~ Pdf/Print & CV portfolio ~

Within my talking to Fionn from Craft this year she told me it was really important to make a creative CV as soon as possible so for me this was one of the most important things to get done first. 

Information to include -

- A short description about who I am as a person and a designer
- Previous design relevant employment - dont include irrelevant jobs
- Well designed
- Design specific skills
- Education
- Hobbies
- Exhibitions i've taken part in

This is my final creative CV - I kept the design really simple, splitting it into 2 halves.

The left being the 'profile' area within the CV - featuring my photo and basic 'bio' and description of me as a designer.

The right, much larger side has a list of all the exhibitions i've taken part in, previous work experiance, skills and interests.

And lastly, my basic contact details and web links at the bottom and a big hello introduction at the top to initially draw people into reading it and its big, bold and positive which expresses my personality well.

My next step - also advised by Fionn from Craft was to stop relying on my Behance portfolio and also not even rely fully on my website - as employees like to see a full portfolio specifically tailored to them as a studio. 

In order to do so its important to have a PDF portfolio of your work. I decided as I also need a printed portfolio to take with me in actual interviews I could do two at once and produce a PDF portfolio that could also be effective as a printed version.

I ensured that I formatted it so the PDF was made up of spreads but once printed it could be folded and made into a printed book format also.

This first page shows my CV formatted into a spread as I feel this is an important feature to introduce the portfolio.

 The next few pages of my portfolio feature the few most recent exhibitions and zines/collaborations I have taken part in. This shows my forward and personal approach to being involved with projects outside of client and university lead briefs. It shows my keen-ness to meet people and get myself out there as a designer.

 I created a really simple layout for the main spreads of the portfolio - minimal, clean, adaptable and fluid grid system.

The grid includes a consistent four title labelling system - includes the name of the brief, client, type of brief etc. The layout allows for a range of images so either at a standardised size or bigger dependent on the importance of such. It then allows room for a small description about each brief. It gives the potential client or employer a real idea about the concept and thought process behind each one; demonstrating that I produce not just designs but ideas. 

The rest of these examples show the fluidity of the spreads grid and layout dependent on image format and amount of images per project. I ensure that the spreads are split seamlessly down the middle in order for me to eventually be able to print the final portfolio and take it with my to interviews.