Filippos Protogeridis

One of the easiest ways to improve your collaboration with product managers and engineers is to improve your design handoff files.

- It doesn’t take a lot of time
- It drastically improves how people interpret your designs
- It reduces backs and forths between engineers and designers
- It gives engineers confidence that they are doing the right thing
- It increases the chances that what’s implemented will match the design

Great handoff files, for me, are an instant sign of design maturity.

It shows me that designers think not only of themselves but also the ecosystem of people around them.

Coming up with great handoffs boils down to the following:
- Setting context
- Adding structure
- Adding annotations
- Including all states
- Visualizing the flow
- Including a prototype
- Doing a run-through

Not everything is required for every design initiative; a small feature update may not need a full handoff, whereas a big, impactful one may require everything from the above.

In this cheat sheet, I’ve put together my top tips for delivering the “perfect” handoff file.

Bonus: I have also created a Figma Annotation and handoff kit with handy components for the above. Find the link in the comments. 👇

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PS: By handoff I'm not referring to the process of handing over a design, which should be a collaborative process from problem to solution, but rather the organized design file that is the single source of truth for what needs to be implemented.

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Here are 7 traits that separate good from great designers.

Every brilliant designer I've met throughout my career has encapsulated most, if not all, of these.

1. They always ask questions. They never assume they know.
2. They value craft, strategy, and insight. All three, without compromises.
3. They aren't confined by their job spec. They expand as needed.
4. They are brilliant at storytelling. They can captivate and influence.
5. They often work on side projects. They are driven by curiosity.
6. They never stop learning. They are hungry to expand their knowledge.
7. They often leave their design bubble. They don't settle.

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What would you add to this list?

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