How important is it to have a Service Design portfolio?
Data from the Service Design Career track report
Contrary to what I thought, not every company asks to see a portfolio when you apply as a service designer. In the Service Design Career Track report, it was found that:
“Just over half (53%) of the service designers applying for a job needed to show a portfolio.”
More details can be found in the report here.
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