Portfolio Course Overview

Portfolio Course Overview

Who I Am

A Designer Who Turns Process into Clarity

I’m a UI/UX designer who has guided students and young designers to build clear, compelling, and interview-ready portfolios. My strength lies in translating messy drafts into structured stories—helping you understand not only what to show, but why it matters to recruiters.

What You’ll Get from My Sessions

Practical Guidance, Tailored to Your Goals

Each session is designed to cut through guesswork. I help you define your portfolio structure, sharpen your case-study angles, identify your strengths, and present your design work with purpose. You’ll always get direct, actionable feedback—nothing vague, nothing generic.

How We Shape Your Case Studies Together

I use a clear, repeatable system to help you turn raw project materials into a strong, story-focused case study. Each step is meant to reveal your strengths, clarify your thinking, and shape a narrative that fits your target programs.

1. Mapping the Project with a Mind Map

I guide you through organizing your project using a mind map—breaking down the problem space, your role, contributions, skills, and decision points. This makes it easier to see the full structure of your project and identify what’s truly worth highlighting.

2. Matching Your Work to the School’s Core Values

We review the principles, values, and competencies emphasized by the programs you’re applying to. Then we match them with the strengths already present in your work, reinforcing those parts and aligning your story with what the school is looking for.

3. Writing the Narrative with a Plot-Diagram Approach

You first draft your story in pure text. Then we use a plot-diagram structure to shape the arc—setup, rising tension, turning point, and resolution—making the case study feel intentional, engaging, and reflective of your design capability and reasoning.

4. Shaping the Narrative into a Cohesive Case Study

With the story clarified, we translate the text into a structured case study layout: defining sections, arranging the flow, selecting visual evidence, and deciding where each insight, decision, or artifact sits in the narrative. The focus is on building a clear, logical, story-driven presentation of your work.

5. Final Production: Building the Portfolio Page

The last step is execution. You’ll design and assemble the full case study—web or print—inside your preferred tool. I help refine hierarchy, pacing, information density, and visual logic until the final result feels polished, confident, and reviewer-ready.

Built and Designed by Eric

©2026

Built and Designed by Eric

©2026

Built and Designed by Eric

©2026