Portfolio UI Kit — testimonials that name the relationship (FTC 16 CFR 465)

For freelance designers and small studios whose portfolio shows client quotes to US clients. Choose who wrote the quote and where your label sits, and you get the rule, the badge and the contrast. It runs in your browser; nothing is uploaded.

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Why a free portfolio kit gets this wrong

Free portfolio kits ship a testimonial slider with a stock face and "Jane Doe, CEO", and put any disclosure in a hover tooltip. 16 CFR 465.2 bars a business from writing a testimonial by someone who does not exist, and 465.1(c)(4) says a disclosure you must hover to see is not clear and conspicuous. Under 465.1(a) a business includes an individual who sells services, so a solo freelancer is covered.

Stakes: up to $53,088 per violation, the maximum civil penalty under FTC Act Section 5(m)(1)(A), 16 CFR 1.98(d) (2025 level, kept for 2026 by OMB M-26-11). Yardstick: DOJ's Fitzpatrick Matrix rates a 15-year litigator at $851/hour for billing year 2026.

What is in the kit — 8 components, 28 variants

ComponentVariants
Testimonial card4: paying client · discount disclosed · employee disclosed · placeholder, do not publishfree
Relationship badge4: paid client project · discount given · friend or family · employeefree
Portfolio button4: primary · secondary · download · disabledfull
Work filter chip4: selected · unselected · client work · conceptfull
Section tab3: active · inactive · hoverfull
Client avatar3: initials · logo slot · under NDAfull
Detail tooltip2: extra detail · hover-only, failsfull
Review request alert4: neutral ask · sentiment reward, blocked · sent · errorfull

Free: the testimonials section (card + badge, 8 variants) as Figma plugin, .sketch and SVG. Full: the rest of the portfolio page, 20 more variants. 6 color tokens you set to your brand HEX codes.

How to import: in Figma, drag the .sketch file onto the file browser (Sketch users open it directly), or copy an .svg and paste it, which lands as an editable vector. The .sketch carries each variant as a named, filled shape without its text label, and part of the component structure is simplified; the SVGs and the plugin carry the labels. Menu names differ by Figma version and UI language. This is a design file, not legal advice.

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Portfolio UI kit for freelance designers: a testimonial by your own employee needs a visible disclosure, and a hover-only tooltip does not count (16 CFR 465.1(c)(4)). Up to $53,088 per viola

Up to $53,088 per violation: the maximum civil penalty under FTC Act Section 5(m)(1)(A), 16 CFR 1.98(d) (2025 level, kept for 2026 by OMB M-26-11). DOJ's Fitzpatrick Matrix rates a 15-year litigator at $851/hour for billing year 2

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Questions people ask

What does this portfolio UI kit do?

It gives you 8 Figma components with 28 variants for a freelance portfolio, built around the testimonials section: cards and badges that show the relationship behind each quote (paying client, discount given, friend, employee), a placeholder state marked do-not-publish, and review-request alerts that avoid the 16 CFR 465.4 sentiment reward.

Who is it for?

Freelance UI/UX and brand designers, small studios and developers who show client testimonials on a portfolio site that US clients see. Under 16 CFR 465.1(a) a business includes an individual who sells services, so a solo freelancer is covered. Sketch users get the same file.

Why not use a free portfolio kit?

Free kits ship “Jane Doe, CEO” quotes and hide disclosures in hover tooltips. A testimonial by someone who does not exist is barred by 16 CFR 465.2, and 465.1(c)(4) says a disclosure you must hover to see is not clear and conspicuous. This kit draws the visible badge and marks the placeholder.

What is free?

The testimonials section: the card and the relationship badge, 8 variants, plus the browser check. Example: a testimonial by your studio's employee, labelled only in a hover tooltip, #94A3B8 on #FFFFFF = 2.56:1, fails 16 CFR 465.1(c)(4); the fix is the visible "Works at our studio" badge at 16.03:1. Nothing is uploaded.

What does it cost compared with the alternative?

The kit is one payment, not a subscription. The maximum civil penalty under FTC Act Section 5(m)(1)(A) is $53,088 per violation (16 CFR 1.98(d)), and DOJ's Fitzpatrick Matrix rates a 15-year litigator at $851/hour for billing year 2026. This is a design file, not legal advice.

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