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ashley zhu

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product designer & design systems advocate

Design system education lead at Capital One   

Featured works

Work
Select recent and notable case studies

Elevating design systems with education

Design leadership

Speaker & Facilitator

Instructional UX

Led Capital One's first enterprise design system education strategy rooted in the idea of fluency by design, making system learning intuitive, engaging, and scalable. From onboarding to advanced expertise, the new training program boosted confidence and adoption across design, product, and tech.

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Empowering brand theming

Figma expertise

Design systems

Project manager

Project managed migration of the Capital One enterprise design system to Figma variables to enable theming, dark mode, and future brand flexibility. This work set a scalable foundation across platforms, giving designers and engineers the tools to move faster with greater control and consistency.

Standardizing design, one file at a time

UX Research

Figma Design

UX Infrastructure

Created the first enterprise-wide documentation tools library that solved major pain points in file setup, collaboration, and developer handoff. Grounded in research, the library became a Figma resource that 119+ teams now rely on to streamline workflows, reduce designer confusion, and improve cross-functional communication.

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Speaking highlights

Design systems in conversation

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