How To Improve Your Design and Research Portfolios

UI Narrative: UX, UI, IxD, Design and Research

Episode 44 Show Notes:

I recently reviewed over 200 portfolios for a Junior Product Designer position we needed to fill. As I was going through these portfolios, I noticed a common problem. A lot of candidates don’t know what to put in their portfolio or how to keep a hiring manager on their portfolio for at least 2 minutes.

This episode will be me ranting and providing guidance for anyone who is a designer or researcher with a portfolio. After reviewing these portfolios, I understood what most junior Uxers portfolios look like after finishing an online boot camp or college degree. I hate to break this to you, but they suck, and nobody’s told you this. I even hate having to say it out loud because it makes me the bad guy. 😩

I’m not going to be judging you this whole episode; instead, I will be giving you clear steps on why it sucks and how you can make it better because I want you to land the interview.

Take a listen and tag @uinarrativeco on Twitter with your questions or comments.

Mentions:

Website Building Tools:

Squarespace

www.squarespace.com

Webflow

https://webflow.com

Wix

https://www.wix.com

Elementor for Wordpress

https://elementor.com

Mentor Resources:

ADPList.org

Designed.org

Rookieup.com

And of course you can always chat with me at uinarrative.com/workwithme or email me at [e-mail]

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