Roast My Portfolio | Live Portfolio Feedback with Salvatore Barras
Wondering how your portfolio stacks up? Curious what real hiring managers and senior designers look for?
Join Salvatore Barras, award-winning Product Designer with over a decade of commercial experience, for a live portfolio review session. Salvatore will review three real portfolios from our Discord community, sharing honest feedback, actionable tips, and insights from years of experience designing high-impact products.
Whether your portfolio is getting overlooked or you just want to fine-tune it for your next opportunity, you’ll learn what makes a portfolio stand out and what red flags to avoid.
📌 Note: This is a free event for Uxcel Pro members only. Please use your registered email address to get verified.
📖 What You’ll Learn
What senior designers and hiring managers actually look for in portfolios.
Common portfolio mistakes—and how to avoid them.
How to present your work more clearly and persuasively.
🕒 Agenda
Welcome & Introductions: Meet Salvatore and learn about his journey across South Africa’s leading tech companies.
Live Portfolio Reviews: Salvatore will review three portfolios live, offering constructive feedback and real-world advice.
Interactive Q&A: Ask your burning questions about portfolios, hiring, design careers, and more.
🤔 How to Join:
1️⃣ Join our Discord community – discord.gg/uxcel
2️⃣ Introduce yourself in the #introductions channel and ping Sofija to get the "Uxcel Pro" badge, that unlocks Pro-only channels.
3️⃣ Hop into #🎙pro-only-events and get started!
🧑💻 Who Should Attend?
This session is perfect for UX/UI designers at any level who want real, actionable feedback to improve their portfolios and boost their chances of landing better roles.
🎙️ Meet the Speaker
Salvatore Barras is an award-winning Product Designer with 10+ years of experience shaping intuitive and visually striking user interfaces. His work has been featured in News24, Ventureburn, Entrepreneur Magazine, and more. Today, Salvatore leads product design at E-Centive & Ignite, where he specializes in incentive marketing and user engagement within the South African telco industry. His passion? Transforming complex ideas into clean, powerful user experiences—one pixel at a time.
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