Create a Portfolio in 6 Days
Skill Level: Beginner to AdvancedDesktop publishing or graphic design portfolios should be more than just a few samples thrown into any old folder. Potential employers or clients use examples of your work to help determine whether they want to hire you. The samples you choose for graphic design portfolios and how you present them can affect whether or not you get the job.
Who Should Take This Class
If you aren't taking on new clients or if you're so well-known that your name alone can land an assignment, then maybe you can forget about formal graphic design portfolios. However, few of us fall into those categories.
This class is for freelance designers -- no matter how long you have been in business -- and anyone seeking employment in the graphic design or desktop publishing field. Even if you have no prior design experience you can learn how to create a portfolio of your work to show potential clients or employers.
How Long Will It Take?
An email describing each lesson will arrive daily for 6 days. Read the lessons and do the assignments at your own pace.
What Does the Class Cover?
This class presents 6 lessons with accompanying assignments to help you develop your own professional portfolio.
- Why you need a portfolio
- What goes in a portfolio
- How to create a beginner portfolio
- Choosing a portfolio case
- Organizing and assembling a portfolio
- Using a portfolio effectively
How Do I Enroll?
Sign up below and Lesson 1: Why Use Portfolios will arrive shortly - if it doesn't, see the "Don't Miss an Issue" section. When the last newsletter arrives you are automatically unsubscribed - no action required on your part. To unsubscribe earlier use the link at the end of one of the email newsletters.
Don't Miss an Issue
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