Tips on how to make your UX Design portfolio impressive by demonstrating your UX skills, strong understanding of User, adding value to business and team while being results-oriented and at the same time making your story compelling to your target audience.

1. 14 ways to an Impressive
UX Design Portfolio

2. Why do you need a portfolio?

3. It is a demonstration of your:
▷ Skills and talent
▷ Personality
▷ Accomplishments
▷ Evidence of work
which can be reviewed and compared to other Designers’
work.

4. “It is your first impression to be
considered for a project or a role.
Portfolio is your story

5. How do you make your story compelling
enough to kick start a great conversation
with your potential employer?

6. 1.
Know your audience

7. ▷ You should know who they are and
what they are looking for.
▷ How can you as a Designer add
value to the team and the business.

8. 2.
Deep understanding of
your ‘User’

9. ▷Does your portfolio showcase a
strong understanding of users and
how your designs have resulted in
‘Happy’ users?

10. 3.
Be Objective

11. ▷Showcase in your portfolio your
curiosity and passion for what
motivates users for certain action.
▷The action can be a specific task
you want them to do or an emotion
or experience you want them to
leave with.

12. 4.
Showcase your skills as a
Designer

13. ▷Use case studies to show how you solved
certain problems.
▷Examples where you can show through
screenshots (or videos, sketches, and
graphs):
Visual Design - icons, typography, colors, layouts.
UX Designers - wireframes, prototypes, flowchart,
sitemap.
UX Researchers- Focus groups, interviews,
personas, surveys.

14. 5.
Focussing on
Nonaesthetic aspects of
Design

15. ▷Showcase how you solved business
problems and achieved certain
objectives

16. 6.
Research process

17. ▷Narrate your process of identifying
user needs, and analyzing the data
you collected.

18. 6(a).
Research process
Identifying User needs

19. ▷What were the objectives and why
did you chose a particular
methodology.
▷Narrate through screenshots of
research questions, in-depth
interview videos etc.

20. 6(b).
Research process
Analyzing the data

21. ▷What were the insights that drove
you to certain conclusions?
▷How did you develop user
personas?

22. 7(a).
Design process
Ideation

23. ▷Show sketches, handwritten notes,
and whiteboard pics of ideas you
had brainstormed explaining the
context to help viewer identify
what you have tried to achieve.

24. 7(b).
Design process
Prototyping

25. ▷Display your sketches, wireframes,
and prototypes while also
providing a snippet of what you
achieved.

26. 7(c).
Design process
Usability Testing

27. ▷Show how you collected data and
what changes you made from the
feedback.

28. 8.
Limited or no UX
experience

29. ▷Look for companies that look for
Designers at entry level, do side projects
and show your work in your portfolio.
▷Don’t miss out the volunteering
opportunities.
▷Connect with a mentor who can guide
and help you learn fast.

30. 9.
Be a Results-oriented
Designer

31. ▷Did you achieve any business
objectives in the past projects?
▷Were you able to bring in more
business such as:
More revenues.
More customers.
Achieve a higher customer satisfaction
(better user experiences).

32. 10.
Deliver your story

33. ▷Make it compelling.
▷Categorize your stories in mini
stories.
▷Add images and case studies in
each.
▷Use rich, in-depth case studies

34. 11.
User friendly

35. ▷Make your portfolio simple and
easy to navigate.
▷Make it mobile friendly.

36. 12.
Dealing with NDAs
(Do check with your clients first)

37. ▷Blur sensitive info.
▷Create sample of your work.
▷Use text only version of your work.

38. 13.
Testimonials

39. ▷Feature what your manager and
team members have to say about
your contribution to the project.

40. 14.
UX Learning

41. ▷Show your curiosity for learning as a
Designer.
▷Mention the name of books you
recently read, UX classes you are
taking, even non-UX courses related
to design (such as Psychology,
Marketing etc.).

43. We believe the future of innovation is through design –
design that puts people first.
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