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mortvia
3,089 PointsHow to deal with NDA in regards to UX portfolio
I've gotten a few UX projects under my belt, but it's hard for me to talk about them because of the stringent NDAs I've had to sign. One client I worked for is notorious for lurking on designer's portfolio sites and sending out cease and desist emails if they display any of that client's work.
I'm struggling to sell myself as a UXer since I don't have much to show in my portfolio. Has anyone else overcome this barrier? Thanks!
1 Answer
Kevin Korte
28,149 PointsOne thing to keep in mind is quality over quantity; that helps. If you have already done the work and you're under NDA, you're probably out of luck.
However, at the time you are negotiating the work, is when you'd want to agree on what can and can't be used in your portfolio. As a designer, you want to tell a story. So your projects should speak more about how you came to those UX solutions, not what they were. Part of your agreement is that you build this project out on your portfolio privately, and allow the client to see it and sign off on it before it goes live to everybody. That way you cover yourself.
If you have to do projects cheap to get a client and project you can use, do that, until you get your portfolio built, than raise the rate.
mortvia
3,089 Pointsmortvia
3,089 PointsHi Kevin,
Yes, I've already completed these projects. :( With one project I tried to make a compromise by showing "scrubbed" deliverables only online, but the client insisted that no aspect of the project should be presented to outsiders (it'd give away their 'secret sauce', as they called it).