Figma for Product Design
Design real app and website screens in Figma — and turn that skill into naira and dollars.
- Free
- Beginner-friendly
- 6 weeks · ~4 hrs/week
- 7 lessons
- ~1 hours
- Certificate on passing the project
Free account required to open the lessons. No card, no fees.
About this course
Learn product design hands-on in Figma: frames, components, auto-layout, responsive screens, clickable prototypes, design systems and developer handoff. You'll design real Nigerian product screens — a login, a dashboard, a mobile app — and build a portfolio piece that proves you can ship. By the end you can take on UI/UX gigs for Nigerian startups and SMEs (₦80,000+ per project) or freelance globally on Upwork and Toptal in dollars.
Every app on your phone — Opay, PiggyVest, your bank's app — was designed screen by screen before any code existed. The tool the whole industry uses for that is Figma, and it's free to start.
What you'll learn
- Figma canvas, frames, shapes & text
- Colour, type & reusable styles
- Components & variants
- Auto-layout & responsive constraints
- Prototyping & interactions
- Design systems basics
- Developer handoff & inspect
Course syllabus — 7 lessons
- Why product design pays — and how Figma turns you into a designer who earns11 min
- The canvas: frames, shapes, text and your first real screen13 min
- Colour, type and styles: making it look designed, not default12 min
- Components & variants: build it once, reuse it everywhere14 min
- Auto-layout & responsive constraints: screens that flex like real apps13 min
- Prototyping & interactions: make it clickable and feel alive12 min
- Design systems, developer handoff & getting paid14 min
Your project
Design a multi-screen app or website UI with components and a clickable prototype
A single Figma share link (set so it can be viewed/prototyped for assessment) showing at least four connected screens, a named styles + components page, and a working clickable prototype. Include a short text note covering: the product and target user, the components and auto-layout you used, your colour/type choices, and your pricing + client-finding plan. If your prototype link differs from the file link, include both.
Certificates on Skillnaija are earned, not issued for attendance: you submit this project, it is graded against a rubric, and passing issues a certificate anyone can verify.
Frequently asked questions
Is Figma for Product Design free?
Yes. Figma for Product Design is completely free on Skillnaija. You need a free account to open the lessons, and there is no charge for the course, the project, or the certificate.
How long does Figma for Product Design take to complete?
6 weeks · ~4 hrs/week. There are 7 lessons, about 1 hour of material in total. You learn at your own pace and your progress is saved.
Do I need any experience to start Figma for Product Design?
Beginner-friendly. You can start from scratch — no prior experience is assumed.
What will I learn in Figma for Product Design?
You will build practical skills in Figma canvas, frames, shapes & text, Colour, type & reusable styles, Components & variants, Auto-layout & responsive constraints, Prototyping & interactions, Design systems basics, Developer handoff & inspect. Every lesson is written for a Nigerian context, with examples drawn from how the work is actually done and paid for here.
Do I get a certificate for Figma for Product Design?
Yes, but it has to be earned. You complete the course project — Design a multi-screen app or website UI with components and a clickable prototype and submit it for grading. Passing the project issues a verifiable certificate; finishing the lessons alone does not.
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