Sources
How this guide was made
I collected advice from 40 sources (and growing) in Gemini Notebook and used Claude to help organize and draft the guide. I reviewed, rewrote, and fact-checked every section myself. The design system was built with Claude Design and the site with Claude Code, both under my direction. The decisions about what to include, what to cut, and where sources disagree are mine.
All sources
Every source cited across this guide, listed once. When direct access isn’t available, the link points to the author’s or organization’s general site instead.
- 2025 Content Designer Resume Example (opens in a new tab) (Teal)
- Biggest Case Study Mistakes (opens in a new tab) (UXCC webinar)
- Biggest Portfolio Mistakes Designers Make Every Time (opens in a new tab)
- Bloom’s Taxonomy of Measurable Verbs (opens in a new tab)
- Buzz Usborne (opens in a new tab) (portfolio example)
- Career Strategy Lab - 11 Point Resume Checklist (opens in a new tab) (Sarah Doody)
- Charlie Gardner PDF Resume template (opens in a new tab) (NN/G)
- Common Content Writer Resume Mistakes & How to Fix Them (opens in a new tab)
- December Resumes Chat on Butter (opens in a new tab)
- Document As You Go: Why Every Designer (and Engineer) Needs a UX Engineering Diary (opens in a new tab) (Ibraheem Rawlinson, Design Systems Collective)
- Effective Resumes for UX Career Changers (opens in a new tab) (NN/G)
- A guide to perfecting your UX researcher resume (opens in a new tab) (UX Design Institute)
- 5 Steps to Creating a UX-Design Portfolio (opens in a new tab) (NN/G)
- Get Hired: Job Hunting and Portfolio Strategies for Content Designers (opens in a new tab)
- Get your work recognized: write a brag document (opens in a new tab) (Julia Evans)
- How To Build A Career Portfolio AMA with Aneta Kmiecik (opens in a new tab)
- How to Create an ATS-Friendly Resume in 2026 (opens in a new tab) (Jobscan)
- How to Quantify Impact in Professional Experience (opens in a new tab) (Resumly.ai)
- How to use AI to build your portfolio (hint: it’s not about the writing) (opens in a new tab) (María Alejandra)
- How to write and present UX case studies that get you noticed (opens in a new tab)
- How UX Portfolios Are Actually Evaluated (opens in a new tab) (UXfolio webinar)
- Improving Your Decision-Making With Journaling (opens in a new tab) (NN/G)
- Jess Eddy (opens in a new tab) (everyday ux)
- Portfolio Homepages That Land You Job (opens in a new tab)
- Proactively preparing to write case studies at project kickoff (opens in a new tab) (Mara Lantz, Button Events)
- Receipts (opens in a new tab) (Roxana Shirazi, The Content Design Co.)
- Resume Trends in 2025 (opens in a new tab) (Elevate Career Services)
- Resume Skills for Product Designer (opens in a new tab) (+ Templates)
- State of UX Portfolios 2026 (opens in a new tab) (UXfolio webinar)
- Top UX Designer Resume Mistakes & How to Fix Them (opens in a new tab)
- The CPPPR framework for better UX case studies (opens in a new tab)
- The Portfolio Questions I’m Preparing to Answer as an AI-Powered UI/UX Designer (opens in a new tab) (Dolly Borade Solanki)
- UX Portfolio Workshop with Sarah Doody (opens in a new tab) (Career Strategy Lab)
- UX Resume Tips 2026: What to Include and What to Leave Out (opens in a new tab)
- UX Storytelling: How to Turn Your Work Into a Compelling Narrative (opens in a new tab)
- UX Writing Team Career & Competency Frameworks (opens in a new tab) (Whatfix)
- UXfolio x Career Creators: The 6 questions every UX portfolio must answer (opens in a new tab)
- UXfolio Webinar “I’ve seen your case study (500 times this week)” (opens in a new tab)
- We Rejected 80% of Designers on Their Portfolio Alone (opens in a new tab) (UXfolio)
- Writing effective, concise UX case studies (opens in a new tab)