Your Design Portfolio Sucks. Here's How To Fix It
3.4K views · 2026-09-08
Product DesignInteraction & UX
▎LINKS & RESOURCES
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Get the full portfolio checklist I use to stress-test every design: https://go.temploton.com/lofi-portfolio-tips-1-checklist
Launch a portfolio in days with Lofi: https://go.temploton.com/lofi-portfolio-tips-1
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My go-to site for design inspiration: https://mobbin.com/?via=taeonlinehd
▎VIDEO OVERVIEW
Your portfolio isn't held back by the work in it. It's held back by the decisions you can't see: the fonts, the spacing, the ten seconds a recruiter spends before something feels off and they close the tab. Nobody emails to tell you your padding was inconsistent. They just move on, and you never find out why.
So I took an average portfolio and rebuilt it into one that actually gets replies, without adding a single new piece of work. Same content, better decisions. I cut the vanity stats out of the hero, tightened the headline so it says who you help, and teased the work above the fold. Then the two things nobody gets right: picking a typeface (two rules that catch it every time) and spacing (the invisible 4px grid hiring managers feel before they can name it). From there I fix the experience section's hierarchy, rebuild the work grid out of one reusable component, turn a 100-hour case study into a showcase that actually gets read, add the next-project handoff most portfolios forget, and finish on the cheapest, highest-value fix in the whole thing: making it stupidly easy to contact you.
▎CHAPTERS
0:00: Intro
0:20: Our initial portfolio
0:38: Fix #1
2:14: Fix #2
3:32: Fix #3
7:36: Fix #4
9:09: Fix #5
10:57: Recap
Using some of the links below, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. It's the easiest way to support the channel and keeps videos like this coming. Appreciate you.
Get the full portfolio checklist I use to stress-test every design: https://go.temploton.com/lofi-portfolio-tips-1-checklist
Launch a portfolio in days with Lofi: https://go.temploton.com/lofi-portfolio-tips-1
Get started with Framer for free: https://framer.link/devantaebison
My go-to site for design inspiration: https://mobbin.com/?via=taeonlinehd
▎VIDEO OVERVIEW
Your portfolio isn't held back by the work in it. It's held back by the decisions you can't see: the fonts, the spacing, the ten seconds a recruiter spends before something feels off and they close the tab. Nobody emails to tell you your padding was inconsistent. They just move on, and you never find out why.
So I took an average portfolio and rebuilt it into one that actually gets replies, without adding a single new piece of work. Same content, better decisions. I cut the vanity stats out of the hero, tightened the headline so it says who you help, and teased the work above the fold. Then the two things nobody gets right: picking a typeface (two rules that catch it every time) and spacing (the invisible 4px grid hiring managers feel before they can name it). From there I fix the experience section's hierarchy, rebuild the work grid out of one reusable component, turn a 100-hour case study into a showcase that actually gets read, add the next-project handoff most portfolios forget, and finish on the cheapest, highest-value fix in the whole thing: making it stupidly easy to contact you.
▎CHAPTERS
0:00: Intro
0:20: Our initial portfolio
0:38: Fix #1
2:14: Fix #2
3:32: Fix #3
7:36: Fix #4
9:09: Fix #5
10:57: Recap