As a UX team manager and recruiter, I will be reviewing a Google Certification Course case study from Kevin, a self-taught UX designer based in Illinois. He decided to enroll in the Google UX Design Certificate Program in hopes of enhancing the limited amount of UX knowledge he already had. He studied Creative Technologies, which is an interdisciplinary major that covers several topics such as motion graphics, interactivity, and web design.
I will approach the UX portfolio the same way we normally do when hiring for a entry level designer.
Let’s get into it.
In conclusion
The Google Course definitely seems to give students a good basic UX education framework to help them build a portfolio. This case study was decent but incomplete which introduces doubt in a recruiter’s mind. There are certain sections that needed more information and some that did not make sense.
Takeaways:
- Have descriptive project headings so that recruiters know which one may be relevant to them.
- Always have a good summary of the problem, designer project role, project type, and when the project was done.
- For any UX method used, detail why the method was picked, what the deliverables were, and how this influenced the next steps.
- Show iterations, sketches, wireframes alongside sitemaps and user flows.
- Detail how testing is conducted, how the feedback was incorporated and if the final design was retested
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