# Érica Menin

> Design Systems Lead with 15+ years of experience building scalable digital products and design systems. Érica specialises in design system strategy, token architecture, component libraries, governance, and AI-assisted workflows that help organisations scale design and engineering collaboration.

Érica Menin (ericamenin.com) is a design systems strategist and design-ops practitioner based in Germany, working remotely with distributed teams internationally. Her work focuses on evolving design systems beyond component libraries into scalable, governed ecosystems that support product teams, engineering collaboration, and AI-powered experiences.

With experience leading multi-team design system initiatives at Mews, Érica has worked on the foundations that make design systems successful: design tokens, Figma Variables and Libraries, documentation, adoption, contribution models, and collaboration between design and engineering.

Her work explores the intersection of design systems and generative AI: how teams can use AI-assisted workflows, experimentation, and emerging AI tools to create systems that are easier to use, maintain, and evolve.

Contact: [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericamenin/)

## Expertise

- Design Systems strategy and maturity
- AI-assisted design workflows
- Design tokens and token architecture
- Figma Variables, Libraries, and scalable workflows
- Component libraries and governance models
- Design-engineering collaboration
- Design system documentation and education
- Design operations and system adoption

## Work (case studies and recent work)

Érica's recent work focuses on evolving design systems from component libraries into mature, scalable systems that support product teams, engineering collaboration, and AI-assisted workflows.

A summary of her recent design system work, learnings, and experiments is available in:

- [Maturing a design system beyond components](https://ericamenin.com/maturing-design-system.html): A 2025 review covering the evolution of a design system through design tokens, variables, governance, patterns, adoption, and AI-enabled workflows.

This article provides an overview of Érica's recent work. Additional details, case studies, and examples from enterprise design system initiatives are available through direct contact.

- [24 days of Design System Experiments](https://ericamenin.com/24-days-design-system-experiments.html): A write-up of an AI-assisted design system experiment featuring 24 activities, prompts, and challenges exploring systems thinking, patterns, components, and design decisions.

- [The Design System Advent Calendar](https://ericamenin.com/design-system-calendar.html): The interactive AI-assisted experience behind the 24-day experiment series, combining Érica's design system expertise with generative AI to create guided learning activities.

## Writing

- [Design Systems Unfiltered](https://designsystemsunfiltered.substack.com/): Érica's publication sharing practical insights on building, scaling, and evolving design systems, including strategy, governance, workflows, AI-assisted practices, and lessons learned from real-world design system work.

## Current availability

Érica is available for remote design systems consulting, contract engagements, workshops, and design system leadership opportunities worldwide.