State of UX Portfolios 2026: The Research Findings
Everyone has advice on UX portfolios.
We have data.
We surveyed 100+ hiring managers and design leaders, who reviewed over 5,000 portfolios between them this year. We also interviewed several of them in depth to hear the reasoning behind their answers.
The result is the State of UX Portfolios 2026 report on what hiring teams actually value in a UX portfolio.
This event is where we reveal it.
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45 minutes on Zoom.
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What we'll cover
In this 45-minute live session, the UXfolio team will walk through the research chapter by chapter:
How portfolios get reviewed, how much time they get, and who is doing the reading
Which format helps, what ends a review before it starts, and what a template says about you
Which case study gets opened first, how many projects to show, and what a project card needs to say
What makes a case study work, where most go wrong, and how to handle work you can't show
AI in portfolios: how it gets spotted, and where hiring teams draw the line
Bonus: the red flags, and the advice hiring managers most want you to hear.
Some findings surprised us, others confirmed what we suspected. We'll go through all of them and what they mean for your portfolio.
Who it's for
Designers and researchers at every stage, from first portfolio to senior, and the people who hire them.
Join us live as we reveal the findings for the first time.