Land Your Dream Design Job: Top Resources for Crafting Resumes & Acing Interviews — The Everyday Designer #27

Preparation is the name of the game

This is another quick, but resource-packed edition with links to articles, videos, and more to help you get your design portfolios, apply to those design jobs, and ace those design interviews!

Articles

1. 10 Amazing Graphic Design Interview Tips - https://www.artmeet.sg/blog/10-amazing-graphic-design-interview-tips/
2. How to prepare a job winning graphic design portfolio (pt.1) and How to prepare your graphic design portfolio for an interview, Part 2
3. 5 steps to nailing your portfolio presentation in design interviews - https://www.figma.com/blog/five-steps-to-nailing-your-portfolio-presentation-in-design-interviews/
4. Ink & Pixels — From Portfolio to Offer: The Art of Getting Hired - https://baltimore.aiga.org/event/ink-pixels-panel-the-art-of-getting-hired/
5. Best Practices for Creating a Design Portfolio & Preparing for Interviews in 2022 - https://baltimore.aiga.org/best-practices-for-creating-a-design-portfolio-preparing-for-interviews-in-2022/
6. The portfolio case study is broken - https://vanschneider.com/blog/portfolio-tips/the-old-case-study-is-not-working/
7. How to get more attention to your portfolio and your work - https://vanschneider.com/blog/portfolio-tips/how-to-create-free-press-for-your-work/
8. Why an Interview Portfolio Will Land You the Job - https://www.letseatgrandma.com/blog/sample-portfolio-for-job-interview-portfolio-career-portfolio-examples/
9. How to create a portfolio with these easy tips - https://www.canva.com/learn/portfolio/
10. 35 Best Graphic Design Portfolio Examples & Tips to Create Your Own Portfolio - https://blog.shillingtoneducation.com/graphic-design-portfolio/
11. 7 best tips for creating an online design portfolio - https://www.wix.com/blog/graphic-design-portfolio-tips?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=19399843409%5E145175008536&experiment_id=%5E%5E642983295320%5E%5E_DSA&gclid=CjwKCAjw8ZKmBhArEiwAspcJ7oxvldxojklSgf1eBDIOuw4a9TCuyDisfVAzXEVS68RMb_IrvDNjNhoCSLgQAvD_BwE
12. How to make a graphic design portfolio (and top 9 examples)- https://www.wix.com/blog/graphic-design-portfolio
13. How to make a professional portfolio - https://www.wix.com/blog/professional-portfolio

Videos

1. Design Portfolio: Complete guide -

1. How to Create an Online Portfolio: The Ultimate Guide -

1. My Graphic Design Portfolio | Tips, Walkthrough, & Update -

1. 10 Website Portfolio Tips To Get Hired As A Graphic Designer - (*my personal favourite video packed with goodies*)

1. Portfolio Tips – Reviewing YOUR Design Work – Part 1 -

1. (Watch Part 2 here) -

1. 5 Portfolios. 5 Tips. 5 Minutes -

1. Dann Petty reviews people’s portfolios (lots of good insight in this one as well) -
2. https://twitter.com/DannPetty/status/1679895541902131200

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🌊 Currents

I love sharing what I’ve been up to lately and this is one way for me to let you in on what’s been happening in my life.

🚀 Currently inspired: Oppenheimer — Wow. Christopher Nolan does it again. I swear that man can’t make a bad movie. If you haven’t watched it, go do yourself and buckle up for some of the greatest 3 hours of your life. (And if you can, watch it in 70mm film 😍)

🎧 Currently listening: The Rich Webster Show — Very thankful for people like Rich sharing their journey and being transparent about numbers and figures. He basically teaches people how to work less and he built a $500k design agency and only works 15 hours a week on it. He recently released a podcast episode on Chris Do’s coaching, which was super insightful. Give him a follow!

🖌 Currently excited: Contra — I’m currently in the process of getting my portfolio work up on Contra, a new(ish) design portfolio job site platform aimed at helping designers get good design jobs. Sign up, using that clickable link and get going on some good jobs! :)