Professional Pracitce Brief

We have been given our professional practice brief and we must make the following:

You are to design and build a portfolio of your work for the End of Year show and in order for you to begin looking for employment. The site must be responsive and MUST BE ONLINE by deadline day so you will have to sort out hosting and uploading as part of this brief. You can use HTML, CSS, etc. or you can use a Wordpress template if you prefer.

By the end of this assignment students will be required to demonstrate that they have acquired:

An increased awareness of career paths within the design industry;

A greater ability to identify and make professional contact with employers;

An increased awareness of professional practitioners;

An ability to present themselves and their work professionally;

An appreciation of the importance of transferable skills in relation to future career choice;

Need to submit the following: 

Responsive portfolio website

Career Pathways – A short study of the different career pathways within the design industry with a focused emphasis on your chosen specialty – (this will be in the form of blog posts)

Self Promotion - A detailed list of companies that you will promote your Portfolio to and invite to the End of Year Show. Each entry must have a short paragraph justifying why you have chosen them and a link to their website.  

Portfolio Research - A study of the professional portfolios of a series of practitioners that have inspired you personally – this is evidenced in your blog and must contain analysis of visual language, composition and the use of social media.