The UX Portfolio Formula has everything you need to:
Create your UX portfolio, resume, and prepare for job interviews so you can get your dream role.
On-Demand Trainings
Step-by-step instructions taught by Sarah Doody.
Templates
Save tons of hours with portfolio templates & more.
Office Hours
Get your questions answered in our live office hours.
Community
Connect and network with our global alumni network.
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:
$5,00,000
Combined salaries of people hired in 2020.
2,050
UX Professionals
Enrolled
4
Weeks To Create
A Portfolio
2.5
Average Months
To Get Hired
52%
Average Salary
Increase
Imagine if you could finally stop hunting around online for tips and tricks and instead, start using proven strategies that have worked for hundreds of UX professionals.
The UX Portfolio Formula has everything you need, all in one place.
The UX Portfolio Formula
First you’ll write effective UX case studies and create a UX portfolio.
The Resume Retreat
Next, you’ll learn how to create a resume that lands you in the “yes” group.
Job Interview Prep In A Weekend
Then, prepare for interviews so you can stand out and get your dream UX role.
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
“I’ve been a UX’er for 5 years and wanted to take on larger projects and teams.
I got 2 amazing offers and got hired with a 72% pay increase. LIFE CHANGING.”
Katie D
UX Designer at Bayer Crop Science
What’s Inside: The Resume Retreat
Before you create an effective resume, you need some strategy behind it. You must consider the users of your resume and then consider the content they’re looking for and how the design can impact how easily they can find the information.
Anatomy of a resume
- The users of your resume
- Choosing the right format
- The Applicant Tracking System (ATS)
In the same way that we write the content of your portfolio first, you must also write the content of your resume first.
Using our section-by-section Google Doc template you’ll write awesome and articulate bullet points to highlight your skills & experience.
- Write each section of your resume
- How to craft effective bullet points that stand out
- Do’s and don’ts to help your writing stand out
- How to highlight your impact and not just your duties and responsibilities
You must create 2 versions of your resume, one for people and one for the ATS. The format and structure you use each version is different and is crucial to helping you stand out and not end up in the “no” pile of candidates.
Layout and structure your resume
Find the right balance of design
- Use design to make your resume readable and scannable for humans
- Crucial mistakes to avoid so your resume doesn’t end up in the black hole of the ATS
Your resume is not a one size fits all. You must tailor your resume to each role you apply to. This module will help you see exactly how to quickly tailor your resume so that it shines a spotlight on the skills and experience that each job is looking for.
How to tailor your resume for each role
- Simple changes you can make to help your resume be more visible to the ATS
- Critique your resume using our Resume Checklist so you don’t make any common mistakes
“I signed an offer for a UX Designer position which includes a salary increase of more than 60%!!!
Many thanks to Sarah for her excellent resources and cheerleading along the way”
Elliott
UX Designer at Microsoft
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
“I was offered a Product Designer role at Lowe’s Home Improvement!
I was getting no interviews prior to your program.
Your program helped me articulate my process once I was on an interview! “
Melody C
Product Designer at Lowe’s Home Improvement
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.
Our private community is NOT on Facebook!
Connect with current UXPF folks and alumni to get feedback and build relationships that may lead to future UX roles.
Save tons of time by using this detailed set of portfolio templates for Keynote, PPT, and Wix
Even if you choose to make your portfolio in something else, you can use these as a giant set of wireframes to help you layout and structure your portfolio.
Not confident in your visual design skills?
Learn 10 simple design principles to help you create presentations that easy to skim and scan for busy recruiters and hiring managers.
And, you’ll get $500 in bonus resources to help you get the accountability, feedback and more UX experience.
Bonus 1
UX Project Brief For E-Commerce
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.
Bonus 2
6 Months Free Access to The UX Careers Collective
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)⠀
Real people, real results. These are just some of the UX people who have been hired!
From Graphic Designer to UX Designer …
Sydney finished her portfolio in 6 weeks and got hired as a UX Designer after applying the methods taught in The UX Portfolio Formula.
Ben was hired at H&M as a Product Designer …
Ben, while finishing his Master’s Degree, revised and restructured his portfolio and was able to stand out and get hired at H&M as a Product Designer in Sweden.
Sonnet got hired for her dream UX internship
Sonnet created her UX portfolio while doing her Masters in HCI. She says “without The UX Portfolio FormulaTM I would not have known where to start.”
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%."
“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
Everything you need to create your UX portfolio, resume, and ace your interviews!
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This is a 6 month payment plan.
Lifetime access & updates:
- The UX Portfolio Formula
- The Resume Retreat
- UX Job Interview Prep In A Weekend
Accountability & resources:
- Office hours with Sarah
- Private community
- UX portfolio template bundle
- Principles of visual design mini-course
Plus the 2 bonuses:
- UX project brief for e-commerce
- 6 months access to The UX Careers Collective
This is a 6 month payment plan.
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Save $134 when you pay in full.
Lifetime access & updates:
- The UX Portfolio Formula
- The Resume Retreat
- UX Job Interview Prep In A Weekend
Accountability & resources:
- Office hours with Sarah
- Private community
- UX portfolio template bundle
- Principles of visual design mini-course
Plus the 2 bonuses:
- UX project brief for e-commerce
- 6 months access to The UX Careers Collective
Save $134 when you pay in full.
A few more awesome success stories …
Sarah lost her job and had to create a UX portfolio quickly …
She says, “I can now speak to my projects in a way that represents my skillset” after applying the methods in The UX Portfolio FormulaTM.
John finally has a portfolio he’s proud of …
John was able to get out of his own head and as he says, “it’s the first time I have a portfolio that I’m proud of!” after applying the methods taught in The UX Portfolio FormulaTM.
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!
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