#Graphic design portfolio for start up full#
#Graphic design portfolio for start up free#

Packaging: photos of your packaging work, mock-ups, die line art, in-store displays Real estate: flyers and brochures are a must, bus shelters, outdoor signage, vehicle signage, fake proposals, documents, booklets - make them property specific and also show agent advertisingįinance and healthcare: flyers and brochures are a must, press adverts, billboards, bus shelters, point of sale (shop window/retail)Į-commerce: lots of web graphics, site layout screenshots with your work in context, EDMs, animation, HTML5 banners, product photography Print shop: signage, vehicle signage, pull-up banners, flyers, brochures, posters, booklets, billboards, window graphics Retail/fashion: print is a must - magazine layout designs and point of sale (shop window) are priority, shopping centre displays, press adverts, web graphics, EDMs, tote bags, t-shirts (if fashion) All above for agency-side applies, but you'll have an advantage if you can show you have industry-relevant experience. Very similar to agency but you will only be working with one set of branding guidelines. Web (depends on job) - screenshots of the site design, landing pages, all mocked up on a stock image or iPad for presentation Print - magazine design, posters, flyers, point of sale (retail)īranding - you don't need to show a lot here as you won't get the big branding projects, but if you have good work already it can be good to show one good branding project to pad your folio out social media, posters, press ads, outdoor, flyers, invitations, web graphics The most important thing is to show you have good foundations to build on (a good eye, colour palettes, typography).įinished art - one creative or campaign that has been adapted across multiple deliverables, eg. Hence you should try show a variety of work across mostly print, but also show you can work quickly. You'll likely be given mostly production level work, being at the end of the factory line and dealing with a lot of last-minute changes and small jobs. I'm on my phone so I can't easily add visual examples, but we can potentially build a good working resource for the newbies here to refer to.

#Graphic design portfolio for start up free#

Other designers, please feel free to pitch in. And obviously this is not for freelancers, I'm addressing those who want to apply for job openings. I'm also in Australia so my terminology may be unfamiliar to some of you, so feel free to ask.

I'm basing this on the most common types of jobs I have seen advertised to Junior Designers (1-2 years exp) and please only use this as a rough guide and not a strict to-do list.

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#Graphic design portfolio for start up full#

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