The Nest - Product
Role
Design Lead /
UX Manager
Dates
2020 - Present
Canada Life’s Design System
The Nest Design System provides a collection of solved problems that are designed to be reusable across all teams. Centrally managed, its libraries and development tools enable significant cost savings and risk reduction across digital delivery teams. Guided by clear standards, these reusable components, can be assembled together to build any number of digital applications. The Design System enables teams to build better products faster, ensure a cohesive user experience and make it possible to design at scale.
A lifeline to building Canada Life digital experiences.
9
1
Libraries available in Figma for design consistency
Source of truth documentation site
10
160+
Reusable & accessible module experiences
Unique components & atoms
Key areas of work:
Champion the design system through guidance, advocacy, and stakeholder reviews.
Design for inclusive and accessible experiences.
Explore all scenarios and edge cases, amongst technology specifications and constraints.
Clear and concise design system documentation.
Ongoing maintenance of libraries, patterns, and guidelines in Figma.
Support
Weekly Design Office Hours.
Support, mentor and provide feedback on work from a variety of initiatives within the organization.
Provide guidelines for designers, with job-aids and templates for quick starts and ease of use.
Collaborative working sessions.
Present opportunities for up-skilling and team learning.
Nest timeline
Strengthening of system with addition of modules & patterns
2025-2026
Migration of documentation from InVision DSM to Zeroheight
2024
Migration of all libraries from Sketch to Figma
2023
Implementation of Mobile Design System
2022
Migration of system to InVision DSM (from internally hosted site)
2020
Design System launched
2019
Team feedback
“Very knowledgeable, really good energy, has high aptitude and skill for high-quality design craft, and is a great collaborator.”
— Deb, User experience Director“Sasha always considers the user while creating thoughtful, accessible design solutions. She is fast and thorough and if she doesn't have an answer, she will work to find one.”
— Starla, Mgr Visual User Interface DesignMulti-platform support
Figma libraries
Storybook library
Salesforce library
Zeroheight documentation