Vent: Portfolio reviews that focus on 'visual hierarchy' miss the point

Honestly, I just had a senior designer trash my portfolio because my case studies didn't follow some strict visual hierarchy. He said my eye flow was off. But I landed the job anyway because the actual UX problem solving was solid. Has anyone else had a reviewer nitpick aesthetics over real user research?

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patricia_wright6d ago

...and that's exactly what happens when people confuse visual design with UX design. Good visual hierarchy is important but it's not the whole picture. If your case studies showed real research and problem solving that's what matters for most UX roles.

riley5956d ago

Whoa wait @patricia_wright are you saying some people actually skip the research part??

charlie_stone7215h ago

Laughing at the idea of someone just slapping together some wireframes and calling it a day. Like bro, you can't just skip talking to actual users and hope your color palette saves you. I've seen portfolios where someone redesigned a whole checkout flow but never once mentioned testing it with a single human being. That's like a chef showing you pictures of food but never letting you taste it lol. Real talk, recruiters can smell the missing research from a mile away.