Lucy — the PPTX ninja
A Figma plugin designed to make slide export feel less brittle and more productized. Lucy turns export prep into a friendlier workflow with slide ordering, quality presets, and batch output to PPTX or PDF. The live plugin is available in the Figma Community
Client
Lucy
Period
2026
Platforms
Figma plugin, launch assets, and promotional surfaces
Role
Founder
product vision, export workflow design, plugin UX, mascot brand system, launch packaging, and public Figma Community release
Work stages
export modes shaped around real delivery scenarios
product layers shipped as one launch story
launch-ready plugin with mascot, motion, and community release
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Overview
Lucy started as a very practical frustration: exporting presentation-ready assets from Figma still feels clumsy, repetitive, and oddly under-productized for teams that live inside decks
Instead of making another generic utility, I shaped Lucy as a small but fully branded product. The plugin helps teams batch slides, control export quality, reorder frames, and push output into PPTX or PDF with much less friction. The live plugin is available in the Figma Community
Business Context
The product sits in a familiar but underserved gap between design tooling and delivery tooling. Designers and operators constantly need to hand visual work off into presentation formats, but the last mile is still noisy and manual
That created an opportunity to build a tool that feels less like a script and more like a companion product: quicker to trust, easier to navigate, and memorable enough to stand out in a crowded plugin ecosystem
Design Process
I treated Lucy as a product launch rather than a feature mock. That meant designing the plugin UI, defining the export logic, shaping a mascot-led brand voice, and packaging the whole thing for public release at the same time
The strongest decision was giving the tool a soft assistant identity instead of a dry technical shell. That made the launch feel intentional, while the interface itself stayed sharp, dark, and task-focused
- Mapped the most common export pain points from design-to-deck workflows
- Reduced the UI to the few controls that matter under time pressure
- Built a mascot and visual system strong enough for public plugin discovery
- Packaged product UI, promo assets, and listing materials as one release
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The core strategy was to keep export decisions in one compact surface: output format, quality, and slide order all stay visible at the same time so the user never loses context
That turns export from a hidden technical step into a lightweight workflow moment with clear outcomes and fewer chances to make the wrong choice
Key Features
The product stands out because it combines practical utility with a stronger personality and launch discipline than most plugin-side tools ever get
- Dedicated PPTX and PDF modes built around real delivery scenarios
- Reordering of slides before export instead of forcing cleanup elsewhere
- Quality presets that help teams move quickly without second-guessing output
- A mascot-led identity that makes the plugin memorable without weakening trust
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The result is a launch-ready plugin that feels closer to a real product than a side utility: sharper in story, friendlier in tone, and much more intentional in the last mile from Figma to shareable documents
This case shows how I can take a tiny workflow problem, frame it as a product opportunity, and ship the UX, branding, motion, and community-facing package as one coherent release
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