When I look at some UI/UX design web portfolios, I notice that some people mock their case studies up using a design program rather than laying it out with HTML and CSS. As a UX practitioner, I don’t understand why anyone would do this. First, you have to pinch and zoom to read it on a mobile device, so mobile users are left out. Second, it’s not accessible for non-sighted, low-vision and screen reader users. Yet, these folks probably get hired based on the fact that their portfolio “looks cool”

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I got my highest paying roles with Powerpoint slides and jumping into Figma working files. Your site is just the frame around your thinking and work.

when you reach a higher level, your portfolio is just for recruiters and sometimes the 1st point of contact.

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Why would visually impaired people be interested in looking at a visual portfolio? Why would you recreate your case studies in HTML/CSS? None of this makes sense.

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Our portfolio reviews often include leads across the UX team, not just visual design leads. We are all evaluating different aspects of the work- including accessibility.

The framing of the post was UI/UX portfolios from UX practitioners. If someone is positioning themselves as a UX practitioner, I would expect the portfolio and case study presentation to demonstrate an understanding of UX more broadly.

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The point is that if you’re going to be a user experience professional, then you should use good user experience and accessibility practices with your portfolio. If your portfolio is only usable on a limited set of screen sizes and devices, then it’s not a good experience.

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I’m not saying that your portfolio shouldn’t look nice. I’m saying that - as a practitioner of User Experience, you should practice what you preach. For example, instead of mocking an entire case study up as a JPEG, use a WordPress, Wix or Squarespace portfolio template that includes a nice-looking case study template. You can type up your case study, and put the images of your work in there. That way, it is a responsive design that makes sense for web. People who might use a screen reader to read text back to them can have your case study read back to them because there is text to be read on the screen. If I’m a UX director and I’m not on my desktop computer, but I want to check out your portfolio on the go, I can read it on my phone without having to run back to my laptop at work

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That’s awesome, but I also think that’s a different approach. I think if my expectation was that you were going to show me a deck and Figma files, I’d be okay with that. But if my team needed an interaction designer who works mainly in web, and I was given a website to look at their work, I would expect that it would be built responsively and in a way that makes sense for web. Not expecting a development genius, but at least someone who knows the medium.

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What does everyone think about using Google slides (shared link) for a UX researcher portfolio when applying to jobs? I’ve included overviews (situation, methods, impact) of my UX related research projects. I primarily chose it because it’s free and I am more comfortable with a PPT like experience than some of the portfolio solutions hosted on other sites. For some context, I have 10+ years experience in researching/designing employee and customer experience programs but am newer to the formal UX space.

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I used google slides as a companion to my portfolio site, which i would customize microsites of for interviews. but its been a while, my last couple jumps were headhunted so no portfolio reviews etc really took place. As a HM I appreciate something that is easily approached by anyone. That said, the OP example of recreating everything in html/css doesn't really make sense unless you're going for a FED position.

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