Brand & Job Hunt

Your portfolio is a design project. 

You are interviewing the firm. 

I built my first portfolio in Adobe Illustrator - before I'd heard of InDesign - using "print layouts". I printed each sheet and using folding techniques to best simply production and presentation. My professor said it was the best portfolio he'd ever seen. It showed intent, rigor and personality. 

I flew myself to Philadelphia on a waitress budget, I pricelined a hotel and visited OLIN's local projects before my interview. Even though I thought the interview went well, I did not ultimately get the job. 

Considerations for your portfolio

• Don't just go chronological. Of course you've heard about the beginning and the end being the most important and I would say it's true

• Think of small to large

• Include art work - sketches, photography, collage, paintings, etc

• Appreciate the white space

• Create summary of notes along the way and save high res files 

• Don't forget about the process sketches. Reviewers love to see this.