Crafting An Online Portfolio For Remote Work

Summary

In this portfolio review video, Stephanie Owens and Greg Gunn from The Future provide in-depth feedback to Miguel, an aspiring graphic designer looking to land his dream job in the digital economy. They discuss the importance of clarity and specificity in showcasing work, the need for a professional website, and how to effectively present design work to appeal to potential employers or clients. Through a detailed examination of Miguel's portfolio, they offer actionable advice on improving presentation, focusing on relevant projects, and tailoring content to meet career objectives. The review is aimed at helping Miguel and viewers like him understand how to make their portfolios stand out to achieve their professional goals.

Takeaways

• 😃 Miguel wants a remote graphic design job to have more flexibility in his life
• 👨‍💼 His website should appeal to creative directors looking to hire a graphic or brand designer
• 🎨 His portfolio lacks clarity on what specific skills he offers; it should be pruned down and focused
• 🖼️ The project thumbnails need improving to showcase his best and most relevant work upfront
• 📝 Avoid generic terms like 'brand strategy' if the work is actually identity design
• 💻 Getting his own domain and template would allow customization and better presentation
• 🖥️ Reference other portfolios to see best practices for presenting projects clearly and beautifully
• 🤳 Use mockups to showcase branded collateral like business cards in context
• ✂️ Drastically cut down project text to focus on the key details
• ⏱️ Improving presentation will take time and effort but is essential to showing off great work

Q & A

What is the purpose of the portfolio review?

The purpose is to help Miguel achieve his goal of finding a remote design job by providing feedback and suggestions to improve his portfolio website.

What type of design job is Miguel looking for?

Miguel is looking for a remote graphic or brand design position, either at a company in-house creative team or at a design agency or studio.

What feedback did Stephanie and Greg give about the homepage statement?

They suggested simplifying it to clearly state who Miguel is, what he does, and the value he provides, rather than focusing too much on design philosophy.

What should the website thumbnails showcase?

The thumbnails should showcase Miguel's best and most relevant design work in an appealing way to draw people in to click through to the full projects.

Why should Miguel remove the logo design services offering?

He should remove it because he is looking to get hired full-time, so companies may see it as a distraction or conflict of interest if he is also freelancing.

What term should Miguel use instead of branding strategy?

He should use the term "identity design" since the project focuses specifically on logo and visual identity design rather than full branding strategy.

What platforms does Stephanie recommend Miguel use for his portfolio site?

She recommends using Squarespace or getting his own custom domain, rather than the current templated site, to have more control over the layout and formatting.

What is one way Miguel could better showcase his process work?

He could include images paired with brief 1-3 sentence captions explaining what that image represents in the design process.

Where does Stephanie recommend finding designer portfolios to study?

She recommends looking at designers he follows on Instagram and Dribbble and finding their portfolio sites, as well as searching LinkedIn to find designers at studios/agencies he aspires to work at.

What are the key things Miguel needs to work on with his portfolio?

The main things are improving his presentation/formatting, pruning down the content to only his best and most relevant work, and spending time on considered mockups and images.

Outlines

00:00

😊 Introducing the portfolio review participants

Stephanie introduces herself as the lettering artist and educational director at The Futur who will be participating in a portfolio review for community members along with Creative Director Greg Gunn. They will be reviewing Miguel's website portfolio first and ask Miguel to share what types of clients or companies he would love to work with.

05:01

💡 Providing feedback on Miguel's portfolio website

Greg mentions the goal is to provide helpful feedback to achieve Miguel's goals. Miguel shares he is looking for a remote graphic or brand design role. Greg suggests tailoring the website to appeal to creative directors looking to hire a graphic/brand designer, showcasing relevant skills and experience.

10:03

📝 Reviewing the website introduction and recommendations

Greg and Stephanie provide feedback that Miguel's opening statement should simplify who he is, what he does, and the value he provides. They recommend removing location specificity since Miguel wants remote work. Stephanie suggests a format for highlighting skills and experience to grab attention.

15:05

🤔 Clarifying terminology use and project presentation

The group discusses use of terminology like "brand strategy" and suggests using "identity design" may be more applicable. They recommend separating projects instead of having a collection, improving thumbnails, and pruning irrelevant projects.

20:06

👁️ Examining portfolio presentation and formatting

Greg and Stephanie focus commentary on improving Miguel's presentation of projects, including larger images, concise explanatory captions, cutting down heavy text sections, and using better mockup images to showcase work.

25:07

💪 Providing final recommendations and encouragement

The group suggests Miguel focus on his best 3 projects to showcase his skills and creative voice. They emphasize studying other designers' presentations, getting his own domain, and recognizing it takes time to refine his portfolio.

Keywords

💡Portfolio Review

A portfolio review refers to the process where an individual's collection of work is evaluated by professionals to provide feedback, insights, and advice on improvement. In the context of the video, Stephanie Owens and Greg Gunn conduct a portfolio review for Miguel, aiming to help him enhance his presentation and align his portfolio more closely with his career goals, specifically in graphic and brand design. This is crucial for Miguel as he seeks remote work opportunities and desires to make his portfolio appeal to potential employers or clients in the design industry.

💡Accelerator Program

An accelerator program, as mentioned in the video, is designed to speed up the growth and success of entrepreneurial companies through support resources and services, which might include mentorship, educational components, and networking opportunities. In this context, the Future's accelerator program offers portfolio reviews, capability deck evaluations, website critiques, and weekly coaching calls, aiming to help community members land their dream clients. Stephanie Owens highlights this program as a means for artists and designers to receive constructive feedback and professional guidance.

💡Creative Direction

Creative direction involves guiding all visual and conceptual aspects of creative work, including design, branding, and advertising projects. Greg Gunn, identified as a creative director, collaborates with Stephanie Owens to provide targeted feedback aimed at helping Miguel refine his portfolio. Their role as creative directors is critical in offering professional insights that align with industry standards and client expectations, thus helping Miguel and potentially others improve their chances of achieving their career objectives.

💡Graphic Design

Graphic design is the art of creating visual content to communicate messages. It is mentioned throughout the video as Miguel's primary focus and area of expertise. The reviewers discuss how Miguel's portfolio should more accurately reflect his skills in graphic design and possibly brand design, focusing on showcasing work that aligns with the kind of job he seeks, especially in remote positions within design studios or tech firms. This highlights the importance of a well-curated portfolio that clearly communicates one’s skills and specialties.

💡Brand Design

Brand design involves creating the visual identity for a brand, including logos, color schemes, typography, and other elements that define its appearance and feel. The discussion in the video suggests Miguel is aiming for a position that involves graphic or brand design, indicating the need for his portfolio to appeal to creative directors or art directors who might require his skills for their design teams. This underscores the necessity for his work to demonstrate his capability in crafting compelling brand identities.

💡Remote Work

Remote work is a job setup where employees can work outside of a traditional office environment, relying on digital communication tools. Miguel expresses a desire to find a remote job that allows for flexibility, emphasizing the growing trend of digital economy jobs that offer such adaptability. This concept is crucial in the video as it shapes the kind of positions Miguel is interested in and highlights the importance of presenting his portfolio in a way that appeals to potential employers offering remote opportunities.

💡Digital Economy

The digital economy refers to an economic system that operates primarily through digital technology and internet-based transactions. Miguel's mention of entering the digital economy implies his interest in leveraging online platforms and remote work opportunities in the creative field. This reflects a broader trend of professionals seeking to adapt to the changing job market, where digital skills and the ability to work remotely are increasingly valuable.

💡Identity Design

Identity design is a subset of graphic design focused on creating the visual elements that form a brand's identity, such as logos and branding materials. The video suggests that Miguel could clarify his role as an identity designer rather than broadly labeling his work as brand strategy, which typically involves more comprehensive marketing and business planning. This distinction is important for accurately representing his skills and targeting his portfolio to the right audience.

💡Presentation Improvement

Improving presentation refers to the process of enhancing how work is displayed, making it more appealing and understandable to the viewer. Greg and Stephanie emphasize the importance of Miguel improving the presentation of his work, suggesting the use of better mock-ups and clearer, more focused project descriptions. This concept is crucial for making a portfolio more engaging and professional, directly impacting the viewer's perception of the designer's skills and attention to detail.

💡Mock-ups

Mock-ups are full-scale models or digital simulations used to demonstrate, evaluate, or promote a design. The video highlights the use of mock-ups to effectively showcase Miguel's graphic and brand design projects, suggesting resources where he can acquire them. This is essential for making his work more tangible and relatable to potential employers, allowing them to envision how his designs could be applied in real-world contexts.

Highlights

Miguel's goal is to find a remote graphic design job at a studio, firm or in-house creative team

The homepage statement should clearly convey who you are, what you do, and the value you provide

Improve thumbnails to showcase your best and most relevant work

Prune portfolio pieces not aligned with your graphic/brand design goals

Have separate pages for each full project rather than collections of images

Get your own domain and template for better layout control vs. current platform

Lead with identity design if not actively doing brand strategy; set goals in that area

Brooklyn Mike's Pizza project is very cool but buried - should have its own spotlight

Limit mentions of current employer and focus copy on your personal skills/experience

Mockups from Creative Market help showcase logo/identity design in realistic contexts

Start portfolio with 3 strongest projects fully built out rather than everything at once

Study other designers’ portfolios to get presentation ideas; Instagram/Dribble good places to find

Use mockups and thoughtful image presentation to showcase projects in best light

Be very concise with descriptive text - 1 image + short caption often enough

Presentation improvement key focus along with pruning/organizing current work

Transcripts

hi there I'm Stephanie Owens

professional lettering artist and

educational director here at the future

and you are watching a portfolio review

that I took part of with creative

director Greg Gunn to help our future

community members land their dream

clients and if you'd like some future

eyeballs on your portfolio then head on

over to our accelerator program where

we'll look at your portfolio your

capabilities deck your website and

you'll get weekly coaching calls with me

and Mr Ben Burns and now the portfolio

review

and we are going to be looking at

Miguel's website first so while I pull

that up Miguel

tell us about like what you would love

to to do

like who would you love to work with for

me I'd love to work with at some point

maybe a video game Design Studio or Sony

Santa Monica or things related to um

period video game design I'm in Savannah

Georgia right now and there's a lot of

like cool design uh related things

because of scad uh that college down

here it's pretty cool so you've been

working for a college or something

anything to just really just explore the

creative world I'd be happy with you

know cool awesome Greg and I looked

through this so Greg why don't you why

don't you kick it off for us yeah I

think I just wanted to give some context

for for what we're doing for for each

I guess website in real we're going to

look at uh our goal is to is to help you

achieve whatever goal that you're

looking to achieve right so a lot of uh

are well I would hope that all of our

kind of uh comments and suggestions

would get you closer to that goal

um

how you can help us is be really clear

about what that goal is otherwise we're

just going to be like saying random

stuff that it will be unhelpful with

with that being said uh Miguel a website

is usually intended for a particular

audience right so like the future.com

that's that's for as for you that's for

our our community and our audience and

uh fellow creatives looking to learn

who is your website for like what what

is the purpose of of this website for me

for this website I would say

the purpose would be to find a remote

job

first and foremost that's probably like

the first thing I'm trying to explore is

to enter the digital economy and see if

I can find a job that allows me to be

more flexible with you know my work when

you say get a job is that like for a

like a design studio or a a tech firm or

an agency there's lots of different sort

of like places for a designer do you

have any idea about like where you fall

in that range like a studio a design

studio or a firm so it sounds like

you're looking for

um a graphic graphic design or I would

maybe even see like a brand design

position and that could be either

in-house like by in-house I mean like

some you know corporate or something or

an agency or a studio so you're kind of

open to all those opportunities but you

would be graphic or brand designer

working on a creative team

Okay cool so your website should appeal

to

uh

fellow creatives and designers maybe a

creative director or an art director who

needs help on their design team uh for a

range of graphic design and brand needs

so that's the sort of like lens I'm

going to look at at this through you

want to look at where should we go first

I think we start right here this is the

this is the first thing people people

see so

um Miguel is a Daytona based graphic

designer who subscribes to the belief

that design should be a purposeful

functional and relevant to its original

intention

um okay so I I think

it's good to have an opening statement

and and the goal of that should be who

you are what you do and

who you do it for or or a little bit of

why

I think what I'm getting is

your graphic designer in Daytona

and then there's some design philosophy

so I I think you can probably simplify

that a little bit

um

I'm Miguel I'm a graphic designer

uh uh with experience working on Brands

Identity Design and like you could just

be maybe a little more like specific and

and focused with that statement okay

yeah I think that the the design

philosophy stuff so like purposeful

functional role I I like that I think

that can probably go on your about page

when you're like

talking a little bit more about about

you

um but this first thing should just who

you are what you do as specific as you

can possibly be okay

I do have a question you you said that

you correct me if I'm wrong you wanted

remote work was that correct yes trying

trying to get more flexibility in my

life honestly because I mean I'm a fan

of the future and I've listened to

pretty much all the podcast episodes and

like everybody's stories are so

different and so unique you know I'm

just trying to I guess find my own story

or create my own story and

get a job perhaps working with herbs I

would like working remotely

awesome so so in in that case I don't

really know if you need to even put

Daytona based I just think you could put

graphic designer because you're not

looking for local work you are expanding

yourself out and it might be a little

confusing to people outside of the

Daytona area so when I'm looking at a

sort of like a value proposition at the

beginning of a website I'm looking for

three things who Who You Are

what you do which we have and why should

I care and I think this is going to get

to that point of this is if this is for

right like you want to get a job in a

either in-house or in an agency this is

where I want to see words like Identity

Design with so many years of experience

or just give give whoever your audience

is

a reason to pay attention to why they

might want to hire you Flex a little bit

but I agree with with Greg I think the

philosophy stuff which I love as well is

better suited for the about page when

people want to dig deeper into into you

and this should be about like what you

have to offer people on a

on a

skill level basis especially if you are

wanting to be hired and and something

you could do as well which would sort of

be extra credit is you could make a

different

page for each

company you're trying to get hired with

so if you are trying to get hired with

let's say a video game company like you

said you could talk about in this like

you have this much experience and you

love video games video games are live

like making it out so like this is this

is your dream job obviously you're not

going to do that on this page unless you

are only trying to find a job in video

games or at a local college or if you

wanted to apply to local colleges you

could have a page that is very tailored

to or maybe not local colleges but just

colleges very tail tailored to why you

would want to work for colleges but if

you're keeping it more general for this

home page

just why why should they pay attention

to you

okay

what value can you provide to their

company yeah who you are what you do

your value yeah okay it doesn't have to

be long one sentence no it doesn't have

to be long yeah and that's that's what I

really tried to um

you know narrow it down just keep it

simple but you know like you guys said I

guess add a little bit more about myself

in in that uh thesis about me

yeah there's two kind of values the

value you provide and the values you

have let's stick to the value you

provide on the home page and then the

values that you have as a designer on

the about page okay awesome yes all

right let's start

okay

so

um spoiler alert we reviewed your

website a little bit together yesterday

just to kind of have like more yeah

better understanding clear thought going

into it but I I think you know just

sharing what you did about your your

career goal

um that that also sheds some light on

things so I think one of the first

things we we both thought was not quite

sure what what you do

um so I think that the statement up top

will help

um and the reason we weren't quite sure

is because we see some at least from

right here we see like a logo

we see a photograph

we see a coffee

you see some

old photographs

uh some really well designed tins and

then another photograph so it's it's

very heavy on photography like now that

I'm looking at it so I I think

um

a pruning the work to your only your

best work and that is relevant to like

what you want to do

and then also improving the thumbnails

having like your thumbnails are it's

like uh like YouTube thumbnails it's the

thing you care about the least but that

will

like make or break whether someone

actually watches or clicks through it

um and the thumbnails need to be really

beautiful

um and relate to to the the project

um so for instance uh the

uh booklets brochures menus and more

interesting not quite sure why there's a

photo of a woman on on there like

there's that's kind of a disconnect you

know and if you're a graphic designer

I feel like that thumb each thumbnail

should be showing us the best part of

that project's design process yeah the

finished beautiful beautiful product

um so I I think yeah improving your

thumbnails making them more clear

um and then yeah and then pruning the

work because I think if you want to be a

graphic designer or brand designer

identity designer

um I think you can probably get rid of

the professional image restoration bit

because that's not relevant

um

logo design brand strategy wedding

events sleep water work oh okay now I

remember what we talked about after that

but yeah I I think fundamentally on on

this home page that's that's what I was

thinking was like the thumbnails need to

be uh improved a lot they really need to

sell what you do and show off your skill

like immediately

um and then yeah prune what doesn't uh

make sense to to be there okay

and now that we know that you want a

more corporate job whether in-house or

with an agency and this is the portfolio

that you will be sending to them I think

you could get rid of the 100 plus logos

designed seventy dollars per logo I I

don't think that's going to be a value

add to oh yeah the the company that

you're trying to get hired with because

they also don't want you to be coming in

and them having on their mind is he also

doing logos for other people and it's

just I don't think it's relevant for for

a job yeah if you had a separate website

where you were doing logos for brands

that would be one thing but let's let's

keep this one focused

um let's let's dig into

this one where it says branding strategy

so

yeah go ahead I was just gonna say we

already looked at this so if you're in

the audience watching you've got one

project here

and then you've got

like sort of like the build out of it in

different phases and then we go into

another project here

so

I would like to see these on separate

pages rather than a collection because

people don't always like to scroll and I

need to click to before like I don't

even see this cool Brooklyn Mike's Pizza

on your website when I first click on

it's like I have to dig to find it and I

don't want to dig to find things and I

think the same could go for for all of

the projects so like having so that

there it is again and having this image

be on your home page and click to the

case study of that work yeah sure okay

so kind of yeah keep things more

separate rather than in a collection

kind of yeah yeah and we have some

examples of some some stuff that we

wanted to show you as well

um just just to kind of get your your

eye your your brain flowing with some

like how could you restructure this yeah

I would also say that putting this as

brand strategy when I was reading

through it

I wouldn't necessarily call this project

brand strategy if we're not getting into

market research and if you are cool I

just don't see that in here I don't see

sort of creating the marketing plan

creating the voice tone look and feel is

part of what you did but you know

developing the mission of the company

and having them develop their purpose

and their vision and goal planning and

things like that what is what I would

consider brand strategy so it's

absolutely okay to call you rightself an

identity designer and if you want to

work in brand strategy you know work

towards that but I wouldn't quite call

it brand strategy at this point okay and

yeah a lot of my terminology is like I

would say yeah very loose like I'm not

super like I said I've worked at a super

small local print shop so it's kind of

just

as much as I know but Identity Design

that does make more sense yeah

absolutely that's what I would call this

and that's what you know you might want

to start saying you're you do Identity

Design and if if you do want to work

in-house or even at an agency this type

of booklets brochures menus and more

would be sort of like the production

side of of brand identity and I do know

that those types of companies a lot of

the work that is done in those is sort

of on the production side of things

um and then if if you want to get into

the world of strategy just set your set

your eyes on improving on that but for

now I would just I would just

Identity Design okay

nothing wrong with that yeah that sounds

good

yeah and I I think you know

um do you kind of learn this stuff you

know like look up and get familiar with

all these terms I think that'll help you

um one of the best things about a

portfolio that you can do is be specific

about your role and the thinking which

we'll talk about in a second but be

super specific so I'm I'm in alignment

with Stephanie's assessment in that like

the that pizza project that should be

its own its own thumbnail its own thing

that's like one of the coolest things

that's on your website and it's buried

at the bottom of you know two pages yeah

oh no you know like you could flush it

yeah that's that's a whole that's a

whole project Okay so

uh that's another thing and this this

one too yeah not that Greg and I were

like this is so cool why is this not on

the homepage yeah like it's so much

cooler like whilst this is a cool

picture of vintage tins this is your

work and this is what's going to get you

hired gotcha one thing about the the

text I do like that you have like the

objective the audience stylistic

requirements technical requirements I'm

like oh

that's from my workshop so good job I

actually just realized that that's from

my workshop so awesome I love that

you're you know incorporating the

creative brief into here I think that

the way that this is formatted right now

is a little difficult to read the text

is very heavy and this is probably your

template that you're working with in my

portfolio yeah so one of the suggestions

I believe we had for you was to get your

own domain and you know get us squares

it doesn't have to be webflow custom

build or WordPress like like what Greg

and I have it can Squarespace is pretty

easy to use and then that way you can

have your own domain you can be in

charge of the format a little bit more

because right now

um and Greg do you want to comment on

the purple

sure yeah I love your color guy I'm

gonna let you reduce the color

it's objective but the overarching

thought here is

um purple is great nothing wrong with

that however it could either make your

work look better

totally unaffected or a lot worse

because the whole background is is

purple so it could uh clash with with

something so usually for a website

background you want to stick with

something neutral that doesn't mean it

has to be just pure white or pure black

it shouldn't be probably

um but something that sort of just like

this neutral Fades into the background

and lets the the images really really

sing

um so that I think that's why we're like

a good Squarespace template we'll get

you like 95 there and you can swap out

the colors

um

I I think uh given given the time that

we have the the one last thing that I I

would like to comment on is uh Miguel I

think like look at this this is great

work you can see all the thinking and

everything I think your presentation

just needs Improvement

um and we we have a reference for that

but that that sort of comes in in

twofold it's a how you're presenting the

actual work itself the images because

this is all great stuff right here but I

feel like this could probably be like

two or three different images

um that you know are sort of like

grouped nicely and uh you know the

artwork has arranged really really well

um and a very brief description

um and then I think the second part to

that is like there's a ton of writing

and I appreciate that yeah but you don't

need that much you could probably cut

cut all this down to like maybe a

quarter of what you have okay um and I

realized like

making a website making a portfolio

putting all this thought into it it's

not easy it's like the problem is never

I don't have enough the problem is

always like there's way too much and I

suffer from this too it's like how do I

edit this down to like what's really

what's really good and what's really the

important stuff that I want to show so

it's it's really an edit process and and

it takes time

and that goes for all the things we're

going to talk about today uh but I I

think you have such great work

um you're doing a disservice to it by by

not presenting it in its best light and

um and yeah I think we yeah we can show

you Emily's uh portfolio as like a great

example one thing that I did want to

come up uh mention is you do lean into

your current employer quite a bit on

your in your copy I would I would limit

that as much as possible and make it

about you rather than your employer

because there were Parts where it seemed

like you were trying to get work for

vintage paper company in your copy so I

would just limit that but yeah let's

look at Emily's so this is her home page

see how each each one is is a project

nice big images so let's go to I know we

we looked at this one yesterday to

actually see how

yeah large image at the top

one paragraph where this is where you

could do the Creative brief and how you

achieved it

and then if you wanted to have because

she just shows the final deliverables

which is fine I do that on on on our

website as well but sometimes when you

do want to show that more process work

you can do that as well and perhaps

um maybe put an image next to a short

paragraph to kind of give context to

what's going on in that image but I

would keep it too three sentences yeah

yeah some something super concise yeah

it's gonna say like you could just put a

caption sometimes that's that's all you

need the likelihood people read that is

pretty low to begin with so if it's like

a quick little something that'll that'll

provide some context I think that's

great

but one thing to pay attention to on

this Miguel is like

so on this image right here right look

at the effort that's just put into how

it's presented like that's a piece of

artwork itself she took her design and

then

plus it and made it into this beautiful

presentation it's not just like there on

the screen it's like yeah angled nicely

there's some lighting it's like so I

think that yeah yeah I'd like to see

that that level of effort into how

you're showing off uh your work because

it deserves to be shown up that way it's

really great and if you're you can buy

yeah this is she you can take your own

photos I mean if you're a photographer

Ben Ben Burns will say make your own

mock-ups because you're a photographer

but you're not you're not a photographer

so creative Market has great mock-ups Mr

mock-up has great mock-ups um I also

have gotten mock-ups from Adobe stock if

you have an adobe stock account

um are there any other places that you

can recommend Greg for mock-ups no those

I think creative Market has probably

everything you need it's worth it

because you'll buy you'll spend maybe 50

bucks on mock-ups and then you'll have

mock-ups forever for all your projects

for for the next five years you know

yeah we have worthwhile investment we

have a collection of mock-ups and we use

a lot a lot of times we use the same

mock-ups over and over again it's just

we change it in some way change the

color of the background change the angle

of things we get these collections of

signage like I have a collection of

signage that I got from creative Market

we haven't even like touched the surface

of all of everything that's in there so

it is definitely worth worthwhile

because if you're doing branding work

people want to see like a logo by itself

is great but how is that logo going to

be implemented in the world

and that's what that's what people want

to see whether it's clients or companies

or ages that's right here it's great so

your your brochure design your menu

design like this is a great way to

present that you know yeah okay

absolutely yeah I see uh like the

business card the menu and the kind of

invitation looking things

yeah

that makes sense yeah it looks good all

right awesome do you have any questions

for us before we dig into cherries

no I think uh that you guys provided me

was actually really helpful and like

just the presentation

alone is such a big thing on its own and

all those ideas that you guys gave me

are great I just have to realize like it

does take time that's going to take some

time for sure

the mock-ups help too yeah yeah anything

you can do to save time for sure and

especially since you're not you know

you're looking for a job the time is of

the essence you don't need to present

nearly as much as what you're presenting

right now in your portfolio I think if

you take Brooklyn mics you take the

Sports One

I'm just picking the ones that I that

stand out to me in my brain Tempest

Brooklyn mics and

this one and you just start with those

three and build out three beautiful

projects of those three

you can just work on the rest as as you

go but I think those three will will

definitely and they they all have a

certain Vibe as well to your work it has

some of your own creative voice coming

through

awesome thank you totally do do your

homework do some research look at how

other people that you aspire to sort of

work with

um are presenting their work

um and study it and make yours better

presentation's a big it's a big yeah

oh yeah when when we when we relaunched

our business and burned everything down

we were sort of like we like aspects of

their portfolio we like aspects of their

portfolio and then that way you can come

up with your own secret sauce for

presenting your work in a way that's

effective I guess that's kind of one

question like where do you even go to

just find portfolios to even like study

or you know kind of look at you just

so I don't even know

um I mean if you're on Instagram start

with designers that you follow on

Instagram go to their websites some are

great edits some are not great at it

yeah

um

also uh if you go on dribble

you can look at designs from and try to

find like people not like businesses and

go to their websites that's usually want

to end up on someone's website

the hands as well you can find people on

on the hands yeah or if you go to a um

like if there's a studio or an agency or

something that you want to work at and

you can find out who works there through

Linkedin you can go to those designers

websites and start studying what they're

doing right there yeah because that's

another fun thing for me to do like

since I started like

trying to apply for jobs is like reverse

engineering people other people's work

to see like how they you kind of created

their own pieces which is really cool so

it's a great way to get ideas for sure

yeah

cool well I hope this was helpful Miguel

I think you have great work and you've

got a lot to do but I I can I can see it

you know yeah the ideas are there I just

gotta really work on the presentation

and I mean it makes sense it's just

going to take the time and effort to do

it yeah awesome thanks for sharing this

uh appreciate it thank you guys I really

appreciate it no problem

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