8 outstanding ways to distinguish yourself by great personal branding

Michał Michańczyk
Movade Product Design Studio
3 min readApr 7, 2020

In the world where we’re living these days it very difficult to distinguish yourself outstandingly. Perhaps it’s much harder than ever among a lot of professionals in their industry.

For Today I just have prepared 8 simple examples of how to distinguish yourself as a professional UI/UX/Product Designer (or maybe as another specialist) and how to sell your services in a creative, eye-catching way without selling out your romantic soul.

Let’s start and get to know how you should make your not overloaded, but still stylish and professional personal branding.

#1 Simple explanation about the services (web)

http://www.thenerodesign.com/

Pros:

  • Nice description and explanation of services Marco is doing
  • Big, clean text telling you directly what is going on

#2 Dynamic cursor with new technology inside (web)

https://www.designembraced.com/

Pros:

  • nice, big headlines what is the cup of tea of this guy
  • eye-catching design and pro look&feel

#3 Cursor-depends photos showcase (web-check it online)

http://www.amandabraga.com/

Pros:

  • great idea with photos showcase
  • great front-end technology on it
  • modern and pro look&feel
  • nice colors and style, nice esthetics

#4 Phenomenal personal website to impress a potential client (web — check it online)

https://kulbachny.com/

Pros:

  • modern design with nice colors
  • clean and easy to read communicate
  • effect “wow” during using the website
  • unforgettable typography

#5 Approach based on an illustration and dynamic top (web)

https://www.behance.net/gallery/63065537/My-Portfolio-Website

Pros:

  • involving users in the animation process
  • nice colors
  • the individual illustration as a branding factor

#6 Pretty cool printed CV (print)

https://www.behance.net/gallery/41331995/Creative-CV-20-Self-Promotion

Pros:

  • pretty cool idea to have printed cv in this kind of form
  • nice colors and huge typography making the cv pretty clear
  • nice content (what my teacher says, what my mom says)

#7 Personal website on the high level (web)

Pros:

  • nice colors
  • an interesting option to expand the designer story
  • colors and typography and face on it creating one, complete story

#8 Why hire me for your next project?

Pros:

  • nice section Why hire me?
  • nice colors and face identity on the website

Your branding should be a self-designed way to make an impression on your audience and solve the main values for the target. As always I just recommend being yourself in personal branding and I am still encouraging you to test new possibilities to have an outstanding effect in the industry jungle.

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