Thursday, November 19, 2009

ugh! I am totally guilty of being a delinquent poster. My apologies. I think it's just that time in the semester as well as the nearness of pumpkin pie.

Anyway, I was wondering if anyone has any advice on showing a portfolio during an interview. I was planning on showing everything on a lap top, but they would also like to see writing samples... I don't know how great it's going to be to read even a short article on a monitor.

Any suggestions?

1 comment:

Bobby G said...

Mm, pumpkin pie.

I guess it all depends on who is interviewing you. For one, designer types want to hold something in their hand, feel the paper, look at the finished product in print, etc. I certainly prefer this method and have spent many, many hours building my portfolio in print and mounting on boards. But, there are also those who want to see PDFs, don't care if it is mounted on boards, etc. So, there is no one right way, I have all my stuff in a digital format online at AIGA & Coroflot, I also have a teaser PDF to send and I have all my stuff mounted on boards, which I am always adding to and swapping stuff in and out depending on where I'm showing it. I would recommend doing it this way, black boards are very nice and professional looking, can't go wrong there.