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The document provides guidance on how to create a case study that showcases a designer's skills and accomplishments. It includes questions to help identify one's strengths and values, as well as templates and sections to outline a case study, such as an overview of the project, research process, design solutions, and takeaways.

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Skillshare - Create An Engaging Case Study - Worksheets PDF

The document provides guidance on how to create a case study that showcases a designer's skills and accomplishments. It includes questions to help identify one's strengths and values, as well as templates and sections to outline a case study, such as an overview of the project, research process, design solutions, and takeaways.

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Showcase Your Skills and Values

You’re an exceptional designer and it’s your job to show that o ! Bragging about your accomplishments
and strengths can be awkward at best, but it’s important to get past the discomfort to showcase your
skills, values, and personality.

Complete this exercise to pinpoint what your skills, values, and more are so you can incorporate your
identity in your por olio and case studies.

1. Answer some questions about yourself.

1. What is an activity or idea I am passionate about?


2. List three things I value.
3. What are my biggest strengths? What do I do well?
4. What do I want to be recognized for? What have I been recognized for? What is an
accomplishment I am proud of?

2. Ask others, like your friends, peers, co-workers, and clients, to answer
questions about you.

1. What is an activity or idea you think I am passionate about?


2. What are some things you think I value?
3. What strengths do you think I have?
4. What makes me stand out from other people you know or work with?

3. Compare the responses from the first section to the second section.
Summarize what they say about you as a person and designer.

Use this template: “[Your name] is a designer who is known for ___”

For example, “Navi is a designer who is known for their human-centered approach and
illustrations that create more inclusive communities.”
Begin Your Case Study: Create an Outline
What is the story you want to tell about this project?
For example, “In this project I solved the users’ problem of not knowing how to participate in a research
study by making the study’s online dashboard more actionable and creating custom illustrations that
explain the value of the program.”

Outline
Here is an example of a way to outline your case study. Customize the sections based on your story.

Section Name Contents Examples

Overview Your role in the project and the Roles: UX researcher, UX writer, Visual
timeline designer, Interaction designer, Motion
(could include multiple roles) designer, Project manager, Illustrator, Brand
Identity designer

Brief list of challenges and/or


pain points “To improve the user experience of the study
enrollment process to engage participants

To reduce drop-o and enroll more people in


the study to increase data for research”

Brief list of outcomes or the


most important outcome “The updated ARC enrollment process and
portal makes it easy and engaging for
participants who are living with ALS to
contribute data about their disease
experience.”

Project overview 1-2 sentences that give an introduction to the


project and your involvement

Link to the live product

Problem Problem statement


“More than 800 participants interact with the
study’s portal one or more times. The
ine cient enrollment process and
counterintuitive participant portal deter some
people from completing their enrollment or
consistently engaging with the program.

Without intuitive pla orms that explain the


program and its bene ts, the program loses
valuable participants and data.”

Context to set up your story “Researchers don’t know enough about ALS
to invent e ective treatments. That’s why the
ARC Study was established to learn as much
about the fatal disease as possible from
people with ALS.”

Research A nity diagrams Imagery of sticky notes from a workshop

Insights Summarize what you learned from research

Persona Photo of a person, their name, a quote

User stories Text that pairs with your personas

Journey maps A table of a journey map

Design Information architecture A diagram


Process
Competitive analysis Highlight details pulled from an analysis

Paper wireframes Photos or a video of your drawings

Paper prototypes Photos of your drawings

Digital wireframes Screenshots of Figma

Low- prototypes Screenshots or a link to Figma

User testing insights A diagram or sticky notes

Design decisions you made Screenshots of your designs before and a er


based on insights usability studies with captions explaining
changes you made

Solution Summary of your solutions 2-3 sentences

List of challenges (from the “Challenge 1: User friendly enrollment


Overview section) with process
explanations of how you have
The redesigned enrollment process includes
designed for those challenges
multiple save points, a progress bar, audio
and video options, and an always
accessible sticky bo om navigation bar
that points you to an email address to get
help.”
Prototypes illustrating your Screen recordings showing di erent ows of
solutions your prototypes

Mockups or high- designs in Static images of your mobile app designs on a


context picture or illustration of a phone screen

Any additional designed results Sticker sheet, custom iconography,


component library, custom illustrations,
videos, animations, style guidelines

Takeaways Quotes from users or “‘The new dashboard is great and such an
stakeholders that illustrate improvement! It’s very simple and the
results changes were necessary’ - Lori”

Analytics or quantitative data “The study’s enrollment rate increased by


that illustrate results 120% a er the portal was updated”

What did you learn? “I learned that by designing with empathy


AND by having fun while designing users will
also be more engaged and willing to complete
tasks.“

Next steps that provide “Continue to intake user feedback from the
examples of how the project research team, especially about the
could be iterated on participant dashboard, and iterate on the
designs to improve the experience.”

KEY WORD BANK

User experience Wireframes User research


User’s needs Mockups Usability testing/studies
Pain points Prototypes Launch
Usability Iteration or iterative design Responsive design
Equitable Human-centered design Gestalt principles
Foundational research Accessible design Information architecture
Design research Inclusive design Personas
Post-launch research Equity-focused design User stories
A/B testing Ethical design Use case
Card sorting Value proposition Happy path
Affinity diagram Design thinking Edge case
Low-fidelity (“low-fi”) Competitive analysis User flow
High-fidelity (“High-fi”) Design sprints Storyboard
Journey map Stakeholders Key Performance Indicator (KPI)
Case Study Checklist and Feedback
First, go through the below checklist on your own. Next, ask at least two other people (co-workers,
friends, family, etc.) to review your case study and answer some, if not all, of these questions.

Does your case study include the following elements?


Your role in the project
A overview of the project
Problem statement
User research
Design process
Final polished designs (your solution)
Takeaways

Does your case study tell a story? Does it start with a problem(s) and
work towards a solution(s)?

Do you use terms that highlight your expertise but balance them in a
way that is easy to understand and conversational?

Do you explain imagery? Do you need to add captions or


explanations?

Is your case study engaging?

Does your unique personality and perspective come through?

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