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I'll echo what many on this thread are saying and advise against a PDF portfolio.

If you are creating a portfolio with the intention of showcasing it to employers or sharing findings with a team, creating a personal website with case studies is the best thing to do. One of the things I find to be the biggest differentiator in being able to easily get interviews and roles you want, is the ability to market yourself effectively.

Employers want to know (not necessarily in this order):

A) You know your shit

B) You won't fuck anything up and will also make them look good

C) You'll do a great job and will have fun/get along with the team

I'd advise creating a personal website with in-depth case studies to showcase, links to social media (LinkedIn, Twitter), a CV page, as well as a section that says a bit about who you are as a person. At the end of the day people want to know you can get the job done but also want to work with someone who will be a good culture fit.

I kind of used this awesome person site from Simon Pan as an inspiration/template for curating content on my personal site and was able to get interviews at Shopify, Uber Advance Technologies Group, Fjord, some F500s, and Government Branches.

Remember in your case studies to unpack research methodologies used and how user feedback had an impact on product/service iteration. I see an alarming amount of "UX" portfolios that just show slick and polished looking UI designs with no rational behind them.

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I have been reading into this as well and what I’ve gathered is web > pdf. Then it’s up to you if you wish to hard cord the website. Do you have the skill or willing to pay someone to do it for you etc...

I’m no expert or even in the field yet so take my response with a grain of salt.

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I love the presentation, but progress bars for skills... Am I to believe you're the creator of HTML and CSS as youre 100% on your bars for those?

Presentation of your work is beautiful, though I would cut the projects down, I honestly dont think you need that many to show your abilities. Youve got some really really nice projects, displayed well, I think you could shorten it a lot, maybe 5/6 projects max

Also if you have a website and show your work there, show some projects in your PDF that you dont have on your website, then maybe when you get an interview, bring in a portfolio with the best 3 or 4 projects on, as any decent hiring manager will have looked through your website, your attached PDF so you'll want to show and talk about a few different projects or go more into detail about a select few

Also, tailor your portfolio to the job, I notice a lot of editorial projects, so if you were applying for a place of editorial design, print design, you'd want to showcase those more. Where as a digital place you'd want to show more digital and illustrative works.

Edit, and actually another point, you list yourself as 100% for HTML and CSS, but include like only 1 web project, portfolio has a lot of editorial in... When I see that you think youre that good at HTML and CSS, why aren't you showing off more web stuff? I'm now starting to doubt you, thats what I'd be thinking ad a recruiter

Also with 100% HTML and CSS, your website better be the best website ever, and if you dont have one, thats definitely going to turn off any hiring manager, full bar at CSS and HTML and beautiful designs like these but doesnt have a website or its just an average site...

So yeah I'd definitely drop the rating and just have them mentioned opens you up for questions and conversation in the interview

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