

- How do I use FigJam to engage Students?

- How do I approach classroom management in FigJam?

- How can I use FigJam to support my students to make their learning visual?

- What widgets does FigJam have that plug in to my teaching and learning?

- How can I use FigJam in my classroom tomorrow?

Variables are a powerful tool in Figma that can be used across design systems and prototyping. Join our Designer Advocate team for a Q&A focused on how to use Variables in Figma.

Variables in Figma give designers the power to adapt layouts to different color modes, and content. In this workshop we will go over all of the basics when getting started with variables and modes for your design layouts. Explore what it takes to use variables to create a dark and light mode experiences, change the density of your spacing, vary the languages your design ui can accommodate, and so much more.

Led by Figma’s Designer Advocate for Education Miguel 'Miggi' Cardona, this is an intermediate monthly demo is for students, educators, teachers, instructors, teaching assistants, and those in the ed-tech space. See you there!