How To Build A Career Portfolio AMA with Aneta Kmiecik

Описание: Your UX portfolio isn't losing you the job.

Your story is.

Don’t treat your portfolio like a project dump with:

→ No narrative thread
→ No clear direction
→ No positioning

Kinda obvious why recruiters ghost you after 30 seconds.

I’ve been there too.

That's why I'm bringing in Aneta Kmiecik on The Design of Everyday People.

We're diving into how to build a career portfolio:

1. Rethink your career direction
2. Build a story that sells your value
3. Make your portfolio work for you

And all of your questions!

Aneta has 15 years of creative industry experience, a Senior UX Designer turned portfolio coach with 650+ students and teaches 170k+ designers how to turn messy projects into stories that get you hired.

If your portfolio feels like a pile of projects with no point…

This one's for you.

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🎙 ABOUT THE PODCAST

The Design of Everyday People is the bi-monthly Live that delves into the minds of design experts on different topics to help folks level up their careers and answer all the burning questions you may have during a live Q&A event.

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⌚️TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Intro
04:34 Introduction About Aneta Kmiecik
08:09 Topic Covered
09:09 What’s A Career Portfolio?
11:57 Should Designers Build Portfolio Of Multiple Things?
15:38 Rethinking The Career Direction
18:22 Advice For Designers Rethinking Their Career Direction
29:28 How Do You Build Story That Sells Your Value?
35:52 Should Designers Use Videos In Portfolios?
41:52 Creative Portfolios (Games, Interactive Sites, etc.)
47:41 How To Make Your Portfolio Work For You
51:24 Why Story Matters In Hiring Decisions
58:21 Should You Tailor Your Portfolio To Specific Companies?
01:02:22 POV: “You Shouldn’t Do FREE Work”
01:07:54 How To Start A Personal Mind Map For Reflection
01:13:51 Framing Your Narrative When Moving To A New Country
01:19:10 Should Resumes Be More Story-Driven Like Portfolios?
01:23:02 Build Your UX Portfolio
01:25:06 Outro