5 UX portfolio best practices, with Aniruddha Kadam from LinkedIn

Aniruddha Kadam is a Senior UX Manager at LinkedIn who spends most of his working hours hiring product designers, UX designers, visual designers, and interaction designers. He looks at thousands of UX design portfolios and sees the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Lucky for you, Aniruddha will show you how to get your design portfolio right. For this episode of “Get that UX Job”, Aniruddha, will guide you on five UX portfolio best practices and mistakes to avoid. These invaluable tips could determine whether you make it to the next round of the product design interview process.

** Chapters **
Format: Presentation then Live Q&A via YouTube chat.

0:00:00 Andi introduces Aniruddha Kadam
0:01:21 Presentation begins
0:02:15 My job at LinkedIn
0:04:50 What is a portfolio and why do you need one?
0:07:17 UX portfolio basics
0:09:15 5 best practices for your UX portfolio
00:09:24 Tip 1: Design for an elevator pitch
00:13:17 Tip 2: Show your design process
00:15:01 Tip 3: Define your brand
00:17:49 Tip 4: Showcase impact through metrics
00:21:37 Tip 5: Design with your words (and typefaces)
00:26:20 Audience feedback
00:28:47 Q&A session, AMA about portfolios

** Presentation **
Keynote: https://t.co/xmqQGjXT9J?amp=1
PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X1Aq...

** About Aniruddha Kadam **
Aniruddha's experience spans design consulting, startups, and design management & strategy. Currently, he is building design teams and influencing product design strategies to help create a balanced & equitable talent marketplace at LinkedIn.

Outside of work, he volunteers his time mentoring & advising designers, and hiking the Redwoods as a California State Park volunteer.

** Connect with Aniruddha **
LinkedIn:   / aniruddhakadam  
Twitter:   / rapidsnail  
Website: https://aniruddhakadam.com

** Good portfolio examples from the talk **
Show your design process
http://janetli.net/project/upsell

Define your brand
https://jacobphernandez.com/about-1

Showcase impact through metrics
http://muditkakkar.com

Design with your words (and typefaces)
https://vickyvo.me/my-work/colorblind...

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