Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Last month the head of design at Lovable, Nad Chishtie (dive.club/deep-dives/nad-chishtie-lovable) , walked us through the portfolio of one of their recent design hires, Matt Sellers (https://www.lfs.gd/) . He’s one of the designers they just hired from the Dive Talent Network (dive.club/talent-network) and his website is what a top 1% portfolio looks like.👀
So today's episode is a behind-the-scenes of what it *actually* takes to create a portfolio that gets you hired at one of today's top startups.
He shares some really tactical mental models that I think everyone can benefit from.
Some highlights:
- Why Matt removed 80%+ of his work
- What made Matt's micro copy so effective
- How Matt built his micro animations in Framer
- The finer details of Matt’s portfolio and micro-interactions
- How Matt changed his portfolio strategy and why it worked
- What it takes to make your portfolio an experience rather than a catalog
- + a *lot* more
Nad Chishtie’s episode (dive.club/deep-dives/nad-chishtie-lovable)
Dive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿
🌐 dive.club
🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclub
Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:25 How Matt changed his portfolio strategy
7:34 Sweating microcopy details
12:51 Designing an experience instead of a catalogue
16:09 The finer details of Matt's portfolio
18:12 How Matt built his micro interactions in Framer
25:54 How important is mobile design really?
28:59 Key takeaways and final advice
Now you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪
Last month the head of design at Lovable, Nad Chishtie (dive.club/deep-dives/nad-chishtie-lovable) , walked us through the portfolio of one of their recent design hires, Matt Sellers (https://www.lfs.gd/) . He’s one of the designers they just hired from the Dive Talent Network (dive.club/talent-network) and his website is what a top 1% portfolio looks like.👀
So today's episode is a behind-the-scenes of what it *actually* takes to create a portfolio that gets you hired at one of today's top startups.
He shares some really tactical mental models that I think everyone can benefit from.
Some highlights:
- Why Matt removed 80%+ of his work
- What made Matt's micro copy so effective
- How Matt built his micro animations in Framer
- The finer details of Matt’s portfolio and micro-interactions
- How Matt changed his portfolio strategy and why it worked
- What it takes to make your portfolio an experience rather than a catalog
- + a *lot* more
Nad Chishtie’s episode (dive.club/deep-dives/nad-chishtie-lovable)
Dive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿
🌐 dive.club
🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclub
Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:25 How Matt changed his portfolio strategy
7:34 Sweating microcopy details
12:51 Designing an experience instead of a catalogue
16:09 The finer details of Matt's portfolio
18:12 How Matt built his micro interactions in Framer
25:54 How important is mobile design really?
28:59 Key takeaways and final advice
Now you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪
