IMC580 Portfolio Design 26SP2 Syllabus JGJones

This course provides students the opportunity to create working web and print portfolios of curated, "best of" work to present to future employers.

Before you get started, you should spend time thinking about how you will best convey your work and your brand, so you stand out above others vying for the same position.

<aside> 💵 The following videos are chock-full of valuable information that will help you refine your presentation. I recommend that you watch them with pencil in hand, and make notes. If you don't, many of the ideas will dissipate before you have the opportunity to implement them.

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Video Training

The BIG PICTURE—What to Include in a Portfolio

This LinkedIn presentation clocks in at 52 minutes and is completely worth your time. You should be able to access this LinkedIn video FREE by using your uwa.edu email and credentials. If, not, let me know in the GroupMe. Click Link Immediately below.

Welcome - Behance Video Tutorial | LinkedIn Learning, formerly Lynda.com

Critiques—How Your Work is Seen

https://youtu.be/VFAkgNpAVSo

https://youtu.be/gQX8mVLm6D8

Let me guess what you're thinking:

I don't have any work worth showing. The field is new to me, so I don't have any professional samples. And I'm not far enough along in the program to have enough work to show. How do you expect me to build a portfolio when I don't have any work?

• Do you have pencil and paper?
• Do you have access to Adobe Creative Cloud and hundreds of other design softwares, many of which are free?
• Do you know people who have wicked problems that can be best solved by you with a design solution?

Maybe your problem is not a lack of work samples but a lack of motivation.

Forgive me for being blunt: