Verizon Design System
Category:
Design System
Client:
Verizon
Duration:
8 months
Objective
At Verizon, I was one of the member leading the evolution of Monarch Library — a scalable, token-driven design system that powers multiple enterprise-level digital products. My focus was to align design and engineering through standardization, usability, and automation while enabling visual consistency and flexibility across platforms.
Problem
Verizon’s digital ecosystem faced inconsistencies across products due to isolated component libraries and fragmented workflows between design and development. The system lacked unified design tokens, cohesive component architecture, and an efficient review mechanism — slowing down delivery and creating visual mismatches at scale.
Approach
Conducted extensive audits of existing UI components and interaction patterns to identify gaps and redundancy.
Established a core token architecture in Figma Variables, aligning typography, color, elevation, and spacing across themes.
Built modular components with configurable properties to enable scalability and flexibility for varied product contexts and upgrading the existing DS.
Collaborated with developers to ensure cross-platform parity, refining the design-to-code pipeline for Figma to React implementation.
We established themes with 6 surfaces with 3 light surfaces and 3 dark surfaces. All the components created were themed for all 6 surfaces.
Outcome
Introduced a unified design token framework, improving cross-product consistency and reducing design-developer mismatches by over 60%.
Significantly reduced component creation time for designers and engineers, improving design velocity and developer handoff efficiency.
Enabled the design system to scale across new themes and future rebrands with minimal refactoring.
Established Monarch Library as a reliable, evolving ecosystem that supports Verizon’s broader design and product vision.
