Fueler Spotlight 2025: Best Portfolios on Fueler

Every few years, the internet witnesses a shift , one that changes how people build, collaborate, and grow in their careers. For India’s new generation of makers, creators, and professionals, that shift is happening right now. It’s not about where you’ve worked, but what you’ve built.

I’m Riten, founder of Fueler, a platform that helps professionals showcase proof of work and enables companies to hire through assignments. Over the past year, I’ve had the chance to review hundreds of portfolios on Fueler, and I’ve selected some standout examples as part of our Fueler Spotlight 2025.

In this article I’ll share why these portfolios work, highlight emerging trends, share some data that supports why portfolios matter, and give you ideas you can apply to your own profile.

Why Portfolios Are the New Career Currency

Traditional resumes are not failing, but they are becoming insufficient. The job market is shifting quickly. Here are a few data points to explain why this shift matters:

• A study found that 59% of hiring managers prefer visual work-portfolios over traditional text-based resumes. Vervoe
• Another report showed that when employers were asked if portfolios might help applicants, 76% said yes. ResearchGate
• According to a career-portfolio guide, freelancers who publish portfolios are hired far more often than those who don’t. Upwork
• A resume-statistic piece showed that an average corporate job opening receives about 250 applications and only a tiny percentage get interviews. Novorésumé

What this tells us is that if you want to stand out in 2025, 2026 and beyond you must shift from “Here’s my resume” to “Here’s my work”. On Fueler our best users are those who treat their portfolio like a product—they show results, context, and continuous growth.

What Makes a Portfolio Standout on Fueler

From reviewing top portfolios this year, I see five recurring features that distinguish the best:

1. Clear value proposition – The creator states upfront what they do, whom they help, and what outcome they deliver.
2. Real work samples – Instead of saying “wrote blogs” or “built apps”, they show the actual link, code snippet, design, metric improvement.
3. Story + context – Each project includes short narrative: what challenge was faced, what was done, what the result was.
4. Updates and evolution – The portfolios updated frequently rather than being static. They reflect new skills or trends.
5. Targeted for hiring or freelance work – They align with the kind of roles the creator wants, and make it easy for companies or clients to evaluate them.
6. Catchy thumbnails: Aesthetic looking thumbnaisl with clear CTA and copy stands out (for example this portfolio)

Here’s a look at some of the remarkable professionals shaping this future, real people, real proof of work.

Copywriting

Anuj Shrivastava: Currently helping India's Got Latent with creative content 

Chelsi Metha: Writer, Social Media Consultant 

Vikra Vardha: Head of content, Neatprompts.com. Founder, Dopecontent

Josephine Gangmei: Direct Response Copywriter, Ex. Funnels Traffic

Yashi Jaiswal: Senior Assocviate Copywriter (Brand Marketing) @Noise

Sonam Gulati: Content Strategist & Customer Success Manager at Reality Simplified

Luv Garg: Content Marketer, Copywriter

Yash Ramteke: Copywriter, Ex. Associate Brands Solutions Manager @SocialPanga

Ankit Lachhwani: Conversion Strategist, GTM Strategist @Social Capital Inc

Anirban Das: Email Marketer, Copywriter

Content Writing

Nayeema Tabassum: Content Writer, Ex-Content Marketer @Infraon

Santhosh Nayak: B2B Marketer → Content Researcher, Content Strategist @The Growth Square

Anshu Shandilya: Marketing Consultant, 5 Years of Experience

Tanya Mangla: SEO Content Writer @Travelounce

Tripti Garg: B2B SaaS Writer with 5 years of experience

Nimisha Chanda: Marketing Consultant, Ex-Topmate

Mimansha Chauhan: Community Expert, Social Media

Anirban Das: Email Marketer, Copywriter

Aakanksha Umath: Copywriter @WLDD

Fauzan Nadeem: Marketing Lead @ColdPen

Social Media Marketing

Sharvin Shitole: Content and Strategist @Ugaoo 

Aachal Agrawal: Ghostwriter and Personal Brand Strategist

Shruti Mall: Agency Founder and Social Media Strategist

Vaishnavi: Content Writer and Copywriter with 3 years of experience

Vishakha Singh: Social Media Strategist and Manager, currently @The 1% Club

Nimisha Chanda: Marketing Consultant, Ex-Topmate

Karishma Sharma: Community Management Expert

Ayushi Jain: Content Writer and Copywriter, Ex-MyCaptain

Sumi Shaw: Content and Strategy Expert

Arya Kapoor: Content Marketing Manager with 7 years of experience

Marketing

Chelsi Metha: Writer, Social Media Consultant 

Fatima Alji: Ghostwriter and Social Media Management Expert 

Anshu Shandilya: Marketing Consultant, 5 Years of Experience

Rohan Gupta: Marketer, Growth Strategist and Ex- MDI

Nimisha Chanda: Marketing Consultant, Ex-Topmate

Sharvin Shitole: Content and Strategist @Ugaoo 

Meenank Minnu: Community and Marketing Manager, Ex- Writesonic and Hey Digital

Video Editor

Yuvraj Garg: Creative Producer & Visual Artist @Revolio  

Sakina Std: Podcast Producer & Video Editor @The Vishal Hour (Vishal Malhotra)  

Rahaman Bin Ujit: Sr. Executive Marketing at Phyllo and Ex- Thousand Faces Club  

Shivathmaj Shenoy: Video Editor and TEDx Speaker 

Vivek Semwal: Freelance Video Editor with 3 Years of Experience  

Pradeep: Video Editor at 100X Engineers, GrowthX and Varun Mayyaa 

Ujjawal Kumar: Video Editor @YAAS 

Elen Stephen: Turning videos into great memes.

Community Management

Harshita Garg: Community Manager and Marketing Specialist

Anmol Ghai: Community Management Expert, Ex-MarkitUP

Meenank: Community and Marketing Manager, Ex- Writesonic and Hey Digital

G Surendar Thina: Community Manager and Content Creator with 11 Years of Experience

Mimansha Chauhan: Community Expert, Social Media

Riten Debnath: Mental Model Artist and Best Community Manager

Product Management

Lisha Kothari: Product and Growth @Fam India

Ansh Jain: Lead Engineer @Upfront

Nancy Bansal: Product Management Geek, Ex- Accenture, Paytm, DaMENSCH

Vaibhav Gupta: Associate Product Management @Newton School, with 4 Years of Experience

Akhila Arsid: Product Management Expert, Ex-Mastercard, NextLeap

Sneh Kriplani: Product Design and Product Management Expert

Khushal Singh: Product Manager with 8 Years of Experience

Nitish Gupta: Product & Business Consultant

Diksha: Product, B2B SaaS, E-commerce and AI Expert

Prashant Raj: Product Lead @The Muthoot Group, Ex- Cognizant, Reliance and Freo

Sudhanshu Rai: Product and Business Consultant

Vikas Mukherjee:

Performance Marketers

Priyanshu Raidas:

Shivam Mehta: AI-powered SEO and Google ads expert

Manohar Singh Rajpurohit: Sr. Performance Marketer @JustAnswer (UK & ES Markets), with 8 Years of Experience

Hatim Bohra: D2C Marketing Expert with 5 Years of Experience

Vaibhav Raaj: Performace Marketing, Marketing Automation, CRM Management Expert

Saurabh Jha:

Abhinay Mandla: Digital Marketing Consultant

Ayub:

Sidharth Pandit: Digital Marketing Strategist

Content Strategist

Arya Kapoor: Content Marketing Manager with 7 years of experience

Santhosh Nayak: B2B Marketer → Content Researcher, Content Strategist @The Growth Square

Priyanka Kaushik: Working as Consultant Copy Editor at Penguin Random House, India. 10+ years of experience.

Vinutha CN: Worked on projects for Haldiram, Bewakoof, Licious, Zaiton Innocative, etc. Currently working at MyCaptain as a Digital Marketing Trainee.

Nikhila M Santhoshlal: Brand Manager @White Coffee Media

Sahil Mudgal: An author with hospitality roots and edtech expertise

Prudhvi Vishwanadhula: Worked on Social Media Campaigns and SEO for companies like Cadbury, Zepto, Zomato, Canva, Adobe, Nike, Amul, MyCaptain, etc

Rahul: Content and Growth Generalist, currently @Inagiffy

Jiya Ahuja: Social Media Manager and Copywriter

Nabila Farheen: Creative Strategist and Social Media Marketer. Currently @Brand Catapult

Graphic & UI/UX Designers

Harsh Mishra: Thumbnail Designer, Content Creator, worked with Josh Talks, Prakhar ke Pravachan, Justin Moore, etc

Shashank Sharma: Product Design @Flexiple, Marketer

Aanchal Verma: Thumbnail Design Expert, worked with Mohak Mangal, KK Creates, Finance with Sharan, etc

Priya Paul: Personal Branding and Visual Content Expert

Chandan Das: Illustrator Artist and Graphic Designer

Abhishek Saha: Senior UI/UX Designer @BLKBOX.ai

Deven Bhatti: Product Deigner, CRO Expert, Founder @Unoptimized

SEO Strategist

Nachiketh M: Digital Marketer and SEO Specialist with 3+ years of work ex

Anand Arya: 0-1, App Marketer, ASO, SEO & performance marketer, currently @DotMe and Brandemic

Gargi Kapoor: SEO Executive @Brandacy

Rahul: Content and Growth Generalist, currently @Inagiffy

Deepak Sengar: Achieved $3M+ in Client Revenue through SEO. Currently @Topmate

Chetna Choudhary: Sr. SEO Analyst

Koyna Tripathi: Digital marketer focused on SEO & performance marketing

Shrutika Srivastava: SEO & Digital Marketer. Currently @Passionfruit

Pooja Patil: Digital Marketing Executive @Hemant Enterprise

Personal Brand Strategist:

Nimisha Chanda: Marketing Consultant, Ex-Topmate

Nikhila M Santhoshlal: Brand Manager @White Coffee Media

Fatima: Ghostwriter and Social Media Management Expert

Santhosh Nayak: B2B Marketer → Content Researcher, Content Strategist @The Growth Square

Pratyush Hedaoo: B2B Content & Brand Strategist. Currently @SackBerry

Arya Kapoor: Content Marketing Manager with 7 years of experience

Aashi Srivastav: Building personal brands for Founders & C-suite executives on LinkedIn

⁠⁠Reel Editors

Yuvraj Garg: Creative Producer & Visual Artist @Revolio

Vivek Semwal: Freelance Video Editor with 3 Years of Experience

Pradeep: Video Editor at 100X Engineers, GrowthX and Varun Mayyaa

Elen Stephen: Turning videos into great memes

Sakina Std: Podcast Producer & Video Editor @The Vishal Hour (Vishal Malhotra)

Reel Creators

Aanchal Verma: Breakdown of how she creates her thumbnails for content creators

Harsh Mishra: Videos on producivity, tools and graphic design

Priya Paul: Freelancing and Agency building

Yashi Jaiswal: Vlogs about her corporate life and storytelling.

Shruti Mall: Agency Building

Arya Kapoor: Brand Building Content

Ujjawal Kumar: Breakdown of how he edits videos for others

Riten Debnath: Building a startup

Developers

Kartik Kochhar: Full Stack Developer and Designer

Akshaydeep Singh:

Debraj Karmakar: Frontend Engineer @DhiWise

Dhruv Kotwani: FullStack Developer @QuillAudits

Pratik Mane: Associate Software Development Engineer @dossieFoyer

Prantik Kumar Seal: Full Stack Engineer, Full Stack Engineer @Fibr AI

Susmita Dey: Full-Stack Software Developer and 3x Hackathon Winner

Avneesh Agarwal: Customer Success Engineer @Dynamic, Ex- thirdweb

Devkant Swargiary: Engineering @VIERBYTE LABS LLP

Rohit Ranjan: Founding Engineer @Cautio

Debraj Karmakar: Full-Stack Engineer @ravant media

Aquib Jawed: Full-Stack Engineer, Co-Founder @Fueler

Motolani Adelusi: Full Stack DeveloperFull Stack Developer @Oatek

Content Strategist

Trends We’re Seeing in 2025 on Fueler

After reviewing dozens of portfolios and speaking to hiring companies, I want to highlight these emerging trends:

• Skills-first hiring is gaining momentum: More companies want proof of competence rather than just credentials.
• Live links and deployment matter: Portfolios with live work (apps, campaigns, websites) are more compelling than screenshots.
• Video walkthroughs add trust: A short video where the creator explains the project improves clarity and engagement.
• Continuous learning is valued: Portfolios that show year-on-year improvement or new tools picked up stand out.
• Cross-discipline portfolios are rising: Designers showing dev skills, marketers showing analytics, full-stack devs showing UI/UX — versatility is an advantage.

Conclusion

The shift from “I have this degree” or “I worked at that company” to “Here’s what I built and delivered” is real. The best portfolios on Fueler in 2025 are those that articulate that clearly — with context, metrics, story, and simplicity.

If you’re on Fueler, review your profile today: does it reflect proof of work? Does it help a hiring manager or client answer “Can I trust this person to deliver what I need?” If not, edit it. And if you’re not yet on Fueler, now is the time.

Portfolio building is a process, not a one-time event. Be consistent. Be clear. Be measurable. And you’ll stand out.

FAQs

1. What is a proof of work portfolio?

A proof of work portfolio is a collection of real projects, case studies or work samples you’ve completed that show your skills, output and impact — not just what you list on a resume.

2. Why does a portfolio matter more than a resume in 2025?

Because hiring is becoming more skills- and outcome-based. Portfolios provide tangible evidence of what you can do. Resumes alone often fail to differentiate applicants in a crowded market.

3. How many projects should I include in my Fueler portfolio?

Quality over quantity. Aim for 2-4 strong, relevant projects that show your best work, and make sure each includes what you did and the results you achieved.

4. How often should I update my portfolio on Fueler?

As you complete meaningful work, you should update your portfolio. A good rule is every 3-6 months or whenever you have a project that adds new skills or measurable results.

5. Can companies actually hire through Fueler based on portfolios?

Yes. Companies increasingly use Fueler to evaluate candidates based on proof of work. When you have a portfolio that clearly shows your deliverables and outcomes, you boost your chances of being hired faster.

What is Fueler Portfolio?

Fueler is a career portfolio platform that helps companies find the best talent for their organization based on their proof of work.

You can create your portfolio on Fueler, thousands of freelancers around the world use Fueler to create their professional-looking portfolios and become financially independent. Discover inspiration for your portfolio

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