I'm applying for a job as a graphic designer and I need to have a preview of my work. What should it look like
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Your portfolio is the single most important display of your work. A bad portfolio will reduce any chance you have of getting a job. Your resume may talk about your talents, but your portfolio will do the real talking! Your portfolio must prove your resume to be true and show only the most outstanding pieces you've created.  Limit your samples, do not include everything you have ever created. Most employers or clients do not want to spend all day looking and talking about every sample displayed. Make sure and point out your most important designs and leave the others behind. However, do not limit yourself to only a few samples. Make sure your portfolio has body and shows your diverse abilities.\n\nMake sure and place your best designs toward the front of the portfolio. If you have big clients, make sure and put those samples closer to the front as well. As you continue through the interview, the employer will start talking more to you and looking less at the portfolio. You must get their attention early by moving your samples. Try to keep your samples in order of print, web, ads, etc.\n\nSome designers will create great looking portfolios while others will make too much of it. For example, you should consider keeping the layout of your pages clean and simple, allowing for the artwork to do the talking. Use black or other solid colored papers to mount your artwork on. Keep 1 to 2 items per page as not to distract from the creative. Some designers on the other hand will make a portfolio busy by adding design to the pages along with the creative sample that they are displaying. In some cases, this may be effective, but for the most part its distracting to the original creative. Remember that you're showing who you are through your designs – let them do the talking for you both.\n\nLast but not least, is leaving your portfolio for a prospective client or employer to review a good or bad idea? This is a bad idea – I have known too many portfolios getting lost and lawsuits coming about after that. If you feel you have a chance and can trust the client or employer, then leave your portfolio for no more than one day for them to review. My suggestion is to leave a sample package or direct them to a Web site. A Web site is the best way to let everyone review your artwork at any time. If they are serious about seeing you after that, then you can bring in your actual portfolio. I personally like to see both, but I would rather look at a Web site up front. Make sure to include a Web address on your resume. Also, if you do leave your portfolio somewhere, have some form of identification on the outside, either a luggage tag or your logo, as well as a label on the inside with your contact information. This will help keep your portfolio from getting lost.
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I think that it's important to look to the best in order to see what the standards are out there. It doesn't mean that you should copy, but inspiration is always needed by creative people. It also means that you can recognise industry & design trends which is an important thing to grasp if you intend to make a career from this. \n\nThere are some really cool sites out there for designers, I have pasted a few below but the list is endless! \n\nAnother thing to note, is when you are just getting started, it's great to be able to look at a site & then look at the code to learn how it's done by the pros!\n\nHave fun with it!\n:o)
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You have done a fantastic job. Colors are great. Overall page setting looks good. Might want to put a football picture of some sort at the top somewhere.\nGreat Job!
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The previous answer is hilarious!\n\nI think you should remember the 'obvious' things:\n\n1.  Why I'm writing to you (because I want to considered for Job X)\n2.  That I am enclosing my resume.\n3.  That I am qualified/experienced for the job becasue, as you will see from my resume, I am/have ...\n4.  List the two most important/relevant items of experience I have had\n5.  List two of the most important skills/attributes I have for a job of this kind\n6.  Say how I will be glad to present myself for interview\n7.  Er, that's it ...
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It would be a good idea to read the application and follow the directions they give you. They will TELL you what question they want you to answer in your paragraph. I suggest you mention things that are not covered elsewhere in the application.
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Give examples of how you have displayed these skills in your previous work. Tell, or write (if you are introducing yourself via cover letter) about projects that you've been involved with, how you communicated with the team, the boss, the client; how you managed the project or your portion of the project. Describe your own unique way of organizing your time and the elements of your work, and be sure that your language and grammar are appropriate and correct.\n\nGood luck!
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Use a very catchy and/or clever title, and put a demo in front of it.  Demos are good because they will draw people in and allow them to interact with your project.\nUsing eye-catching images and bright colors certainly won't hurt.  \nGood luck with your science fair project!
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I assume they are company cards? Here's a way to impress - i'm a graphic designer. Send me your company logo and I'll design you a card today and send it to you by email. I'll also send you details of a few companies who will print them cheap.
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here's a good format\nname, \nadress, phone number(s), fax\nSIN\nobjective/goals\nQualification summaries\nWork experience\nActivites\nReferences
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can you be more specific as to what the background should look like?
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place a foto of urself it gets there attension alot better. also put a few words in for why u need this job or u can do this job
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(1) Put something exciting (plus rudimentary contact info only if you don't mind?) in the top bar to the right of the branding logo;\n\n(2) make any graphics load faster;\n\n(3) if you have more than one page, then limit the graphics on the first page and grab the customer's attention there by a quick load to make them stay, and give them easy and quick navigation, at the top of each page, to other pages: limited graphics on each page, for quick loading (maybe some sort of thumbnails that could be clicked for larger detailed images?)
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A write up is basically a description of your background. Some of the things you might consider including are any qualifications, years of experience or in business, specialities and location(s) you operate from. \n\nTo make it really zing though include 1 or 2 items that would make you seem unique/special - perhaps you done some work for a celebrity or well known person ("Clients include XYZ..."). Alternatively it might even be a short description of your own special technique or ideas to make the wedding party look particularly great. If you do offer some unique technique you have (don't be too specific about it) but give it a name - "Creator of the X method". This will help you stand out and make potential clients remember you.
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Last time I checked, that was stealing...\n\nBut...why can't you design one for yourself?  \n\nIn lieu of that, why can't you use the artwork from the domain that's carrying your business profile on it?  \n\nI've used screenshots from EverQuest (a game I play), photographs (personal as well as from Windows Clip Art Online) as backdrops...your own computer came loaded with several backgrounds as well...take a look there too.\n\nIf you really want to impress the masses, I would not suggest using someone else's work to get it done, there is the possibility it would be recognized anyway, and where would that leave you?  A plagurist?\n\n-Em
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It'll guess something like arial or times new roman.  If it's a title, heading or logo then write whan you want and save it as a picture.  Or stick to 'standard' fonts like aerial.
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we need to see samples of ur work first
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Your application letter is one of your most important job-search documents.Preferably, the person you write to should be the individual doing the hiring for the position you're seeking.\n1. Look for this person's name in company publications found at the University Placement Service, the Krannert Business Library, or the Reserve Desk in the Undergraduate Library. If the name is unavailable in these places, phone the organization and ask for the person's name or at least the name of the personnel manager.\n\n2. get your reader's attention, stimulate interest, and be appropriate to the job you are seeking.Make your goal clear.If you're answering an advertisement, name the position stated in the ad and identify the source, for example: "your advertisement for a graphic artist, which appeared in the Chicago Sun Times, May 15, 1998,..." \nIf you're prospecting for a job, try to identify the job title used by the organization. \nIf a specific position title isn't available or if you wish to apply for a line of work that may come under several titles, you may decide to adapt the professional objective stated in your resume. \n\n3. Highlighting Your Qualifications.Be sure to refer to your enclosed resume at the most appropriate point in your letter.Conclude with a clear, courteous request to set up an interview, and suggest a procedure for doing so. Make sure your letter is professional in format, organization, style, grammar, and mechanics.\n\nMake the letter less than 1 1/2 page.