Hello everybody,
I worked in India for about three years as a web/interactive designer and almost 4 years in the field of Interior/Architecture/ Visual merchandizing. Right now I am living in the bay area and I am looking for a job as a web/interactive designer. . Right now I just need an opening in the design field .
I would like to know few things about the portfolio presentation. Is it okay to have a CD presentation or is it absolutely necessary to have a book or a printed material. Since I do not know anybody here in the field of design, I do not have much guidance in this area. How should I go about it? I am trying to put my resume on the career sites. Do they really help? How can I search an entry level job here. Can I get some direction???
Yeah I’m sort of in the same boat as you. But you seem to be more focused in one thing (interaction design). I know the ins and outs of this kind of thing since I’ve been looking for a few months now (in the bay area).
Here’s a few tips for you:
Get your site posted on the web if it already is not.
It helps to have a cd and a portfolio book (fully designed). just in case. but not really essential. especially for web. If you want a really high end job. Like I mean if your shooting for the top of the industry you can forget about the slap-and-stick portfolios. You must be able to create a book that has been fully designed by your self.
Send an email first then you MUST follow up with a phone call a day or two later. Be direct and to the point. Kiss ass and butter them up.
Forget about the career sites. You need a job now and you must generate the leads yourself. But career sites are helpfull because they post jobs.
Get your site posted on the web if it already is not.
------I do have my online portfolio www.geocities.com/supriyasr
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It helps to have a cd and a portfolio book (fully designed). just in case. but not really essential. especially for web. If you want a really high end job. Like I mean if your shooting for the top of the industry you can forget about the slap-and-stick portfolios. You must be able to create a book that has been fully designed by your self.
----Also What do you mean by Portfolio book. Can you tell me more about that. Is it something like I should get the printouts of my projects and then mount them and get that binded???
----Also I am not just looking for Web/Interactive but also Graphics. Its just that I do not have Print portfolio. I never got a chance to work in the print media…
