After reviewing over 600 UX/UI portfolios last year I started to notice that most designers make the same mistakes. Over and over.

I shared these patterns and differences with you twice already, and this time let's share it on a larger canvas - a more complex, web design with cards, photos, a map view and more.

There are five distinct UI levels, or skill levels and only being above 4 will result in getting a UI design job.

Watch the video to find out which skill level are you and what to focus on to progress to the next level faster. Of course it's all in the details! Become a great UX/UI designer.

Step one is to focus on the actual skills and not specific design tools. Then you need to get an "eye for design details" - you can practice it exactly by watching this specific video.

You may be able to spot even more things wrong with the designs that I didn't mention - that's great!

🚨 This is based on my own experiences with over a 1000 junior designers and their portfolios, tracking which ones later got an industry job and which ones didn't.

☝️ IMPORTANT: The screens shown as these examples are only focusing on LOOKS, not the UX because the product doesn't exist. If someone tells you recruiters will analyse the UX and how it makes sense of a fake, made-up product in a junior portfolio then sorry - 90% of the time ONLY UI matters.

When you get your first job you'll get wireframes and instructions to deliver the proper structure.

This is just to show UI-skill differences.

So...

Yes, I believe you can be a level five designer. Do you?



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00:00 - UI Design Levels
00:36 - Level 5
01:33 - Level 4
02:54 - Level 3
05:41 - Level 2
09:12 - Level 1