Today we evaluate a UX portfolio from a designer who transitioned from Graphic Design to UX design. Aniela Carolina, a product/UX and visual designer building experiences Oracle. She has experience working on projects of various shapes and sizes, from creating a bakery brand to more long-term projects like content management projects, building websites with data visualizations to working on Sales product projects.

As usual I will highlight what UX recruiters and UX hiring managers look for when evaluating such a portfolio using emojis to indicate my emotions.

Let’s begin.

UX Portfolio example – Landing page

UX Portfolio example – Case study

Takeaways:

Useful portfolio intros for recruiters outline who you are, what you do and where you live
Avoid using flat angled mockups to show your designs images.
Zoom into project images to highlight a feature and platform
If you were part of a team working on a design project, mention them and highlight what you actually did on the project.
Check your case study for grammatical errors and spelling mistakes
Include results or learnings from the projects at the end of your case study. It shows you are reflective and understand the impact the project has on users and the business.