How to make a designer portfolio in Framer that gets you hired
NS. Studio · 2026-10-06
A portfolio has one job: make someone want to talk to you. Hiring managers and clients skim, often on a phone, so the structure matters as much as the visuals. Here is what works, and three ways to build it in Framer.
Lead with your best two or three projects
Don't show everything. Put two or three strong projects up front, each with a cover image, a one-line summary and the result. Keep everything else on a separate Work page for people who want more.
Write case studies people can skim
- Context: client, your role, the year, the team.
- The problem in two or three sentences.
- What you did, with images doing most of the talking.
- The outcome, ideally one concrete number or quote.
Put case studies in the Framer CMS so each one gets its own page and URL. Adding a new project is then a five-minute job.
Make it easy to contact you
Show your availability, your time zone and an email that copies with one click. A short contact form with a budget or service field helps you filter enquiries.
Four templates, four personalities
Calm and editorial: Margin
Margin has big type, wide margins and one accent colour. It comes with a live availability line with your local time, a selected-work index where covers slide in on hover, a Projects CMS with full case studies, an About page and a contact form with service and budget fields.
Clean and quick: Velia (free)
Velia is a one-page portfolio for product and UI/UX designers, with a CMS-powered work grid and simple case study pages. It's free, so it's a good way to get a portfolio live today.
Bento and free: Tilework
Tilework puts everything on one bento grid: intro, availability, experience, tools, clients and contact, with a CMS case study page for each project. It is free too.
Memorable: Sidequest
Sidequest turns your résumé into a walk. As visitors scroll, a character travels through Hello, Skills, Work, Projects and Contact while day turns to night. A Plain résumé page prints cleanly to PDF for recruiters who want the facts.
