diff --git a/src/StudioHeader.jsx b/src/StudioHeader.jsx
index 6f95e2c9e8..daa7891146 100644
--- a/src/StudioHeader.jsx
+++ b/src/StudioHeader.jsx
@@ -5,11 +5,17 @@ import { AppContext } from '@edx/frontend-platform/react';
 import {
   APP_CONFIG_INITIALIZED,
   ensureConfig,
+  getConfig,
   mergeConfig,
   subscribe,
 } from '@edx/frontend-platform';
+import { ActionRow } from '@edx/paragon';
 
-import DesktopHeader from './DesktopHeader';
+import { Menu, MenuTrigger, MenuContent } from './Menu';
+import Avatar from './Avatar';
+import { LinkedLogo, Logo } from './Logo';
+
+import { CaretIcon } from './Icons';
 
 import messages from './Header.messages';
 
@@ -28,7 +34,124 @@ subscribe(APP_CONFIG_INITIALIZED, () => {
   }, 'StudioHeader additional config');
 });
 
-function StudioHeader({ intl, mainMenu, appMenu }) {
+class StudioDesktopHeaderBase extends React.Component {
+  constructor(props) { // eslint-disable-line no-useless-constructor
+    super(props);
+  }
+
+  renderUserMenu() {
+    const {
+      userMenu,
+      avatar,
+      username,
+      intl,
+    } = this.props;
+
+    return (
+      <Menu transitionClassName="menu-dropdown" transitionTimeout={250}>
+        <MenuTrigger
+          tag="button"
+          aria-label={intl.formatMessage(messages['header.label.account.menu.for'], { username })}
+          className="btn btn-outline-primary d-inline-flex align-items-center pl-2 pr-3"
+        >
+          <Avatar size="1.5em" src={avatar} alt="" className="mr-2" />
+          {username} <CaretIcon role="img" aria-hidden focusable="false" />
+        </MenuTrigger>
+        <MenuContent className="mb-0 dropdown-menu show dropdown-menu-right pin-right shadow py-2">
+          {userMenu.map(({ type, href, content }) => (
+            <a className={`dropdown-${type}`} key={`${type}-${content}`} href={href}>{content}</a>
+          ))}
+        </MenuContent>
+      </Menu>
+    );
+  }
+
+  renderLoggedOutItems() {
+    const { loggedOutItems } = this.props;
+
+    return loggedOutItems.map((item, i, arr) => (
+      <a
+        key={`${item.type}-${item.content}`}
+        className={i < arr.length - 1 ? 'btn mr-2 btn-link' : 'btn mr-2 btn-outline-primary'}
+        href={item.href}
+      >
+        {item.content}
+      </a>
+    ));
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    const {
+      logo,
+      logoAltText,
+      logoDestination,
+      loggedIn,
+      intl,
+      actionRowContent,
+    } = this.props;
+    const logoProps = { src: logo, alt: logoAltText, href: logoDestination };
+    const logoClasses = getConfig().AUTHN_MINIMAL_HEADER ? 'mw-100' : null;
+
+    return (
+      <header className="site-header-desktop">
+        <a className="nav-skip sr-only sr-only-focusable" href="#main">{intl.formatMessage(messages['header.label.skip.nav'])}</a>
+        <div className={`container-fluid ${logoClasses}`}>
+          <div className="nav-container position-relative d-flex align-items-center">
+            {logoDestination === null ? <Logo className="logo" src={logo} alt={logoAltText} /> : <LinkedLogo className="logo" {...logoProps} />}
+            <ActionRow>
+              {actionRowContent}
+              <nav
+                aria-label={intl.formatMessage(messages['header.label.secondary.nav'])}
+                className="nav secondary-menu-container align-items-center ml-auto"
+              >
+                {loggedIn ? this.renderUserMenu() : this.renderLoggedOutItems()}
+              </nav>
+            </ActionRow>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </header>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+StudioDesktopHeaderBase.propTypes = {
+  userMenu: PropTypes.arrayOf(PropTypes.shape({
+    type: PropTypes.oneOf(['item', 'menu']),
+    href: PropTypes.string,
+    content: PropTypes.string,
+  })),
+  loggedOutItems: PropTypes.arrayOf(PropTypes.shape({
+    type: PropTypes.oneOf(['item', 'menu']),
+    href: PropTypes.string,
+    content: PropTypes.string,
+  })),
+  logo: PropTypes.string,
+  logoAltText: PropTypes.string,
+  logoDestination: PropTypes.string,
+  avatar: PropTypes.string,
+  username: PropTypes.string,
+  loggedIn: PropTypes.bool,
+  actionRowContent: PropTypes.element,
+
+  // i18n
+  intl: intlShape.isRequired,
+};
+
+StudioDesktopHeaderBase.defaultProps = {
+  userMenu: [],
+  loggedOutItems: [],
+  logo: null,
+  logoAltText: null,
+  logoDestination: null,
+  avatar: null,
+  username: null,
+  loggedIn: false,
+  actionRowContent: null,
+};
+
+const StudioDesktopHeader = injectIntl(StudioDesktopHeaderBase);
+
+function StudioHeader({ intl, actionRowContent }) {
   const { authenticatedUser, config } = useContext(AppContext);
 
   const userMenu = authenticatedUser === null ? [] : [
@@ -56,44 +179,21 @@ function StudioHeader({ intl, mainMenu, appMenu }) {
     loggedIn: authenticatedUser !== null,
     username: authenticatedUser !== null ? authenticatedUser.username : null,
     avatar: authenticatedUser !== null ? authenticatedUser.avatar : null,
-    mainMenu,
+    actionRowContent,
     userMenu,
-    appMenu,
     loggedOutItems: [],
   };
 
-  return <DesktopHeader {...props} />;
+  return <StudioDesktopHeader {...props} />;
 }
 
 StudioHeader.propTypes = {
   intl: intlShape.isRequired,
-  appMenu: PropTypes.shape(
-    {
-      content: PropTypes.string,
-      href: PropTypes.string,
-      menuItems: PropTypes.arrayOf(
-        PropTypes.shape({
-          type: PropTypes.string,
-          href: PropTypes.string,
-          content: PropTypes.string,
-        }),
-      ),
-    },
-  ),
-  mainMenu: PropTypes.arrayOf(
-    PropTypes.shape(
-      {
-        type: PropTypes.string,
-        href: PropTypes.string,
-        content: PropTypes.string,
-      },
-    ),
-  ),
+  actionRowContent: PropTypes.element,
 };
 
 StudioHeader.defaultProps = {
-  appMenu: null,
-  mainMenu: [],
+  actionRowContent: <></>,
 };
 
 export default injectIntl(StudioHeader);