Description
Portfolio 101 – An eBook by Eran Thomson
Over a decades-long career, I’ve looked at thousands of portfolios and helped hire hundreds of creative professionals just like you.
And I am 101% confident that the 101 tips in this book can help you create a perfectly crafted portfolio that gives you the best chance of taking your career where you want it to go.
Inside you will discover practical and tactical things you can do right now to transform your online creative portfolio into a guaranteed gig-getter.
Chapters and topics include…
- Creative portfolio basics
- Structure and flow
- It’s all about the work
- Generating ideas
- Special ops and tactics
- Your “about” page
- Website stuff
- Video stuff
- The top 3 most common mistakes Headhunters see
- Understanding your creative power
- Getting a gig
- Leveling up in your current job
- Winning awards and trashing them
- Portfolio review types
- Other tools and resources
- More 101s
- The “Un-Un-Creative” course
- And more
If you want specific feedback on your work, please book a Bronze Boomerang, Silver Skillet, Gold Gull, or Titanium Torch review.
Recent Reviews:
I’m Not Jealous You Are
Good work. Good ideas. Good presentation. This one has it all. Almost.
Slower than Sandals, but Better than Most
The mix of great and less-great work in a portfolio might make a viewer wonder if you know the difference.
Use Your Skills to Sell Yourself
A UX/UI Designer’s online folio should ideally have super cool UX/UI. This one sells itself short.
A Menace I’d Like to Meet
If you’re a copywriter then all the copy in your portfolio should reward the reader and in this one it does.
Surf and Style’s Up
Think of your website as a frame and your work as the art and make sure the frame isn’t more interesting than what it holds.
Screenwriter vs. Copywriter
Most great writers can write more than one type of thing. But that doesn’t mean all writing is created equal.
