UX Career Progression: Creating & Presenting a UX Portfolio

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Creating & Presenting a UX Portfolio November 19th, 2015 UX Career Progression

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Who the heck is this guy?

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Photo credit: Jeﬀ Croft Personal Site NickFinck.com Role Product Design Manager Employer Facebook

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UX Career Progression Series ● Part 1 - Starting a Career in User Experience Design (blog post) ● Part 2 - Finding a Niche and Building a Personal Brand (presentation) ● Part 3 - Creating and Presenting a UX Portfolio (presentation) ● Part 4 - Interviewing & Landing a UX job (coming soon) ● Part 5 - Understanding UX Career Paths (coming soon)

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”The User Experience Honeycomb" by Peter Morville Findable Desirable Useful Usable Valuable Accessible Credible User Experience (UX) is about how a person feels about using a system or device. What is the user experience? •It is not: • Designed • Objective • Procedural • Static It is: • Designed for • Subjective • Philosophical • Dynamic

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Storytelling

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Photo from https://briankaldorf.wordpress.com #1 — Tell a story And then the creature ripped oﬀ both of his arms!!!

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Explain the challenge Photo of http://simonpan.com/

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Photo of http://simonpan.com/ Describe your approach

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Photo of http://simonpan.com/ Talk about what you learned

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Recap: ● Frame the Problem ● Cover your Approach ● Show your Solution ● Explain the Learnings #1 — Tell a story

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About You

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Photo from the Denver International Airport #2 — Tell us who you are We’re going to be late to our meeting with the Emperor.

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Quickly explain who you are Photo of http://zachkuzmic.com/

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Designing the interactive behaviors of a product or system with a speciﬁc focus on their use. Designing the visual qualities of a product or system in an aesthetically pleasing way. Planning for the creation, delivery, and governance of useful, usable content. Identifying and organizing information within a product or system in a purposeful & meaningful way. Measuring the quality of a user’s experience when interacting with a product or system. User Research Content Strategy Information Architecture Interaction Design Visual Design Usability & Analytics Understanding the people who use a product or system through observations. Describe your focus

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Show your personality Screenshot of http://andrewdoherty.com/

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Recap: ● Elevator pitch Who you are ● Inject your Personality ● Tell us your Focus #2 — Tell us who you are

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Showcase

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#3 — Showcase your work Photo of http://zachkuzmic.com/ I just want to pick one of these up and go.. “Zoooooomm!”

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Have good lead-ins Photo of http://zachkuzmic.com/

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Open strong Screenshot of http://haraldurthorleifsson.com/

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Show real client work Photo of http://www.edlea.com/

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Always explain your role Photo of http://simonpan.com/

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Show all of your work Photo from http://jenirodger.com/

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Explain your process Screenshot of http://andrewdoherty.com/

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Never show work under NDA Photo from What’s New World?!

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Recap: ● Show Real client work ● Tell us your Role in the work ● Show all Stages of the work ● Give an overview of your Process ● Never show Work under NDA #3 — Showcase your work

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Feedback

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#4 — Get feedback You guys should probably know about something…

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Find an expert to give guidance and advice My web site rocks!

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Get feedback often

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Photo from http://venturebeat.com/ Get your portfolio critiqued by peers

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Recap: ● Find an expert for Advice ● Keep getting Feedback often ● Have peers Critique your portfolio 4 — Get feedback often

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Presenting

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#5 — Don’t try to cover too much Wait, how many projectiles did you say?!

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#6 — Answer the question I don't know how to put this but I'm kind of a “big deal.”

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#7 — Be prepared Alright, listen up everybody!

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Thank you!

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● Personal Site: NickFinck.com ● Email: nickﬁnck@gmail.com ● Facebook: facebook.com/nickﬁnck ● Twitter: @nickf Questions?

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Creating Better UX Portfolios: 4 Do’s & Dont’s by Harish Venkatesan http://bit.ly/1WZZuCc Minimum Viable UX Portfolio by UX Beginner http://bit.ly/1O4fmOl Better UX Portfolios by Jason Mesut http://bit.ly/1I01qyo 10 Inspiring UX Portfolios by Sarah Hawk http://bit.ly/1MnWIOM

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Mike Monteiro Ian Fenn Nick Disabato Cadence & Slang Design is a job Designing a UX Portfolio Com ing Soon!