The UX Portfolio Formula has everything you need to:
Create your UX portfolio, prepare for job interviews, stand out and get your dream role.
On-Demand Trainings
Step-by-step instructions taught by Sarah Doody.
Portfolio Templates
Save tons of hours with portfolio templates & more.
Live Office Hours
Get your questions answered in our live office hours.
Community
Connect and network with our global alumni network.
$3,820,000
Combined salaries of people hired in 2020 after applying the principles inside The UX Portfolio Formula.
1,900
UX Professionals
Enrolled
4
Weeks To Create
A Portfolio
2.5
Average Months
To Get Hired
52%
Average Salary
Increase
Alumni of The UX Portfolio Formula have been hired at:
Not sure how to write a UX case study and tell the story of each projects?
Do you keep applying for roles and not get invited for interviews?
Did you do a UX bootcamp that did not deliver on helping you get hired?
Been in UX for a while, and can't figure out exactly which projects to include?
Stuck in research mode and not actually working on your portfolio?
Are you not applying for roles because you're embarrassed by your portfolio?
You want to get your first UX role, but it's hard without experience.
You're coming to UX from another industry and want to see how you can leverage your past experience.
You've been in UX for years and struggle to distill what you've done and define who you are.
You're a user researcher and struggle to showcase projects in a visual way.
You graduated from a bootcamp that offered UX job search mentorship, but didn't deliver.
You're not sure where you fit in the world of UX ... so many roles and you don't know which is right for you.
Many people who've enrolled in The UX Portfolio Formula have attended UX bootcamps including:
The UX Portfolio Formula System includes two comprehensive, self-paced programs to help you create your portfolio & prepare for job interviews
The UX Portfolio Formula
First you’ll write effective UX case studies and create a UX portfolio.
- Create your career roadmap
- Write your compass statement
- Choose the right projects for your portfolio
- Write case studies using our 4-step process
- Design & layout your UX portfolio
Job Interview Prep In A Weekend
Next, prepare for your interviews so you can stand out and get your dream UX role.
- Identify the right roles for you
- Establish your short & long career goals
- How to prepare before an interview
- Plan for design / whiteboard challenges
- Learn how to present your portfolio
What’s Inside: UX Portfolio Formula
First, you need a vision for your career and clarity about your skills and who you are as a UX professional. Because you can’t select the right projects for your portfolio until you have a career roadmap in place.
Identify your career roadmap
Conduct your 3-part skills assessment
Create your Career Compass Statement
Select the right projects for your portfolio
How to deal with NDAs
How to get more UX experience
You can’t “design” your portfolio until you know the content you are designing. And this is why you will write your projects first. This process forces you to focus on the content first, the most important part of your portfolio. Bad content will not help you get interviews.
- Why case studies matter
- The 7 part case study formula
- The 3 steps to write your case studies
- Outlining the story of each project
- Understanding what details matter to the reader
The design of your portfolio matters, and even if you aren’t a visual design, you can still have a professional looking portfolio. It’s about understanding how to find the balance of text and images, layout your content, and create a scannable portfolio.
The 3 sections of your UX portfolio
Writing the “Work” section of your portfolio
How to make non-visual projects visual
How to tailor your portfolio for each role you apply to
- How to layout your portfolio
What’s Inside: UX Job Interview Prep In A Weekend
Too many people jump right into applying for roles … which is a waste of time. If you don’t clarify your needs, values, and goals then it’s likely you’ll end up in a role that you’re not happy with 6 months after you’re hired.
Understand the interview process
Get clear on what you need from a company & manager
Identify the right roles to apply to
Establish your short and long term career goals
If you want to stand out in interviews, you should do a bit of research before hand. The best candidates stand out when it’s clear they’ve done some homework and have thoughtful answers as well as questions.
Research the company
Research the interviewers
Prepare answers for questions they’ll ask
- Prepare questions you should ask them
You’ll freak about about design exercises a lot less if you have an actual plan. The last thing you want to do is go to a whiteboard and freeze or jump right to wireframes. If you make a plan and follow it, you won’t freeze during design challenges.
How to avoid freezing during an interview
Identify strengths and skills you want to showcase
Make a plan for what you’ll do during the interview
Practice how you’ll approach design exercises
You’ll freak about about design exercises a lot less if you have an actual plan. The last thing you want to do is go to a whiteboard and freeze or jump right to wireframes. If you make a plan and follow it, you won’t freeze during design challenges.
What to do after each job interview
Reflection excises to improve after each interview
- How to follow up after interviews so you stand out
Office hours happen twice a month on Zoom, yes they’re recorded.
You will be able to get feedback about your portfolio, ask questions about interviews, and more.
Get feedback and network without other people in The UX Portfolio Formula.
Our community comes with a free app so you can get quick feedback when you’re on the go.
This bundle of 4 templates for Keynote and Powerpoint will help you create your UX portfolio 10 times faster.
Over 20 different layouts will help you stop fussing with design & focus on the content.
This Google Sheet has 55 questions to help you make sure you don’t miss a single detail in your UX portfolio.
Use it to help hold yourself accountable and avoid costly mistakes!
If you decide to create a portfolio website, this Wix template will help you structure and lay it out faster.
Even if you don’t use Wix, consider this a set of wireframes to use as inspiration!
This in depth brief is 18 pages and goes beyond basis like “re-design the date picker”.
It was create to be used by all UX folks – designers, writers, researchers, strategists. No matter what you do, there’s a project for you.
Struggle with visual design? This mini-course will teach you the basics of visual design.
Learn timeless visual design principles such as typography, whitespace, color, and more so you can layout and design your UX portfolio.
Inside The UX Careers Collective, here’s what you get each month.
✔ Live monthly office hours with Sarah Doody
✔ Q&A sessions w/ hiring managers & more⠀
✔ Monthly themes to hold you accountable⠀
✔ Private community (not on Facebook)⠀
Support at every step of the way, unlike other programs who promise support, but don't follow through.
No non-sense teaching style. No sugar coating here, because what you need is brutal honesty, not feel good content.
100% action focused. You don't need more information, that's the problem! You need an action plan, this is it.
A safe space to connect. Our community of over 1,500 provides support, advice, and networking.
Totally based on research. Everything taught is based on research and what UX hiring managers are looking for.
You get what you pay for. Yes there are programs for $29, don't be surprised if you're underwhelmed. Just sayin ...
"I scored 11 interviews and 4 job offers before I accepted this one with the help of UX Portfolio Formula."
– Sarah, UX Designer from Boston
Who Teaches UX Portfolio Formula?
UX Portfolio Formula is an online UX portfolio course lead by Sarah Doody. In 2011 Sarah co-created the curriculum for and taught General Assembly’s very first UX 11-week UX immersive in NYC.
Sarah’s mission is to help UX professionals realize their full potential and land their dream jobs by helping them apply UX to the careers.
It all started when Sarah recognized a huge problem, UX bootcamp and education programs are not equipping students to successfully enter the job market.
Meet Sarah Doody
Founder of The UX Portfolio Formula
Founder of The UX Portfolio Formula
In 2017, Sarah founded The UX Portfolio Formula, a career accelerator that helps UX professionals create effective portfolios and effectively articulate their design decisions.
In 2011 Sarah co-created the curriculum for and taught General Assembly’s very first UX 11-week UX immersive in NYC.
Sarah’s mission is to help UX professionals realize their full potential and land their dream jobs by helping them apply UX to the careers.
“I got not one, but two UX job offers!
The interview went so well.
They loved how I went through my process and identified my case study.”
SYDNEY
UX Designer in Pittsburgh, PA
“I got hired as a UX Designer at a social impact company.
I finished my portfolio in a month, did a lot of networking and landed the job. All in a matter of 2 months.”
Puja P.
UX Designer at a startup
Vancouver, Canada
“I’ll be joining Home Depot’s Enterprise UX team on Monday as a User Experience Designer.
This program helped tremendously and I couldn’t be here without it.”
abriel s.
UX Designer at Home Depot
Atlanta, GA
“After 4 months of searching, I signed an offer as a UX Designer with a salary increase of more than 60%!
It’s been hard, but in the end the hard work pays off!
Elliott S.
UX Designer at Microsoft
Seattle, WA
Some of the companies Our Alumni Work At:
"I got 2 amazing offers and got hired with a 72% pay increase. LIFE CHANGING."
"I signed an offer with a salary increase of more than 60%."
Create a UX portfolio you're proud & get ready to rock your UX job interviews so you can stand out and get your dream job.
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- Office hours with Sarah
- UX portfolio template for Wix
- UX portfolio checklist & progress tracker
- UX project brief for e-commerce
- 6 months access to The UX Careers Collective
- Mini Course: 10 Principles Of Visual Design
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- The UX Portfolio Formula
- UX Job Interview Prep In A Weekend
- UX Portfolio Templates For Key & PPT
Plus the bonuses:
- Office hours with Sarah
- UX portfolio template for Wix
- UX portfolio checklist & progress tracker
- UX project brief for e-commerce
- 6 months access to The UX Careers Collective
- Mini Course: 10 Principles Of Visual Design
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7 Day Refund Policy ... Please Read
We offer a refund within 7 days. … however, to receive a refund, you must show your work. If you do not make an attempt to go through even the first module, then we will not be able to honor a refund. Showing your work means …
- If you start with UX Portfolio Formula, you must show your work for Module 1.
- If you start with UX Job Interview Prep In A Weekend, you must watch the videos in steps 1, 2, and 3 (yes, we can tell if you watch the videos)
In the past, we’ve had people abuse our refund policy and enroll, download all the templates etc, and then ask for a refund … NOT COOL. Refunds also create admin tasks that I pay my assistant to help with.
* We have this refund policy in place to help deter people who only want to sign up so they can download materials and then get a refund .. aka stealing!