Career Strategy Podcast with Sarah Doody | UX, Product Design, UX Research

074: How to handle large projects in your UX portfolio


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Are you stuck trying to wrap up your UX portfolio because your massive project is taking forever to complete?

Today we've got an insightful episode for all the UX designers out there grappling with how to present large projects in your portfolio. 

In this episode, Sarah discusses the strategy of breaking down large projects into smaller, more manageable pieces, making your portfolio not only easier to complete but also more appealing to recruiters and hiring managers. 

Tune in to discover how this approach can streamline your job applications and better showcase your expertise.

Quotables

"It is perfectly fine to break up a very large project into multiple smaller projects for the purposes of your portfolio."

"By taking a larger project and breaking it up into chapters, you can all of a sudden have a portfolio with 3, 4 projects in it."

"What we want is to show the recruiters and hiring managers the evidence, the examples, the receipts."

Timestamps

00:32 Introduction to Career Strategy Podcast

00:38 Handling Large Projects in Your UX Portfolio

01:40 Breaking Down Large Projects into Smaller Sections

04:33 Tailoring Your Portfolio for Job Applications

07:38 Conclusion and Final Tips

🎬 Watch Sarah's free UX Job Search Workshop and learn how to stand out in today's UX job market

👉 Join Sarah Doody's Career Strategy Lab, a UX job search accelerator for UX and Product people.

👋 Say hi and follow our host, Sarah Doody, on LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube.

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