How to Make an Amazing Design Portfolio

How to Make an Amazing Design Portfolio

Introduction

You need a design portfolio to get your first job, your second job, every design job, to get freelance work, to get admitted to the design school you dream about. Your portfolio speaks for you when you are not there to speak for yourself.

People love to look at great design ideas because great design changes our world for the better. That’s why you have chosen design as a career and your portfolio shows your great ideas.

Your portfolio is the most important design project you will ever work on. Your portfolio is your lifelong design project.

This course teaches students how to create a design portfolio that can be tailored for any design job or role you are applying for. This course teaches a simple step by step method for creating design portfolio projects with impact that will impress reviewers and interviewers.

What you will learn

· I will teach you about the different types of portfolios you will need.

· I will teach you how to create a professional portfolio project.

· I will teach you what reviewers are looking for in a design portfolio

· I will teach you the three questions every design project must answer.

· I will show you how to build a library of design projects that you can easily tailor for any design role.

· I will teach you how to avoid the common mistakes many designers make in their portfolios

Portfolio Questions

In this course we will answer the common questions designers have when making a portfolio

• How many projects should I show?
• How do I choose which projects to show?
• Can I include Group projects? Personal projects? Projects I am still working on?
• How long should my portfolio be? How many pages?
• Is my website the same as my portfolio?
• Can I use the same portfolio for every job application?