This document provides tips for creative professionals on designing a portfolio, landing an interview, and interviewing successfully. The key points are:
- Your portfolio is the most important piece and should showcase your work in a clear, concise manner tailored to the companies you want to work for.
- To land an interview, leverage your network and online presence and target the right companies and roles.
- Interview tips include researching the specific job, arriving on time dressed appropriately, making eye contact, listening, providing concise answers, connecting your skills to the role, asking relevant questions, avoiding venting or discussing compensation too early, asking for the job, and following up with a thank you.
2. YOUR MOST IMPORTANT
PORTFOLIO PIECE IS…
…YOUR PORTFOLIO!
•Presentation Reigns Supreme
•Your portfolio is a case study – so make your case
•When in doubt – toss it out
•Look to your dream companies for direction
4. INTERVIEW TIPS
Brien Thompson’s "unlucky" thirteen interview mistakes
1. Research and prepare for the specific job.
2. Arrive on time.
3. Dress appropriately.
4. Make eye contact with your interviewer.
5. Show interest in the conversation.
6. Listen.
7. Do not ramble. Provide a concise answer to the question you have been
asked, then stop.
8. Connect yourself to the job you are interviewing for.
9. Ask relevant questions.
10. Do not vent.
11. Do not ask about compensation or benefits too soon.
12. Ask for the job and show interest.
13. Follow up with a thank-you note.
5. RESOURCES
PORTFOLIO SITES DESIGN ORGANIZATIONS
CarbonMade.com idsanw.org
cargocollective.com aigaseattle.org
Krop.com aiaseattle.org
WellCrafted.is arcadenw.org
Behance.net iida-northernpacific.org
Slideshare.net ixdaseattle.org
(Turns PDF’s and PPT’s into a URL) pugetsoundashrae.blogspot.
com
pssigchi.org
segd.org
spacecityseattle.org
wasla.org
