Harness Projects mentors review 5 portfolios submitted during the webinar registration. Our mentors are some of Australia's leading UX practitioners including;
- Jason Crane, Service Designer @ NSW Dept of Education
- Andrew Doherty, Former UX Manager @ Google
- Elizabeth Pek, Head of UX @ Newscorp

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Q&A Portion
0:00 Introduction
1:13:02 Are hiring managers usually familiar with the dot design, dot me custom domains available and getting more common? If someone chooses not to use a dot com domain for example, or would it be best to stick with traditional dot com domains?
1:13:56 What's the balance between project artifacts and accompanying text to add in your portfolios like Will versus Risa?
1:14:55 In terms of humor in a portfolio, have you guys seen any bad examples?
1:16:08 They want to break into the UI/UX industry but feel that there aren't even opportunities for internship here and not any learning opportunities and very specific and few jobs in the UI/UX field.
1:17:55 What are the pros and cons between scannable headings with a story or a minimal one word heading in a case study?
1:21:30 So we know what to look for in portfolios now after this session but what do you look for in a "LinkedIn" profile and any major red flags?
1:24:26 Is it a good idea to include interactive prototypes in your portfolio?
1:25:32 What can I do as a first year uni student to develop my skill set, to better align myself to become a product designer or a UI/UX Designer?
1:27:02 What do you recommend about bringing experience from other industries into the portfolio?
1:27:58 As someone who's planning to travel to study and intern overseas next year in Singapore are there any subtle differences in the approach of how managers look at your portfolio from country to country?
1:29:32 Does anyone have a favorite or most memorable portfolio that they can recall that they've seen throughout their career?
1:30:36 Any suggestions for how recent grads might navigate the transition to a junior designer job search from a history of university projects and longterm student design projects?
1:33:01 As someone starting out in the UX world, how would you recommend growing our network in the industry coming in as an outsider to learn more about the UX world and also to source out job opportunities?