The New Design Portfolio (No Case Studies)
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Hiring managers spend 55 seconds on your portfolio. I know because I'm helping companies like Cursor, Vercel, and Figma find designers, and what's getting callbacks right now looks nothing like a case study.
In this video: real portfolios from designers who are working right now, what hiring managers are actually scanning for in 2026, and four paths you can take to start building this new kind of portfolio.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - 55 seconds to make a decision
00:45 - What the Figma hiring study actually says
01:45 - What's changing on the canvas
02:30 - Chloe Yan's 10-minute playground
03:15 - Preston Booth: the site is the portfolio
03:45 - When the product is the portfolio (Seb Cornelius)
04:15 - Wora Work's entire world
04:45 - Viktor Oddy: experimenting in public
05:15 - Does this actually lead to work?
06:30 - The paradox: jobs are up, but hiring managers disagree
07:30 - The junior designer problem
08:30 - Tool osmosis: the new apprenticeship
09:30 - PwC data: AI-exposed industries grew 38%
10:15 - Path 1: Micro interactions
10:45 - Path 2: Build your own playground
11:15 - Path 3: Software as a gift (Kyle Zantos, Sam Dape)
12:00 - Path 4: Learn in public
12:45 - Where to post (X, Instagram, LinkedIn)
13:30 - The DM that changed my mind
14:15 - My challenge to you
FEATURED:
Chloe Yan: https://x.com/_chloeyan (portfolio: https://www.chloeyan.me/)
Preston Booth: https://x.com/prestonb_xyz (portfolio: https://www.prestonb.xyz/)
Seb Cornelius: https://x.com/SebCornelius
Wora Work: https://x.com/WoraWork (portfolio: https://worawork.vercel.app/)
Viktor Oddy: https://x.com/viktoroddy
Floguo: https://x.com/floguo
Tom Johnson: https://x.com/tomjohndesign
Ryo Lu: https://x.com/ryolu_ (portfolio: https://os.ryo.lu/)
Kyle Zantos: https://x.com/kylezantos
Sam Dape: https://x.com/samdape
Jo Ash Sakula: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jashsak/
DATA:
Figma 2026 Hiring Study: https://www.figma.com/blog/why-demand-for-designers-is-on-the-rise/
DesignerFund: https://designerfund.com/
PwC Global AI Jobs Barometer: https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/services/ai/ai-jobs-barometer.html
FOLLOW ME:
X / Twitter: https://x.com/designertom
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itsdesignertom/
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tommygeoco
In this video: real portfolios from designers who are working right now, what hiring managers are actually scanning for in 2026, and four paths you can take to start building this new kind of portfolio.
Get the UX Tools Newsletter (written by me)
Join 100,000+ designers for weekly insights on creative software and the people shaping it: https://uxtools.co
Join our Talent Network:
https://talent.toolbenders.com
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - 55 seconds to make a decision
00:45 - What the Figma hiring study actually says
01:45 - What's changing on the canvas
02:30 - Chloe Yan's 10-minute playground
03:15 - Preston Booth: the site is the portfolio
03:45 - When the product is the portfolio (Seb Cornelius)
04:15 - Wora Work's entire world
04:45 - Viktor Oddy: experimenting in public
05:15 - Does this actually lead to work?
06:30 - The paradox: jobs are up, but hiring managers disagree
07:30 - The junior designer problem
08:30 - Tool osmosis: the new apprenticeship
09:30 - PwC data: AI-exposed industries grew 38%
10:15 - Path 1: Micro interactions
10:45 - Path 2: Build your own playground
11:15 - Path 3: Software as a gift (Kyle Zantos, Sam Dape)
12:00 - Path 4: Learn in public
12:45 - Where to post (X, Instagram, LinkedIn)
13:30 - The DM that changed my mind
14:15 - My challenge to you
FEATURED:
Chloe Yan: https://x.com/_chloeyan (portfolio: https://www.chloeyan.me/)
Preston Booth: https://x.com/prestonb_xyz (portfolio: https://www.prestonb.xyz/)
Seb Cornelius: https://x.com/SebCornelius
Wora Work: https://x.com/WoraWork (portfolio: https://worawork.vercel.app/)
Viktor Oddy: https://x.com/viktoroddy
Floguo: https://x.com/floguo
Tom Johnson: https://x.com/tomjohndesign
Ryo Lu: https://x.com/ryolu_ (portfolio: https://os.ryo.lu/)
Kyle Zantos: https://x.com/kylezantos
Sam Dape: https://x.com/samdape
Jo Ash Sakula: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jashsak/
DATA:
Figma 2026 Hiring Study: https://www.figma.com/blog/why-demand-for-designers-is-on-the-rise/
DesignerFund: https://designerfund.com/
PwC Global AI Jobs Barometer: https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/services/ai/ai-jobs-barometer.html
FOLLOW ME:
X / Twitter: https://x.com/designertom
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itsdesignertom/
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tommygeoco