Portfolio Design

Course | Digital Portfolio

Role | Lead Designer

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Time Frame | 8 Weeks

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Proposed solution | To show off my amazing talents, especially for when I graduate shortly, I will need a portfolio I can show to employers.

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Problem solved | I was able to create a portfolio that demonstrated what I have learned as a UX designer as well as showcase my work. 

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Challenges | It was a challenge to narrow down what kind of brand I would like to go with when designing my portfolio and resume. I was able to come to somewhat of an open ended conclusion with my choice but it was still difficult to figure out. In the end I was able to come to a decision. When Developing my website, I decided to create it in WIX as I have used WIX in the past as well as I tried other website creation sites but felt most comfortable with WIX’s templates. WIX however went through a few minor changes but it has grown a few bugs overtime and eventually would make changes I did not want to make. Thus, there was a few times of busy work of myself having to go back and change configurations to make sure things were just how I wanted it. 

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User Impacts | I had to make quite a few changes to my portfolio to ensure navigation was easy. I decided to remove a drop down menu to guide users more so to the main project page so that they can get a description of what each project is before clicking on it. I also created summaries for each project so that users can get an understanding of each project before reading into what went on week by week.

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Lessons learned | Some lessons I learned are truly who I am as a person as well as a designer. Putting together my portfolio made me feel more confident in my work as I got to look over my accomplishments. I also learned about how I can fit myself into a brand without having something so narrow or constrictive. I was happy to learn that I can choose something right for me and if it wasn't for me then there was something else out there that can do a better job. I also learned that this project will exist past this class and I will be using it, modifying it and growing it as I see fit.