My UX Portfolio Presentation | Hired at Amazon and IBM (Springboard Graduate) 

ANNOUNCEMENT: I've been notified of multiple cases of plagiarism so I had to take down my website temporarily. I aimed for transparency in my work for the purpose of education and inspiration, rather than intellectual theft of my project brief, research, and designs to apply for jobs. I will be aiming up re-upload my website in February, 2024. Thanks!

I'm currently a Product Design Director at a small startup and I've sent this video to my staff as an example of how to do it right. Well done, Sharon! 👏🏾

this is insanely useful ty! no one has shared their presentation so openly and thoroughly like you. I'm still indecisive about being a ux designer or data analyst. i love the creativity of ui/ux but i dont have the artistic talent (can't draw or paint stick figures to save my own life)

From one UX Designer to another, just wanted to say this was excellent work! Loved the way you approached this. Keep up the awesome work!

This is awesome, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!

This was such an amazing walk through, thank you for sharing!

Thank you for sharing this presentation! Realy appreciate how sincere you are on the video!

Its really nice of you to share everything as you have, so a super BIG thank you!

This was so interesting and helpful! Girl, YES! You've got this and you've inspired me! Thank you for sharing!

you are doing great job in helping newbie designers sharon, god bless you :)

This is amazing. Thank you for sharing!

Fantastic work Sharon! Thank you for posting this well crafted out presentation. Its tremendously helpful for me as I put together my portfolio presentation for Product Design role. Hope you keep creating these videos!

You have inspired me in so many positive ways, thank you so much for waking me up from my confusion.

Thank you for this I am doing ny research and learning more and more about UX design

I just want to say thank you for your time and all the resources shared on the description, they are absolutely incredible. I'm sure this will help me to start off my career as UX designer! thanks again

Hey! Just seeing that you've gone to a lot of effort here and a lot of people are looking to replicate this (and as someone who's interviewed for design roles) I thought I would add some feedback here. There were three things that stood out to me as red flags and the first one is lack of problem discovery. It went from a compelling anecdote straight to desk research. It would have instilled a lot more confidence in the whole presentation if you were able to show how a more crude version of the problem (e.g. we need to make college students have as much success in their academic goals as their personal goals) could be transformed and better reframed by running a problem discovery effort that outlines the assumptions, generates the root cause questions, synthesises research responses into insights and defining upfront success metrics. I felt I needed reassurance that the anecdote was based in a wider reality. I was left wondering, even if this is an actual problem, what is the size of the market here really and even if it's big enough for us to solve, would they even pay for a solution? This leads to the second gap - no ideation process shown. Once you had the problem statement and converted it to a HMW, there was no process shown on how that HMW question launched an ideation workshop of some sort. Instead it went straight to testing ideas but in reality the ideas that were prototyped should have been shown to come from rank ordering ideas from a prior ideation session. Third is a couple of eyebrow raisers. The design system that was shown wasn't a design system. Design systems are more like self service guides to help devs and designers be enabled to make the right decision within their job. Even if it was, creating a design system is questionable for such a small bespoke project so calls judgement into question. If it were a platform then it'd seem a more appropriate use of an employers money. Other half is a simple one but one you gotta sort out... spelling error in a header with 'competitive'. We all do it so there's grace for it but when it's so prominent, seems like attention to details wasn't given. Well articulated and delivered so all that's in the bag, highly desirable and obviously has worked for you :)

I am glad that I found your channel. It was such conducive content for UX beginners as well as for anyone who is passionate about it. Thanks for sharing your hard work with us. 😃

Thank you for sharing your idea and thought process. It certainly was educational and it motivates me further to sketch my portfolio which I’ve been dodging for a while now. Really insightful work! Kudos to you 🙌🏻🙌🏻

Thank you so much. I redid everything after watching this presentation.

One of the best and helpful video where I saw process in real life rather than just theory.

I'm glad I find this video. Helpful and generous of you to publicly put out the slide, Figma, and other resources. I learned from you. Hopefully, I could nail my following interview. Thank you!

This was awesome, THANK YOU soooo much for sharing it 🙏🏽✨

my IQ went up after this video

I hit a wall with my UX portfolio and I think this is exactly what I needed to keep going on it! Thank you so much! I am going to watch this a few more times and hopefully send my portfolio to employers next week!

Thank you Sharon, I was in the edge of giving up UI/UX design. This video was such a great example of how to develop the whole project, it explained many of my questions. I especially love how you changed the buttom navigation, it's so creative & efficient! Looking forward to your new videos!🥰

I couldn't tell you how many times I've watched this because it has been so helpful ! Thank you so much

I loved this so much, I’m starting a bootcamp in the new year and this is SO helpful for me thinking in the future about job interviews!

It's amazing Sharon! Thank you for sharing this!

Watching this as an aspiring junior who feels so overwhelmed with breaking into the market, and a little ashamed of how my first project played out. (I have since done a couple more but it’s something that covers UX more). This presentation is SO GOOD, so much so that I feel motivated and inspired to revise my case study. Thank you for this, it clarifies so much for me

WoW!! I'm impressed by your portfolio. No one shared and present their real case study like you. Thank you so much for being the guide light! There's no doubt that you deserve the job offers.🌺

Had my first design interview today and I'm moving on to the next stage which is a portfolio review! Thank you so much for sharing this!!!

I looooooove the Figma & Speaker notes alignment tips. Thanks Sharon!

Yessss 🙌🏾 this was everything Sharon, thank you for sharing!!

This was super helpful. Thank you for making this.

Sharon, I see a hard work put into this work. I admire this. Congratulations with your achievements!

This is absolutely wonderful!

This is beautifully done. Thank you!

because of you I got my internship offer today!! I can not stress how grateful I am with you thank you!

This is gold! very insightful.

Thanks for this video, Sharon. It's very helpful.

This is amazing work Sharon!! we have been doing this for a long time and what we have here is a gem! 💎

Wow! One of the best videos I've ever watched!!!! Thanks for that Sharon, keep going girl!!!! 💕

Done is better than perfect! Loved your presentation. Thanks Sharon!

Thank you for sharing! You did a wonderful job explaining your process:)

This was so well done! I learned a lot thank you!

hey thanks for the video, I'm a junior product designer that just started last year. This definitely would've helped me do better interviews lol. A pro tip that I learned is to use Figma as your slide presentation and then you can include interactive prototypes right on screen which pushes the presentation to the next level :O

This is really insightful, quite hard seeing people drop their actual presentation. Thank you.

As a ux student, I think this video is very helpful. Coz the process is very clear and you presentation skill inspire me a lot ! Thanks Sharon. Expect your next video !

Your work was excellent, Sharon! I appreciate you sharing this, it gives me a good idea of how a presentation should look.

the presentation is very well done. it really gives me a great idea on how to approach UX!

Your 1st project is soo cool and timely! I'm sure many can relate

Amazing work on the explanation, trying it definitely

this is incredibly useful, not only for UX but the techniques and arrangement you made, thanks for sharing it!

Amazing job! I love it

Wow, great work! I'm enrolled in a bootcamp as a UX/UI student and I really admire how thought out your process is. Your work is exemplary. Congratulations, and thank you for the helpful tips✊🏼👏🏼

Great video! A solid example of a UX design process that is about understanding your customers and integrating these findings into the design.

This is very useful. Thanks so much for sharing this with us and congrats on your success!

Loved this video ! Currently in the process of completing a post-grad qualification in UX design, so I found this incredibly insightful :) Thank you !

This was very insightful since I'm doing my first case study on springboard. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you so much for sharing your presentation. I’m currently taking the Coursera course with live instruction, and I have to present my project next week. I didn’t have a clue on how to do it until I saw your video. This was extremely helpful. 😊

It's incredible that this information is free. Thank you for creating this content Sharon. I'm just beginning the process of making the career switch to UX/UI design and these real-world examples are immensely helpful.

The speaker notes tip at the end is so smart!

Awesome case study! Thank you. Subscribed!

Hey Sharon I am going to be starting my UX/UI journey in a couple days very excited and I hope to rewatch this when I get close to finishing and I want to start making my portfolio for job interviews thanks a bunch! Will

Wish I could like this a million times! This is great, congrats!

Thank you sharon You're my favorite

So great and organized flow of thinkings ! Beautiful ui design as well. I am so impressed !

Thank you so much for sharing the actual UI UX process, The whole video is well defined and organized, Such a quality content.

Thanks so much for sharing this Sharon ❤️😭 It helped me so much in getting past my interview last week!! Would actually love if you would be able to show you tackling whiteboard challenges as well, I have one coming up and seeing your process would be incredibly helpful 🥺 and congrats on your internship offer!

This is super helpful, thank you for this!

Hey Sharon! I appreciate the time and dedication you took for this video. I also like the details you gave about the thought process of your work. This video has given me a good real-life understanding of how a UX portfolio presentation works, so thank you. I'm definitely less anxious about future presentations and interviews.

Hi Sharon. Thanks for such a valuable share!

This was extremely helpful. Thank you for posting this. I never could fully understand what presenting for UX looked like, especially with self learning. This puts a lot of things into perspective. Thank you so much.

Well done, this also reminds me why I love UX Design so much.

Love this!!! Thank you so much for sharing!

Thank you so much for this, one thing I can say is that Insight matters over design. with a decent insight you can build something unique

This is a brilliant presentation! I actually took quite a few notes from it, so thank you very much for sharing these useful insights. Also, great human-centric way of approaching the problem.

This is amazing! Thank you for sharing your presentation deck!

This video is a treasure. All the details can really make me want to try this app.

I love this idea and your thoughts in iteration

I'm at the very beginning of my journey as a UX-designer (just started learning in Google Coursera courses and at the same time EPAM) and this video is soooo useful on how to make my first case portfolio. Thank you thousands of times!

Thanks for sharing Sharon❤️.It's completely helpful 😍🙏

Very informative and very motivational, thank you for this! Helped me a lot and from now on out, ill be using this as a format. Thank you!!!

This is amazing!!

I feel spoilt for this goldmine of information & resources for free! Sharon, honestly, you have no idea how much your videos are helping me improve.

Making my Transition 😉 into Tech this is the leadership level communication I’ve been looking for. Thank you for making my journey into Tech that much easier for the hard work and effort you’ve exemplified in this video.

You've done a fantastic presentation and breakdown overall for your main project as well as showcasing the how-to on putting it together. Showing how to be more efficient by recycling your project files for web and presentation formatting is incredibly useful for not only aspiring UX/UI designers, but is something that as a junior graphic designer myself I find I can always improve on as time is money in our respective work areas. Demonstrating how you set up for a live interview/presentation by keeping your main slideshow in the middle with a normal dialogue script nearby helped me to better understand how you were able to come off so naturally throughout the video and really invoked a sense of ease and professionalism throughout. Excellent work!

Thanks for sharing your presentation Sharon, it's really helpful! Congrats on getting hired by Amazon and IBM.

Not done watching yet, but from my observations, you are really smart and thoughtful. I like the animated gradient colours behind your presentation, It shows that you thought about keeping your audience/ viewers focused and attracted to your work subconsciously. Great Job 👏

This was so helpful! Thanks for sharing :)

WOW! This is so amazing that I've placed it in my course notes to study. Thank you for being so transparent and sharing how it's done. 🤗

This is AMAZING, ty sm!

thankyou so much for sharing this. wonderful project, Loved it!!

Thank you for sharing this! So helpful and great work

This is golden. Thank you so much!

Sharon, your presentation is so pretty!!

This is extremeeeeely resourceful! Thank you!!!

Such a great presentation!!

Really appreciate this video Sharon, I am currently enrolled in Springboard and just finishing up my first capstone, the overall process was not too hard, but it was really hard for me to string the pieces together and give a cohesive presentation. Watching you do this really helps me improve, thank you, thank you, thank you!

The speaker's note trick to look like you're not reading is excellent advice!! Thanks! Awesome material also!!! :D