​🎯 For UX designers, researchers & product designers | 🧠 Beginner – Intermediate | 🧑‍🏫 Talk + Q&A | 🕒 60 min | 💵 Free

​You spent weeks building your case study. A recruiter spent 90 seconds on it and moved on. The problem isn't your process documentation or your polished screens, it's that you built your case study to showcase your work, and recruiters are skimming to answer one question: should I hire this person?

​In this session, Réka Nagy (Product Designer at UXfolio) and Gene Kamenez (CEO & Co-Founder of Uxcel) will break down every section of a case study such as thumbnail, title, intro, problem framing, role, process, visuals, and outcome, and compare what designers typically showcase with what recruiters actually need to see.

​Drawing on Réka's experience reviewing thousands of portfolios and participating in hiring decisions, you'll learn why strong projects often fail to convert into interviews and what separates memorable case studies from forgettable ones.

​You'll leave with a practical, recruiter-focused framework for auditing your own case studies, plus a template you can apply immediately to strengthen your portfolio and improve your chances of getting hired.

​🧠 What You'll Learn

​• Understand how recruiters actually read portfolios: what they're scanning for and why decisions happen in seconds.
• Learn to build every section of your case study around the single question a recruiter is trying to answer.
• Discover how to lead with your decisions, your role, and your results instead of narrating every step of your process.
• Identify the most common case study mistakes and know exactly how to fix them.
• Walk away knowing what to prioritise when building or refreshing your portfolio for a job search.

​​🕘 Agenda

​1. Setting the scene: the designer–recruiter disconnect and why it matters.
2. A section-by-section breakdown comparing what designers show vs. what recruiters need, covering thumbnail, title, intro, problem framing, role, process, visuals, and outcomes.
3. A focused set of quick-win changes you can apply to your case studies right away.
4. Q&A
5. Wrap-up, next steps, and how to access your post-session template.

​⚙️ Format

​Presentation followed by live Q&A. You'll learn through examples and frameworks shared by the speaker, with time at the end to ask questions and discuss real scenarios.

​👤 Who Should Attend

​This session is for UX designers, UX researchers, and product designers who are actively building or refreshing their portfolios. If you've put real effort into your case studies but aren't hearing back from recruiters, this talk will help you reframe your approach and fix it.

​🎤 Meet Your Speakers

​Réka Nagy is a Product Designer at UXfolio, where she helps designers create portfolios and case studies that get them hired. Having reviewed thousands of portfolios and participated in hiring, she brings firsthand insight into what recruiters actually look for—and what many designers miss.

​Gene Kamenez is the CEO and Co-Founder of Uxcel. As host of this session, he'll guide the conversation with Réka and help uncover practical insights designers can use to strengthen their case studies and stand out in the hiring process.

​🤝 Brought To You By

​Uxcel is a learning platform used by 500,000+ product professionals and 200+ organizations to build cross-functional skills across UX design, product management, and AI. Learn through short, gamified courses that fit into a working day, earn certifications, and build a portfolio with real-world project briefs. Ranked Top 50 Educational Product worldwide by G2 in 2024 and 2025.

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​UXfolio is a UX portfolio builder created for UX designers and researchers, used by over 200,000 professionals worldwide. Every feature, template, and tool is designed around how hiring managers evaluate portfolios, based on years of research. The platform includes optimized portfolio templates, research-based case study structures, AI writing assistance, a thumbnail designer for creating professional project visuals, and built-in device mockups.

​📌 Notes

​• Includes access to the full recording.
• A case study template will be shared with all attendees after the session.