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Figma: Handing Off to Developers

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Intermediate 2 hours English Completion Certificate

About this course

The designer-to-developer handoff is one of the most common friction points in product teams — designs that look finished to a designer can be unclear or incomplete from a developer's perspective. This LinkedIn Learning course covers what designers need to do in Figma to make handoff smooth: organizing layers and components correctly, setting up spacing and typography styles that developers can inspect, exporting assets correctly, adding annotations, and using Figma's developer mode.

It's a short, practical course that pays back its time investment immediately in reduced back-and-forth with engineering teams — particularly useful for designers working in cross-functional product teams where they collaborate closely with engineers.

What you'll learn

Organize Figma files and layers for developer inspection
Set up design tokens and styles that translate cleanly to code
Export assets correctly for web and mobile
Add annotations and documentation within Figma
Use Figma's developer mode to enable accurate implementation

This course includes

2h
On-demand video
Yes
Certificate
Yes
Mobile access
English
Language
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Instructor

LL
LinkedIn Learning Instructor
LinkedIn Learning instructor
85K+ learners8 courses4.6 instructor rating

Delivered on LinkedIn Learning, focused on practical Figma workflow skills for professional product design teams.

Requirements

  • Basic Figma familiarity required — this is not an intro-to-Figma course

Who this course is for

  • Product designers working in cross-functional teams with engineers
  • UI/UX designers who want to reduce implementation friction
  • Anyone who uses Figma and wants more structured handoff workflows

About this provider

LL
LinkedIn Learning
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Frequently asked questions

Yes — this assumes you can already build designs in Figma and focuses on the handoff preparation workflow specifically, not Figma fundamentals.
Dev Mode makes many assets inspectable automatically, but proper layer organization, naming conventions, and component structure still significantly affect how accurately developers can implement designs — this course covers that preparation.
About 2 hours — short and specific, focused on the handoff workflow rather than general Figma features.
Paid
Included with LinkedIn Learning subscription
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