Role & Duration ->
Founder Product Designer | Freelancer
2024
Platform:Web
MiCapsa
Building an authentic portfolio platform for professionals
Overview ->
Job hunting today isn’t easy - everyone’s expected to showcase their skills and projects. While many are learning new skills through upskilling programs, not everyone knows how to effectively build an online portfolio. For students and early professionals, it’s even tougher when there’s little experience to showcase.
MiCapsa is a user-friendly platform that helps professionals create authentic, skill-based portfolios through tailored assignments. By simplifying how users demonstrate their capabilities, MiCapsa empowers them to stand out in competitive job markets.
User Pains ->
• Overwhelming competition: Candidates struggle to stand out in a saturated job market.
• Exhaustive hiring processes: Lengthy tests and tasks make it hard for candidates to fully showcase their skills.
• mployer inefficiencies: Screening and developing assessments is time-consuming, often resulting in less-than-ideal hires.
Research Insights
-> Top roles: Product Manager, Marketing, Software Developer, PMM.
->Job applications:Most apply via LinkedIn or personal contacts.
-> Portfolio relevance:
62% believe it’s highly important to showcase their skills beyond simple text or interviews..
45% are highly interested in a platform designed for showcasing professional portfolios through assignments.
62% are most likely to use a portfolio showcase platform when applying for a job, while 19% use it for freelance opportunities.
61% consider it highly important to receive feedback on their portfolio from potential employers or peers.
Site Map
My Roll->
I led the end-to-end product design process:
Wireframes → High-fidelity designs: Translated early concepts into a clean, modern UI.
Branding: Created a style guide balancing professionalism with a warm, approachable vibe.
User experience: Designed an intuitive, frictionless flow for both students and recruiters.
Key Features & Screens ->
By wanting to make things easier for juniors, we created an index of tasks. It’s not always easy to find work or small projects to showcase, so we developed tasks at three levels for various digital professions. This way, a user can simply enter the relevant task pool and start completing tasks according to their level to present to recruiters and include in their portfolio.
Assignments Index
Personal Information Panel: Shows your profile picture, name, role, professional description, activity stats, skills and ability tags, and contact options - all easily editable and shareable. (1)
Your Work: Displays your completed tasks with name, description, level, views count, and share options. (2)
Navigation Buttons: Lets you create a new task or pick one from the existing task index. (3)
User profile in edit mode
Custom Task Creation: If you choose to create a task yourself, you can control different parameters like the field or profession (1), general details and level - Junior, Mid, or Senior (2), estimated time to complete and the solution for the problem (3).
Create new assignment
Answer mode: If you choose a task from the index, you’ll see the following::
A progress bar indicating you’re currently in editing mode. (1)
The task level and its average expected duration. (2)
A description of the task. (3)
Your solution. (4)
A built-in checklist to help you verify your work before submission.(5)
Answering an existing assignment
Home Screen
UI System & Components
Takeaways ->
•Blending professional UX with approachability for diverse users
•Building flows that reduce friction during complex processes
•Leveraging research to align product goals with real user needs
