Select Squares with Bad UX Portfolios

You can't have great design without knowing what Bad Design is. You can't have a great ux design portfolio without knowing what a bad portfolio looks like.
Spotting the red flags is the only way to solve them - otherwise you just don't know they're there.
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Making a UX/UI Design portfolio can be tough. So here's a condensed walkthrough with the most common mistakes and ways to solve them and go around them.
Things like how to write your bio, how to pick the projects, how to write about your work and how to research your project thumbnails.
And a lot more!
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00:14 The Bad Portfolio
00:38 200 people got their ux job
00:56 visuals in UX portfolio
01:12 Best background color for a design portfolio
01:34 Portfolio structure
01:52 UX Project descriptions
03:06 Best design bio section
04:11 How to test your UX portfolio
06:13 How much research data?
07:01 Level up the portfolio
#portfolio #ux #design

[@MalewiczHype]

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[@crossxer6099]

Quick tip for everyone is to niche down, it helps with competition. I niched down to SaaS digital tool dashboards for workplaces for b2b startups and I have 3 real life projects and my portfolio which includes positive testimonials. 👎Downside is that you can't apply for just any UX position, which makes you search for that role you are niching down to. 👍But the upside is that if I apply for relevant position I am the first one they are reaching out and during the interview they try very hard to convince me to work for them sometimes even making the hiring process easier just for me.

[@MalewiczHype]

Those are very good tips!

[@starogre]

Sadly the first they reach out to could be random or a referred or internal candidate.

[@crossxer6099]

@@starogre in todays market could be anything. But companies usually prefer you more if you have not necessarily the best designs and experience, but the most relevant designs and experience. I think as a young professional with 2 years of experience in a relevant field is going to give better chances of getting the job than 5 years senior designer who has a very diverse portfolio and not a single piece that is relevant for that position. Maybe I am wrong. But thats the impression i have.

[@GinaMaher_]

agreed, also niching comes off as confident and generally people like being looked after by someone they can trust. I think you can have a few niches though and just target them separately if you want to cover more bases, but it might be spreading yourself too thin.

[@hseindesigns]

Cool advice. I never knew what does niching down actually entail. Is it just a matter of adding SaaS to your job title and filtering your search or there are other steps you have to take?

[@adam_moucka]

He’s back! Great video as always 🔥

[@MalewiczHype]

Who knows how long the next break will be lol ;)

[@isthatsharanya]

Welcome back! Even I am niching down to increase my chances of landing work

[@MalewiczHype]

Hey! Yeah totally worth figuring out what you want to do and not just applying everywhere.

[@marekbitka7283]

Bardzo fajne tipy! Implementacja ruszyła :)

[@MalewiczHype]

Trzymam kciuki! :-)

[@beyzailhan7179]

Thank you so much it is quite informative! 💙

[@MalewiczHype]

Thank you. Are you making some portfolio changes based on that? :)

[@beyzailhan7179]

I don't have a portfolio yet, but I'm in the preparation phase, I'll take all these into consideration. ☺@@MalewiczHype

[@SkArifHossain]

Thanks Michal💙and for sharing nice things how not to design a portfolio💗

[@MalewiczHype]

My pleasure! It's a drop in the bucket but about 80% of junior portfolios have some of the same issues with them :)

[@alexandrameas4436]

That's all true. Great video!

[@MalewiczHype]

Thanks! Are you implementing some of the changes?

[@hseindesigns]

3:32 😂😂😂 No way you called them out like that. Super informative video

[@MalewiczHype]

It's not a burn on apple or HiG (which are pretty useful as a starting point) but rather people who write those generic silly descriptions because it's pretty meaningless :)

[@cjredMX]

hahaaahha yah had me rolling hahaha

[@WayOfMani]

quality content alert! ⚠

[@aliciajc4985]

Thank you for the very informative video. As a not a native English speaker I appreciate your clear/understandable English and the speed at which you speak).

[@MalewiczHype]

Thank you! I'm aware many of my viewers are non-native and always try (to the best of ma abilities) to talk clearly :)

[@aliciajc4985]

@@MalewiczHype Thank you for the user-centered approach ♥

[@AlChristofeMonarca]

Thank you ❤

[@MalewiczHype]

You're welcome 😊

[@dleighdesign]

Thank you for your excellent content and valuable insights! I love your sense of humor! Everytime you mention a dog walker app I start laughing!

[@MalewiczHype]

Thank you! I appreciate it especially as an introvert who's still afraid of the camera and humor in particular is super scary ;)

[@dleighdesign]

@@MalewiczHype Wow! You are doing fantastic! I research a lot of informational videos and I think you are one of the best speakers, very engaging, concise, and enjoyable to watch. I can't say that for many speakers out there. I understand what it's like to be an introvert too, as I am one! This is only my third comment on KZbin ever! lol Keep doing what you are doing!

[@MalewiczHype]

Thank you! It really means a lot - I'm constantly thinking I'm not good enough for this and considering quitting (in March I quit for a whole month but decided to come back) - it's a battle for us introverts ;)

[@dleighdesign]

​@@MalewiczHype You put a lot of effort into your content. It's very well done and creative! You are beyond qualified!! You have given me golden nuggets of valuable information, and I appreciate you very much!! Do what makes your heart sing, whatever that may be :) I feel your battle! I'm a loner, for sure! I admire your courage. Are you from Poland? My ancestors are from there. You have a cool accent. I have never heard it before in the US.

[@helderlj]

We're waiting on the mobile course for pros

[@MOHIDEENABDUL-xp5yu]

Hey Michal Malewicz, how can I join the Squareplanet community?

[@MalewiczHype]

Like I said in the video :)

[@MOHIDEENABDUL-xp5yu]

did you mean Gmail

[@Cegieka123]

case study is important in my first portfolio?

[@MalewiczHype]

Yes

[@marketing_designer]

There are so much new wolds for me. Like sucks, silly, gibberish 😄 Thanks

[@MalewiczHype]

happy to help! :-)

[@k0mmunicat0r]

deleted the comment... its alright. Probably I am not your audience.

[@MalewiczHype]

That's ok. Have a good day.

[@razviinc7247]

Well you are a good youtuber but i think you dont have time to review someones portfolio that's okay for now but i really want to learn ui ux can you give me free internship .❤❤❤❤❤

[@MalewiczHype]

we review projects and portfolios of our pro academy members every day

[@razviinc7247]

@@MalewiczHype well i am not at that financial condition for now

[@Art_funstories]

Hi, great video! I want to join the squareplanet slack channel…can you please drop in the link for the same?! Cheers🎉