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Portfolio Pro Tips

Whether physical or online, your portfolio is your career calling card. Here's how to get it right and win that dream job.<br>Visit us for more information: https://www.admecindia.co.in/

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Portfolio Pro Tips

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  1. - Pro Tips- Create the Perfect DesignPortfolio A Presentation by: RaviBhadauria ADMEC MultimediaInstitute Url:www.admecindia.co.in Mobiles: +91-9811-8181-22,+91-9911-7823-50

  2. Whether physical or online, your portfolio isyour career calling card. Today you will know, how to get it right and win your dreamjob. I've divided the tips into physical and onlineportfolios.

  3. PhysicalPortfolios Physical design portfolios are one-off paper creations, so they can be tailored to the job you are applyingfor.

  4. Tips to Create a PhysicalPortfolio

  5. 01. Include a breadth ofwork You should aim to fill at least 20 pages of a physical folio, and at least 30 examples for an online space which are appropriatealso.

  6. 02. Provide Context toYour Work Illustrators and designers aren't just employed for their style but also for the clarity with which they interpret a creative brief. So if you include examples of your artwork without providing context, it's impossible tojudge.

  7. 03. Non-client Workis Acceptable Self-initiated projects are certainly acceptable in full-time applications,and recommended for freelance work in all the specializations.

  8. 04. Include CaseStudies Don't think of your design portfolio simply as a collection of your art and design work. Recommendations and real-life case studies goa long way in showing how professionally capableyou are.

  9. 05. Maintain ABalance You need to look at your design portfolio and resume through anothereyes. Experienced employers, project managers and agents know how to match up a CV to a design portfolio and gauge your character strengths and weaknesses andall. So think critically about what your design portfolio says about you. Is it too serious? Too flippant? Strike a balance that you believe shows off yourqualities.

  10. 06. DemonstrateAll-round Experience Are you only good at illustration or layout? Of course you're not: you're also a solid communicator who understands budgets and deadlines, as well as the importance of meetings and updates. Make sure your design portfolio clearly showcases that you posses these.

  11. 07. SellYourself Think about what other creative talents you might have as well. For instance, if you're a handy photographer, video-grapher, painter, artist, clay modeler, video editor, illustration artist, singing, dancing, or coding, why not include examples of your shots or webdesigns? They're all more strings to your creativebow.

  12. 08. Index YourDesign Portfolio What do you do when you find a particularly interesting website, magazine spread or book chapter? Those viewing your design portfolio - by whatever medium - will do thesame, so make it easy by including page numbers and clear project titles for each portfolio example.

  13. OnlinePortfolios

  14. An online design portfolio is your creative shop window. It's always on - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year - and it's always working to showcase who you are and what you cando.

  15. But is this silent sales machine working hard enough? Have you set it upcorrectly? Are you showing off your BESTstuff?

  16. Tips to Create - OnlinePortfolio

  17. 01. Choose YourPlatform How do you physically set up an online design portfolio? The good news is that you have a number ofoptions. Ifyou're technically-minded personalized domain name invest in somehosting set up a WordPresswebsite – – – Ifyou really don't have time pay somebody to do all of theabove consider using a done-for-you web platform – –

  18. Some PopularPlatforms WordPress.com Spacesquare.com Weebly.com Behance.com Pinterest.com Carbonmade.com Coroflot.com • Dribbble.com • Portfoliobox.com • Bigblackbag.com • Dunked.com • Allyou.net • Crevado.com • Wix.com

  19. 02. BeSelective As with a physical design portfolio, don't make the mistake of tryingto show off too much of your work. Potential clients don't need tosee EVERYTHING. Instead, be more selective. Focus on your best stuff and the work you've done for high-profile clients.

  20. 03. Curate Work Carefully Online folios need the samerhythm as printed ones: you need to tell a story, and order your projects so that they feel fluid and complement each other. If it means that an old project has to be removed to fit the new story, so beit.

  21. 04. Keep Adding NewWork "You could have the fanciest site in the world, but if it was last updated five years ago it looks a bitlazy." Regular updates are crucial - and notjust those showing finished work. Let people know what you're working on, or what you've done over the past fewweeks,

  22. 05. Photograph PrintedWork One of the biggest challenges is figuringout how to display printed material on screen. While digital versions of your work will help, photography is definitely the best way to show these off. It's all about the context, and showing your designs as they were intended to beseen. If you do photograph your work, invest time and resources into making the images as good as possible. Just as spelling mistakes do, images with no contrast, bad focus and so on take attention away from yourwork.

  23. 06. Label Your Portfolio Examples It's often a good idea to clearly label the work in your online portfolio. This will allow clients to reference individual designs or artwork when they speak toyou.

  24. 07. Give an insight intohow you worked Rather than just showing the finished design, artwork, logo or illustration, give an insight into how you did it. Give a short description of the brief and how you interpreted it to fulfill the wishes of the client. Avoid longintros Olly Gibbs' portfolio site at www.ollygibbs.com gives clear explanations of hiswork

  25. 08. Consider Making It APDF To give potential clients a different way to browse through your work, consider offering your work as a down-loadablePDF.

  26. 09. EncourageAction Make sure that your online portfolio is easy to navigate and that there are clear goals for eachpage. Think about whether your current portfolio answers the main questions that your clients will be asking. Questions such as: Who is thisperson? Where are they? What have they donebefore? Are there examples of their work that I can view? Who else have they workedfor? How do I get in contact withthem? –

  27. 10. PublishTestimonials If shopping on Flipkart has taught us anything it's that people love to know what other people think. Getting testimonials from satisfied clients is a great way to show some 'proof' that you can deliver on what your portfolio promises.

  28. 11. Promote YourPortfolio There's no point in having a great portfolio site if no one is visiting. Be active on Facebook, Twitter and Google+; deploy portfolio pieces to Behance, Flickr, Dribbble and deviantART. Film yourself working and put the video on YouTube. Aggregate artwork into a slideshow and share it onSlideshare. Put together a PDF brochure and upload it to Scribd. The more places you share your content, the more you'll drive people towards you and your portfolio website.

  29. 12. Add and Update Your Blogs A regularly updated blog keeps people comingback. It may seem a pain to have to find something new to post every day, but in the long run you'll thank yourself. You'll have 100 new drawings, for astart. Google loves a well-structured, regularly updated website that's stuffed with great content - and the easiest way to provide fresh content is to keep your blogupdated.

  30. More UsefulTips Never send an email containing yourportfolio Portfolio is different form backupfolder Keep the portfoliominimal Keep your phototoo Have an intropage Keep the number of projects in your portfolio to between10-30 Optimize your imagesproperly Get hosting anddomain booked for you before someone grabsit

  31. Some More UsefulResources http://www.pixeden.com http://www.behance.com http://www.pinterest.com http://www.flickr.com http://www.admecindia.co.in

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