Matt Sellers - What a top 1% design portfolio looks like

Last month the head of design at Lovable, Nad Chishtie club/deep-dives/nad-chishtie-lovable), walked us through the portfolio of one of their recent design hires, Matt Sellers gd/). He’s one of the designers they just hired from the Dive Talent Network club/talent-network) and his website is what a top 1% portfolio looks 👀 So today's episode is a behind-the-scenes of what it *actually* takes to create a portfolio that gets you hired at one of today's top startups. He shares some really tactical mental models that I think everyone can benefit from. Some highlights: - Why Matt removed 80%+ of his work - What made Matt's micro copy so effective - How Matt built his micro animations in Framer - The finer details of Matt’s portfolio and micro-interactions - How Matt changed his portfolio strategy and why it worked - What it takes to make your portfolio an experience rather than a catalog - + a *lot* more Nad Chishtie’s episode

club/deep-dives/nad-chishtie-lovable) Dive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿 🌐 club 🐦 com/joindiveclub Chapters 0:00 Intro 1:25 How Matt changed his portfolio strategy 7:34 Sweating microcopy details 12:51 Designing an experience instead of a catalogue 16:09 The finer details of Matt's portfolio 18:12 How Matt built his micro interactions in Framer 25:54 How important is mobile design really? 28:59 Key takeaways and final advice Now you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪