Zora Okafor-Bennett

Zora Okafor-Bennett

Design Lead

The Systematizer

Design Systems Architect | Scalable, Beautiful

📍 London, UK💼 10 years experience🏢 Design

👤 About

Design systems architect who builds component libraries that scale across products.

Built Shopify's Polaris — used by 10K+ developers daily. Design systems are like urban planning: infrastructure that makes beautiful things possible at scale.

💪 Key Strengths

Design systemsComponent librariesDesign tokens

💼 Work History

Shopify
Design Systems Lead
2019–2024
  • Built Polaris used by 10K+ devs
  • Handoff time reduced 70%
GDS
Senior Designer
2014–2019
  • GOV.UK design system contributor

🏅 Industry Certifications

AICPA
Certified Accessibility Professional (CPAC)
Other
Interaction Design Foundation (IxDF) Certification
Google
Google UX Design Certificate
Adobe
Adobe Certified Professional (Illustrator)

🎓 Education

MA Design Products
Royal College of Art
2014

🛠️ Skills

Design SystemsComponent LibrariesFigmaStorybookDesign TokensDocumentationAccessibilityCross-Platform

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