Portfolio Presentation: Step Two

Portfolio Presentation: Step Two
As I told you, portfolios are ALWAYS in process! You should be continuously adding, tweaking, improving upon your portfolio-EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE A JOB!

It has been said, by the professionals, you should tailor your portfolio contents to fit the needs of each prospective employer and each job interview. This means that you must carefully research each firm in advance to determine what kind of editing might be necessary AND what types of jobs you desire. Those who desire to design logos, should have logos in their portfolio. Those designers who want to create publications, booklets, catalogs should have examples of these in their portfolio. You get where I am going with this, no?

This whole Portfolio Presentation Session is about:
1. seeing what you want to have in your portfolio
2. filling in the missing gaps between what you have and what you want.
3. deciding how you want to present your portfolio

So, we will be exploring ideas and designing NEW work.

To land a hands-on creative job, you must have an outstanding portfolio that demonstrates the quality of your thinking as well as your form-giving abilities. Most designers need two versions—a physical one that can be carried around and a website.

Please read thru this article from March/April 2006 issue of Step In Design on Portfolio Tips

Be thinking about your designs and we will continue to discuss possibilities and designing new work.