Amazon
Seattle, Washington
Project type
- Design systems
- Component builds
- Template library
- Specs and documentation
My role
- Sr system designer (UX Designer V)
- Design system technologist
Devices & Design Group
Within the Devices & Design Group at Amazon (2020-2023), our team of 9 System Designers and Technologists created, maintained, and owned the design systems for all of Amazon’s devices. My focus was working with our interaction and CX designers to build or upgrade feature-rich, streamlined components that synched closely with their functionality in code, and maximized usability. My scope was mainly within the Alexa core, Fire TV, and Echo family design systems.
Echo Design System
The Echo device family included several devices, including Echo Spot, original Echo Show models, and all tablet-style Echo Show devices. My responsibilities for Echo included migrating and maintaining the compressive clock library, patterns, and templates, as well as OOBE setup, from Sketch to Figma for all Echo devices.
Some Echo devices included thousands of clock configuration permutations, with settings for clock-face styles, backgrounds, color theming, and more. The following is a sampling of the clock library and templates for Echo Spot, Echo Show 8, and Echo Show 10.
Echo Spot Clock Library Sampling // Device Mockup
Echo Show 8 Clock Library Sampling // Device Mockup
Echo Show 8, 10 Mockups // Atomic Components and Template Samplings
Echo Clock Library documentation & specs
The following is a sampling of the docs and specs for engineering handoff. At Amazon, we chose to house documentation within Figma with live nested components so that when components are updated, the specs are automatically updated as well. Dev Mode was later integrated into the handoff process, which was made easier with docs that were already housed within Figma.
