UX Mastery
We help user experience professionals
get started and get better.
  • Home
  • Get Started
  • Buy Ebooks
  • Community Forums
  • Articles
    • All Articles
    • Ask The UXperts
    • Career Advice
    • UX Tutorials
    • UX Book & UX Course Reviews
    • Sketchvideos
    • Podcast Episodes
    • UX Mastery News
  • Recommended Resources
    • Books
    • Conferences
    • Courses
    • Degrees
    • Design Games
    • The Collaborative UX Glossary
    • Human-centred Design Process
    • Templates
    • UX Methods Bank
    • Tools & Software
  • About
    • Meet the Team
    • Our Contributors
    • Subscribe to our Newsletter
    • Write For UX Mastery
    • Sponsor UX Mastery
    • Get in touch

Ask AnywayA monthly column exploring collaborative teams, career survival and the heart and soul of good design practice.

Home» Articles posted by Alec McGuffey

About Alec McGuffey

Alec McGuffey

Alec McGuffey is the co-founder of RookieUp, a design education platform that offers short-term bootcamps and UX portfolio-building tools to give aspiring designers everything they need to build an amazing design portfolio and launch their design career.
Twitter | LinkedIn

Posts by Alec:

How to Develop Project Ideas for Your UX Portfolio

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Alec McGuffey in Careers

As an aspiring UX designer, you probably have tons of great ideas that you want to turn into fully-designed portfolio projects. But how do you turn those high-level ideas into comprehensive and well-researched projects that will impress employers? Check out these tips for coming up with UX design projects to build your first portfolio and land that dream job.

portfolios, UX Careers 3 Comments Read More

Meet your host:
Joe Natoli is an independent UX consultant, speaker and author with over thirty years of experience.

Joe Natoli

The only way to learn is to find the courage to ask! Send Joe your questions using the form below, and he’ll answer them here.

Search uxmastery.com:

Recent posts in 'Ask Anyway'

  • How do I get a recruiter/employer’s attention for a Senior UX position?

    November 12, 2019
  • What are my chances of getting hired as a UX designer with no real-world experience?

    October 15, 2019
  • What To Do When Asked For Your UX Salary Expectations

    June 11, 2019
  • In Praise of Stupid Questions

    June 11, 2019

    UX Mastery is an approved Educational Partner of the Interaction Design Foundation, the world’s largest UX Design learning community.

    Get 3 months of free membership to learn UX Design »

    Recent Posts

    • Creating Conversation: Ethical Considerations, Trust, and Designers’ Responsibility in Voice UI

      November 19, 2019
    • Success in ResearchOps: An indicator of UX maturity

      November 14, 2019
    • How do I get a recruiter/employer’s attention for a Senior UX position?

      November 12, 2019
    • Living the change from Product Strategy to Research Ops: Aurelius’ Journey

      October 22, 2019

      Article Categories

      • Activities (9)
      • Analysis (25)
      • Announcements (59)
      • Ask Anyway (4)
      • Ask The UXperts (114)
      • Careers (89)
      • Case Studies (8)
      • Code (5)
      • Culture (30)
      • Design (73)
      • Education (1)
      • Entrepreneurship (4)
      • Inspiration (27)
      • Interviews (14)
      • News (41)
      • Opinion (36)
      • Podcast (10)
      • Research (34)
      • Reviews (27)
      • Sketchvideos (10)
      • Soft Skills (61)
      • Tips (33)
      • Transcripts (56)
      • Tutorial (38)
        • Twitter
        • Youtube
        • Flickr
        • Facebook
        • Rss
        • Google
      Copyright © 2012-2019 UX Mastery & Co Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.
      Privacy | Terms