Design Vitamins
Description
Guide
Newsletter
Podcast
Jan 1, 2023
Insights from Shane Parrish, Google, and Design Portfolio Tips
Five Finds of the week
Annual report framework by Shane Parrish (Try Now ๐ ๏ธ)
Breakpoints - Figma Plugin (Play Now ๐)
Google Journalist Studio (View Now ๐)
Seven free gorgeous open-source typefaces you can use (Check it out ๐)
Find your team's Design System Maturity level (Try Now ๐)
Four Things to Read, See and Hear this week
Lessons learned as a Design Founder (Read ๐)
Design for startups by Gary Tan - Part 1 (View Video ๐บ)
An Indepth guide to Twitter by Tasshin (View Guide ๐)
Andy Hsu's Design Portfolio (View Portfolio ๐)
Three Things to Try this week
Learn about Non Linear Professional Development (Check it out ๐)
Content Reel - Figma Plugin by Microsoft (Try Plugin ๐)
Readwise reader for all your web highlights in one place (Check Now ๐)
Portfolio Tips
Portfolio Tip #1
Make it easy for your future hiring manager to understand your role better in any project. A quick and easy list will help them know your contributions better.
Share what you've been accountable for โคต

Portfolio Tip #2
Recruiters or Hiring Managers probably have less than a minute to go through your portfolio. If you have a long portfolio, it might take them longer to see what you've accomplished. Offer simpler versions which tease them enough to go into details.
Tease to show and tell just enough, here's a good exampleโคต

One meme for this week:
