How To Build A UX Portfolio Explained With Examples.

The UX design industry is vast, complex, and one of the in-demand sectors in the current market. There are various areas like User Research, Visual Design, Content Creation, Interaction design, and many more. Applying for a position as a UX designer, it is crucial to find out your niche area and then portray it similarly in the portfolio you build. After working in this industry for more than five years, we have closely followed changing trends, different requirements, targeted audiences from a 5year old to a 60-year-old user. We have gathered up a few guidelines to build a kickass UX portfolio.

UX portfolio guidelines

• The best thing about the UX industry is that it tends to ignore the x in your years of experience. It focuses on the work you have built so far.
• It’s good to start by showcasing the process you followed. Always keep your designed screens in handy. It’s beneficial if those are added to dribble, Behance, and Instagram platforms. It helps the recruiter understand the process you follow and your work.

• If you have worked as a collaborator on a particular project, highlight your contributions and ensure you add to clickable or even paper prototype to the discovery phase.

• Please explain how you came up with a specific idea and its research with screens. For example, if you designed a website for a bakery, it is essential to explain the choice of particular colors or fonts. It gives an idea behind how you think and execute things as a UX designer.
• You can also prepare a case study of a particular app explaining where it went wrong, how the entire user flow can be improved. It can be done by showcasing IAs formed, wireframes created.

• Never forget to create an online presence using Adobe Portfolio, PortfolioBox, Behance, Dribble, and other platforms.

• You can also create your website. The website should include the challenges faced, what approaches you thought of, and what all failed—the learnings of the entire project and then the final accomplishment.

Being a UX designer isn’t easy, but creating a perfect portfolio will help you get the work you want.

ProCreator is an award-winning UI/UX Design agency in Mumbai, focusing on establishing an end-to-end product solution, from product design to development.

Originally Published at ProCreator Blog, Written by — Rashika Ahuja.