{"id":592,"date":"2019-07-22T00:19:15","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T00:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christinemaggi.com\/designgal\/?page_id=592"},"modified":"2020-04-29T13:08:51","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T13:08:51","slug":"design-career-prep","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/christinemaggi.com\/designgal\/resources\/design-career-prep\/","title":{"rendered":"Design Career Prep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-offset-2 vc_col-lg-10 vc_col-md-offset-1 vc_col-sm-offset-0&#8243;][vc_tta_tour style=&#8221;flat&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; color=&#8221;white&#8221; spacing=&#8221;30&#8243; controls_size=&#8221;md&#8221; active_section=&#8221;1&#8243; no_fill_content_area=&#8221;true&#8221;][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Portfolio Inspiration &#038; Tips&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;portfolioinspirationtips&#8221;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;resource&#8221;]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/transactions.sendowl.com\/stores\/8000\/161318\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RookieUp*<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/niceportfol.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nice Portfolio<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bestfolios.com\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bestfolios<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uxdesign.cc\/how-to-build-a-ux-portfolio-if-i-have-never-worked-in-ux-80ebab8f3407\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to build a UX portfolio if I have never worked in UX?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.invisionapp.com\/blog\/creating-a-design-portfolio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Creating a great design portfolio<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uxfol.io\/ux-designer-portfolio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I Reviewed 573 UX Designer Portfolios, This Is I Want To See In Yours<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uxfol.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UXfolio Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.figma.com\/blog\/product-design-portfolio-tips-from-a-figma-recruiter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Product design portfolio tips from a Figma recruiter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/essays.uxdesign.cc\/case-study-factory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The case study factory<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nngroup.com\/articles\/ux-design-portfolios\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">5 Steps to Creating a UX-Design Portfolio<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"smalltext\">*These are affiliate links with partners that I recommend and believe will be valuable to you. 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