Getting started
You've spent hours on projects and are finally ready to show the world. It's both an exciting and terrifying feeling. The creative journey is pretty weird that way.
Luckily, you're a designer and will overcome any problem coming your way. It's in your DNA.
When done right, your portfolio website will work for you as your agent 24/7. It will help get your name out and score your interviews.
Get inspired by these 20 hand-selected UX designer portfolios
Twenty designers across product, interaction, brand, and consulting. The threads they share are at the bottom of this page — read those after you've browsed.
Buzz Usborne
Currently working as a Principal Designer at Help Scout. Previously he has led design at companies like Atlassian, Skype and Campaign Monitor. Buzz advise leadership teams on building sustainable and collaborative design practices — and help organizations attract design talent to ensure their team’s continued success. He specialize in remote collaboration, career progression and nuturing efficient, creative and happy teams.
Simon Pan
He’s renowned for his case studies such as Uber Magic 2.0 and Amazon Prime Music where he previously worked. Currently shaping the future of news at Google. His portfolio and his case studies are the golden standard of what hiring managers are looking for when hiring.
Robin Nogiuer
Robin is a freelance interaction designer from France and has one of the best portfolios we have seen. Incredibly engaging and polished. His case studies do not disappoint.
Austin Knight
Austin works as a product designer at Google and openly shares his projects, thoughts and ideas. In addition, he has a very interesting process description that show us exactly what angle he takes in his projects.
Jonathan Patterson
Jonathan has worked with clients such as Postmates, Ford and Sony. He's a Detroit based designer with an unusual portfolio. He's personality shines through with humor and sarcasm, both visually and written.
Kyson Dana
Kyson is a designer and art director who has worked with brands such as Tesla, Adobe and Boosted Boards just to name a few. He specialize in story telling and it definitely telling in his case studies.
Luke James Taylor
Luke is a UX consultant and co-founder of Design Sprint X. His portfolio focuses on the value he can bring to the table and the results he has achieved for his clients.
Ed Chao
Currently a designer at Dropbox. No about page here, but links extensively to social media where he can show his personality. Clean and digestible case studies, that tell his story.
Aleksi Tappura
A UI/UX designer specialized in prototyping. His case studies are easy to read with crisp typography. Aleksi's use of mixed turns this a great user experience.
Ivo Mynttinen
A solo designer studio portfolio. Good use of screen real-estate and make use of big type. Not as in-depth, but make good use of imagery to tell his story.
Tom Parkes
Tom's work stands out in this clean and effective portfolio. His about page shows off some of his personality, without overdoing anything.
Andrew Couldwell
Andrew knows his stuff! Probably the most qualified portfolio designer around. He has led product design at Adobe Portfolio and designing systems at WeWork.
Anton Sten
A UX consultant with a content-rich portfolio. Anton is providing value to potential clients right off the bat and detailing exactly what he can help you achieve.
Pratibha Joshi
Pratibha is a Product designer from Seattle. Her portfolio showcases many impressive and detailed case studies. Her experimentation section shows off her curiosity and a genuine love for her craft.
Bethany Heck
Previous Head of Design at Medium. Bethany has a unique presentation, and her love for typography shines through every single part in her portfolio.
Megan Fisher
A fantastic (owltastic) personal portfolio website is showcasing a lot of style. Meagan is a designer-developer hybrid, and it shows, striking a delicate balance between personality and professionality.
Abdus Salam
A self-taught Product Designer with an impressive collection of case studies. I recommend you take a look at his "uncut & raw" page; it showcases Abdus process down to every little detail.
Ryan Haskins
If you’ve never seen Ryan Haskins, his portfolio is one of our favourites. It is utter madness. It’s chaotic, cringe, over the top and we love it. His portfolio shows why a portfolio website can take so many forms. It is, in many ways limitless as an expression of ourselves.
Karina Sirqueira
Karina is a Brazilian designer currently working at Work&Co. Her portfolio website is filled with stunning graphics, typography and screams creativity. Not too in-depth case studies, but as a designer at this level it is enough to spike interest.
Billy Sweeney
Billy is currently working as a designer over at Figma. His portfolio is amazing, yet does not show any case studies. With his level of experience, showing just enough is more than enough to get a foot in the door for interviews.
This is what all twenty have in common
- 01They set the standard and are not afraid to lead the way.
- 02Minimalistic — their work is the centrepiece.
- 03Few, in-depth, high-quality case studies, not a wall of thumbnails.
- 04UX case studies let the designer tell their story.
- 05They show some personality — not too little, not too much.
- 06They invite the reader to get in touch.
One of the primary purposes of your portfolio — beyond exposure and a job — is to demonstrate your ability to think like a UX designer. To tell the story of how you got from point A to point B.
Use compelling storytelling as a tool to engage the user (i.e. your potential new employer). Surprise them with peculiar findings.
The about section is your chance to be yourself, but don't overdo it. If you've nailed everything above, then there's a strong chance you'll get invited to a job interview.
Need more inspiration? See the curated UX case study gallery.