The UX/UI portfolio that landed me my FIRST JOB

Рет қаралды 14,104

2 ай бұрын

I’ve been a UX product designer for over 4 years now, and the journey hasn’t been easy... AT ALL
In this video, I’ll tell you how I got from a joiner UX designer who couldn’t find a job for a full year to working at one of the most Loved Workplaces and making 6 figures!
Your first UX UI design portfolio will probably be the most depressing process in your career, but if you're a beginner designer, I want you to remember that there's always hope!
In this video, I'll share some helpful tips that helped me along the way in my Product design journey.
Please keep in mind these are only my opinions as a Product UX Designer. I'm one user out of millions and only express my professional yet personal opinions.
If you're a beginner UX designer, I highly encourage you to adopt critical thinking about apps, always think beyond the interface, and try to understand UX patterns and behaviors that make an app or a product good (or bad).
There are always pros and cons, and a good UX designer knows how to find inspiration even in terrible apps 😊
Like and subscribe if you're interested in these types of videos!
____________________
Music by: www.bensound.com
License code: GBJT2KSNRB4HFHZX
Music by Bensound.com/royalty-free-music
License code: J22LPMEBABHP5ID6
Music: Bensound.com/royalty-free-music
License code: BVSCXXOEUBBJ5COK

Пікірлер: 81

@sarahboyle7075 Ай бұрын

Perfect timing with this video as I'm currently in the TRENCHES 🥵putting together my portfolio and no lies were told when you said this is the most depressing part of the process. It feels like it's never-ending. This video gives me hope that it's worth the effort, and a new perspective on considering working with an agency.

@ItsUXgirl Ай бұрын

It’s most literally never ending, since every few years you’ll have more projects and would wanna change your aesthetics 😅 I can’t stress enough how much I recommend working for an agency for at least your first year- the amount of products you’ll tough and experience will make you 100* times more experienced than a designer who worked on one product It has taught me SO many skills in such a short period of time You’ll earn a low salary in comparison to an in house designer, but will gain much more in my humble opinion

@mayraximenahernandezgutier6033 Күн бұрын

I loved bumping into your video! Thanks for sharing your work and congrats your designs look so beautiful!

@ItsUXgirl Күн бұрын

Aww that’s so sweet of you to say! Thank you 🥰

@Britmysta 2 ай бұрын

Great video! So proud of you! 👏🏾 👏🏾👏🏾

@ItsUXgirl 2 ай бұрын

Awww thank you that’s so sweet of you 😍🥰

@yuliashikomalova3653 9 күн бұрын

Your video is so motivating, thank you. I am just studying and a bit nervous about future.

@ItsUXgirl 8 күн бұрын

Awww thank you so much! 🥰 I wish you the best! Don’t be nervous just prepare for the journey and enjoy it! In the end everything falls into place

@luzmariana Ай бұрын

Just on time. Thank you.

@ItsUXgirl Ай бұрын

I’m glad you found it helpful 🫶🏼

@p.amedome 25 күн бұрын

Kudos. Keep the ball rolling 👍🏽

@ItsUXgirl 24 күн бұрын

Thank you! Always keeping it rolling 😁

@eleratalks 12 күн бұрын

I love your personality, oh yeah the video helped me

@ItsUXgirl 11 күн бұрын

Haha much appreciated 🫶🏼

@ChinmoyEditzz 2 ай бұрын

Loved the video!🤍

@ItsUXgirl 2 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it! 🥰🥰

@taimii4077 Ай бұрын

Your last project really inpiring me thanks for sharing i really love your Pet branding

@ItsUXgirl Ай бұрын

I’m so glad it was helpful for you 🥰

@PRIYASHARMA-sc3mo 20 күн бұрын

Girl, I need a portfolio review

@ItsUXgirl 19 күн бұрын

Let’s go! Drop your link in the comments 👆

@SaiSkanda-xf8su 2 ай бұрын

Please make a follow-along video of doing a project and adding it into a portfolio. would help students such as myself!

@ItsUXgirl 2 ай бұрын

Hey, thanks for your comment! I’ll think about how to do that

@jazzenthuiagirl 8 күн бұрын

You've got all these beautiful graphics that show stuff on phones and on screens and stuff, like for your S'wear project in red and white. How did you create those mockups? Is it with a program? Thank you so much for your helpful video! Subscribed and I'll look through your other videos later. Thank you. I'm designing my first portfolio after being a solopreneur for physical not technical products and I have so much analysis paralysis and regret that I never really kept records of websites and products or anything that I created. I just designed stuff, had it made, marketed it and sold it. Now I'm looking to work for a company and I wish I had kept better records. All you young folks out there have everything so beautifully displayed to market yourself and your creations. I'm trying my best but I'm just overwhelmed. Anyhow, thank you and keep going with the great content!

@ItsUXgirl 6 күн бұрын

I feel you! At first I didn’t save any of my deliverables and had to recreate everything for the portfolio but you live and learn haha 🫠 For mockups I always search on Google tbh, but now there are AMAZING mockup plugins for Figma! I haven’t played with any of these plugins yet, but will have an episode dedicated to it on my “building a portfolio” series so be sure to follow along 🥰🫶🏼

@suchanasubedi7918 Ай бұрын

Could you talk more about how you created your portfolio? Especially the final one, the one that got you hired, like what software you used. I think it was Figma but just having issues trying to figure out how to make the screen scroll like you have. Love this video.

@ItsUXgirl Ай бұрын

Hey Thanks for that comment - I design on Figma, but created my portfolio in Webflow To make overflow scroll on Figma- check out this tutorial: help.figma.com/hc/en-us/articles/360039818734-Prototype-scroll-and-overflow-behavior#:~:text=Scroll%20overflow%20defines%20how%20users,within%20other%20frames%20or%20layers.

@suchanasubedi7918 Ай бұрын

@@ItsUXgirl thanks so much!

@larosadesierta9146 15 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing. I’m just getting into this area. I’m also a Telavivian ❤

@ItsUXgirl 13 күн бұрын

Thank you neighbor 🫶🏼 Good luck, I hope you’ll like this field as much as I do 🥰

@theado3183 2 ай бұрын

Hey, first comment! Thank you so much for sharing! I've just finished my bootcamp and struggling with my portfolio. Once I'm done I would love to have you review it if you have time! Thank you! Good luck with the channel!

@ItsUXgirl 2 ай бұрын

Of course! Drop it in the comments when you’re done and good luck! 🙏💪

@theado3183 2 ай бұрын

@@ItsUXgirl Thank you! It will be very helpful if you can make a video instructing how to present a case study in an engaging way on our portfolio (of course only showing content that you can share). I've read numerous of articles and posts but its always better to have a throughout instruction and see how the actual outcome looks like.😀

@ItsUXgirl Ай бұрын

I’ll see how I can make it work! 🙏🥰

@seyathecreator Ай бұрын

Hiii, thank u so much for the video! After watching it I became extremely motivated to learn more about UX/UI and actually pursuing this career since it is my goal to work remote and I have a thing for design. But u know, I was afraid that design field might me dying bc of all the trained AI and stuff.. I would also like to hear what do u think about AI replacing designers in general, would that be a thing?

@ItsUXgirl Ай бұрын

I’m so glad you enjoyed it! No one really knows what the future holds, but my assumption is that it will take some time to see the full affects of AI At least for the start- we’ll need designers to design AI tools, right? 😇 If you really want this, and youre passionate enough to work really hard to get it- do it!

@designwithoptimus 19 күн бұрын

woow! thank you for the tips, I love it... please can I get a portfolio review?

@ItsUXgirl 19 күн бұрын

Thank you! 🥰 Sure, drop your link in the comments

@designer_bruna_lyse 17 күн бұрын

Thank you =)

@ItsUXgirl 17 күн бұрын

Thank you! 🙏

@LukasakaRoccatKulo 2 ай бұрын

Do u write "Challange" with a on purpose? I was just wondering. Love the vid, your designs and ur journey

@ItsUXgirl 2 ай бұрын

Haha no but I trust grammarly to fix all my typos in production 😅 glad you enjoyed it 🙏

@G20Storm 16 сағат бұрын

You mentioned you were a graphic designer, I studied and graduated with a bachelor's in Graphic Design, but I have been a Digital Arts Teachers at a High School for the past 9 years, I'm looking into a career change, would you say that going to a BootCamp to study UI UX is necessary, or is it possible for me to just try to freelance in the UI UX area to build a portfolio? Bootcamp cost about 12k, so I'm debating if it's something I should do, or just try to use my design skills to move from there.

@Mfaldinhaa 21 күн бұрын

Hi! Amazing video. One question: which platform did you use to create your portfolio?

@ItsUXgirl 21 күн бұрын

Thank you ☺️😍 All of my portfolio versions were built with Webflow

@xstarsspace9633 16 күн бұрын

I might sound unserious but your nails!🥺❤️❤️❤️

@ItsUXgirl 16 күн бұрын

If you were unserious I would’ve been mad lmao 😂 Thank you, my nails (and hair) are my REAL superpower 🦸🏻‍♀️ haha

@pulla8838 8 күн бұрын

Hi, when you were freelancing, how did you implement website designs? Did you provide only the design (and the client had a developer to code)? Did you have a friend to do it or did you do it yourself?

@ItsUXgirl 6 күн бұрын

Hey It depends, for websites I used Webflow and built everything myself. For products (or very complex websites) the clients usually had their own developers. I will say, however, that I recommend having good freelance developers and designers in your contacts, that you can collaborate with from time to time

@user-dt9kk6sg8z 23 күн бұрын

תודה על הסרטון, מעולה ומאוד אינפורמטיבי! אני שוקל אם לעשות הסבה מקצועית לתחום, אבל זה נראה שצריך הרבה מאוד שנים ואני כבר לא ילד, אהבתי את הרעיון של לעשות פרילנס ולהיות הבוס של עצמי, לכן חשבתי להתמקד בתחום ספציפי כגון בניית אתרי תדמית כדי שזה יהיה יותר ריאלי. או לחילופין לחסוך וללכת ללמוד תואר. אני גר בחו"ל אז יש אופציות מעניינות

@ItsUXgirl 21 күн бұрын

It’s not an easy process to get in this field and find that first job, so it’s definitely a serious thing to consider. What do you actually wanna do tho? There are a lot of opinions on whether a degree is necessary or not… I can’t say I know what’s the best answer, but design school has taught me a lot…

@gdagency 2 ай бұрын

The story / timeline is matching with me. 😅😅 Hopefully i also got my 1st uiux job

@ItsUXgirl 2 ай бұрын

Good luck!

@StrikeDemonX Ай бұрын

I recently graduated from GA and I'm looking for a job for 6 months already. Like your portfolio, what website you use to do your portfolio?

@ItsUXgirl Ай бұрын

It’s a tough journey but don’t give up! My Website was built with Webflow

@StrikeDemonX Ай бұрын

@@ItsUXgirl Thanks. I knew the path I chose gonna be tough. Have to get feedbacks for my portfolio.

@ItsUXgirl Ай бұрын

Feel free to drop your link, and I might review it 👀👀

@KristianTheDesigner 14 күн бұрын

great insight for those looking for their entry level positions. Great value 🙂 i will say tho, it can be risky to personalize your (by your i mean whoever is reading this, not the videocreator herself) portfolio too much. i did so with my first portfolio and i got lots of leads from a lot of headhunters etc but they all said the same thing: ”unpersonalize” it and make it valuable. It is sad to say, but most companies wont choose a portfolio based on it, but they most definetly can turn one away because of it. Showcase your personality in the interview, thats what its for ..to see if you are a fit with the company 👍 This is not meant as criticism, just friendly advice to keep in mind 👍

@ItsUXgirl 13 күн бұрын

Thanks! I think it depends on many factors, and I can’t really say since I haven’t saw your portfolio. Maybe it was a bit too personal? From the top examples that I’ve seen, having that personal touch to see your personality adds a lot of value, but I agree that it has to be balanced

@vidhichampaneri674 21 күн бұрын

How did you design the website? I’m not a ui/ux person, I’m a brand designer but I’m learning webflow. I want to know the process behind making to launching.

@ItsUXgirl 21 күн бұрын

We love brand designers here 😍 Yeah I built it in Webflow, I REALLY recommend Flux academy, their course taught me everything I need to know, and I keep learning from KZfaq

@vidhichampaneri674 21 күн бұрын

@@ItsUXgirl 🥰 Yaaay! Yes, I follow them too! Never tried their course! Will definitely check it out! Because in Indian currency it is more expensive.

@ItsUXgirl 15 күн бұрын

@@vidhichampaneri674 they have MANY free tutorials on KZfaq as well And Webflow also have great and short tutorials

@StarlogTrade 2 ай бұрын

Hello. Can you tell me the name of the font you are using at 9:36?

@ItsUXgirl 2 ай бұрын

Hey It’s Bricolage Grotesque 🙏

@StarlogTrade 2 ай бұрын

@@ItsUXgirl Thank you!

@Jibon-in7jr 2 ай бұрын

Hey UX girl, really nice video ! I was wondering if I could help you with Best Quality Editing in your videos better than your Editor with good pricing and also make a highly engaging Thumbnail which will help your videos to reach to a wider audience ? Pls let me know what do you think ?

@ItsUXgirl 2 ай бұрын

I am my editor 😭😭😭 Lol jk, feel free to send your portfolio to my IG- itsuxgirl (find a link on profile)

@oliviaj9037 2 ай бұрын

You have a typo in your portfolio, It’s not breath it’s breathe ! For “designers design the air they breath*e”

@ItsUXgirl 2 ай бұрын

How did I miss that 🫣🫣🫣 Tnx!

@amaaazo 2 ай бұрын

Do you have ADPList account?

@ItsUXgirl 2 ай бұрын

Not yet! But I’m seriously thinking about it 👀👀

@mdjasimuddin7554 2 ай бұрын

are you teaching me ui ux design?

@ItsUXgirl 2 ай бұрын

Only if you wanna learn 🤓

@lorranleal8779 Ай бұрын

where u from?

@ItsUXgirl Ай бұрын

@@lorranleal8779 I’m from Tel Aviv, Israel

@TanishqPratap 2 ай бұрын

Mommmmmyyyyy....

@ItsUXgirl 2 ай бұрын

Papa? 👀

@3dlise 2 ай бұрын

ok but what was that lipstick girly!!!

@ItsUXgirl 2 ай бұрын

Haha it’s my forever go to!!! Cream lip stain by Sephora shade 78

@Prerana5100 2 ай бұрын

Love it ❤!! Can you also provide with your portfolio link please ?! It is really inspiring 🥹

@ItsUXgirl 2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much 🙏 Unfortunately all of my projects on the portfolio are under NDA, so I can’t share it. But I’m trying to figure out how to create a mock case study for ya’ll to get a better look 🙏