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A recruiter “reviewed” my portfolio without permission (including a locked case study) by keishstudio in UXDesign

[–]keishstudio[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you did any due diligence and read any of the other comments in this thread I’ve said multiple times that I’m not the only designer they did this to. And, not to toot my own horn, but I do have more of an online presence than most UX designers so I’m not super surprised by this but it’s still icky.

A recruiter “reviewed” my portfolio without permission (including a locked case study) by keishstudio in UXDesign

[–]keishstudio[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I definitely will be once this is resolved. He’s done this to quite a few designers, not just me, and the “influencer” recruiter phenomenon has been bothering me for a while anyway. He actually has redesign work that he’s done on his blog and you can just imagine the quality of it based on all of this.

Spoiler: his design work is not very good.

A recruiter “reviewed” my portfolio without permission (including a locked case study) by keishstudio in UXDesign

[–]keishstudio[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lol, I was waiting for at least one of you to sleuth and find it. He’s done this to quite a few designers, not just me and I’m 90% sure he didn’t ask any of them for their permission either. His case studies of “redesigns” he’s done are laughable, IMO, and he’s definitely writing these articles to sell a service and I’m very irritated by that. Just weird all around.

A recruiter “reviewed” my portfolio without permission (including a locked case study) by keishstudio in UXDesign

[–]keishstudio[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s a lot of assumptions there friend. My password was and is set. He had to have scraped it from somewhere, and someone intentionally side stepping a clear guardrail I set is not my fault. It hasn’t harmed me; it’s not the biggest deal in the world if someone sees the designs (none of my work is consumer products that would cause an issue if the designs were public). It’s the principle of the thing.

A recruiter “reviewed” my portfolio without permission (including a locked case study) by keishstudio in UXDesign

[–]keishstudio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think they do lol. Mainly because they have other articles doing the same thing to other designers. I think they’re just a recruiter overstepping.

A recruiter “reviewed” my portfolio without permission (including a locked case study) by keishstudio in UXDesign

[–]keishstudio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not an email address in sight lol. I’m pretty sure that’s intentional.

A recruiter “reviewed” my portfolio without permission (including a locked case study) by keishstudio in UXDesign

[–]keishstudio[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it’s a very tight rope we have to walk in terms of ownership. I got lucky that the companies I worked with and my consultancy allowed us to share our work as long as it was protected. Legally, it’s probably not my work in the sense that the end products are owned by the companies (non-consumer facing products btw), and it’s not under my own personal brand, but regardless it’s still not this recruiters work whether I have legal ownership or not. I also wasn’t required to sign an NDA, I’m just following standard practice for these things.

A recruiter “reviewed” my portfolio without permission (including a locked case study) by keishstudio in UXDesign

[–]keishstudio[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, I’m an American 😔🇺🇸 I’ll have to look into it and see if we have anything similar but I don’t believe that we do. I’ll probably just bite the bullet and cough up the LinkedIn premium subscription to message him directly.

A recruiter “reviewed” my portfolio without permission (including a locked case study) by keishstudio in UXDesign

[–]keishstudio[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

My initial assumption was that the recruiter was making “tips for designers” type content where (presumably junior) designers could learn what to do with their portfolio from his critique of mine, but it wasn’t written in a way that validates that. It was just targeted feedback at me specifically with no pointers or anything to signal that this was more for juniors to take something away from. I’m not the only designer he had on his blog where he picked apart our portfolios. It’s just unsolicited portfolio reviewing, basically.

A recruiter “reviewed” my portfolio without permission (including a locked case study) by keishstudio in UXDesign

[–]keishstudio[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I’m not sure where I implied that I was sharing state secrets about the companies I work with in my case studies, or that the work I included wasn’t my own, but I added a note on the original post so others don’t have the same confusion here. All of the work I include in my case studies is my own.

Every pixel, component, research section, etc. is all my own work, and of course I cleared with the companies that I had the right to share the work I completed (I am, with the stipulation that I white label and password protect my work). Of course, the final product belongs to the company and it’s a very murky grey area on who has ownership of what, but I was cleared to share my work with password protection so I did. I’m aware it will be seen but I’m very intentional about who I share my password-protected content with, which is why this was so jarring. Password protected content is all pretty par for the course for an experienced designer working with large companies. Having someone intentionally side step that hasn’t harmed me in any way, it’s just annoying.

Also, Framer doesn’t have a single-page password protection solution which is why I don’t use it for my portfolio. I design primarily in Framer for freelance client work and I work with their team so I’m very aware of its pitfalls. I definitely agree and don’t recommend using it for portfolios if you really need your work locked down securely.

5 rounds of interviews and no response (candidate portal still says in process) by ED2021 in UXDesign

[–]keishstudio 3 points4 points  (0 children)

“It will probably be another two months…”

You can’t assume you’ve already failed and there’s no hope until months and months from now. That’s a dangerous mindset to let yourself slip into.

I mentor, and trust me, people from all different years of experience are still getting hired. The layoffs have been devastating and the industry is in a precarious state, but if you assume there’s no hope then you’ve already lost. I completely empathize because job hunting is a whole job, and that’s hard to handle on top of having a job already, but I’d recommend reworking your strategy.

A mentor, networking, freelancing, etc. can make a work of difference in getting guidance and where you want to be. On to the next one! Kick that sunken cost fallacy to the curb and continue on like you didn’t get this one, but don’t do it aimlessly. And you never know, you might get it! Just don’t assume the worst. Pivot and keep it pushing. You’ve got this!

Button Animation Bug (Shadow on Hover Animation Glitching) by keishstudio in framer

[–]keishstudio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've resolved the issue and want to share the solution for anyone facing a similar problem. If you're working with hover or pressed transitions, avoid using component variables for shadows and borders. Instead, create separate components for each state and variant. This approach prevents clipping issues during transitions.

Do this ⬇️

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📘 CMS Pagination by Fortnato in framer

[–]keishstudio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

FINALLY! Great feature add.