10 Website Portfolio Tips To Get Hired As A Graphic Designer

Many designers are actively searching for new projects making the market a highly competitive one. In this video, we share 10 tips to create an effective design portfolio.
0:00 Intro
1:06 Let them find you
3:05 Stop pretending
4:12 Sleek doesn't sell
5:39 Don't display your web design skills
6:30 Who is going to hire you?
7:01 Quality not quantity
7:48 Keep it simple
8:35 Be clear
9:32 How can I contact you?
10:35 SEO
#portfolio #graphicdesigner #graphicdesignportfolio

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  • @moistpotato8917
    @moistpotato8917 Жыл бұрын

    I was literally just thinking about rebranding as a "studio". Haha thank you for telling me this.

  • @sliceofspring7723
    @sliceofspring77232 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so so much for making this video! I’ve been pretty back and forth with updating my portfolio on squarespace (really didnt know what was the best way to go about it) and you really helped answer a lot of the questions I had in mind!! I’m quite a recent subscriber and I’m so glad to have found your channel (you really deserve more recognition and I love your honesty a lot!) I’ve really gained so much insight re: the industry along with ways to grow as a designer and I’m so thankful for that! Looking forward to more of your videos! :)

  • @designthescenes

    @designthescenes

    2 жыл бұрын

    thank you so much! glad to hear I have been to help you... more videos coming up, usually on wednesdays ; )

  • @djart4715
    @djart47152 жыл бұрын

    Omg thank you so much for your video! I really love how simple and cohesive your tips are! I am a student and I didn’t know where to start and this really helped!

  • @BS23Designs
    @BS23Designs2 жыл бұрын

    Not a web designer specifically, but some of your tips really helps me as a graphic designer in general. Thank you for sharing, I hope you will keep making these useful videos!!

  • @Mouserocksnerd
    @Mouserocksnerd10 ай бұрын

    This has been probably the most valuable video I've ever seen on portfolio creation. I am doing probably seven out of 10 of those things wrong already haha. And I've been wondering why I can't get any clients! This is absolutely the best advice I've ever received. You definitely got an instant follow here! Thank you thank you thank you hopefully I can implement these this weekend and improve my site and ultimately my business!

  • @edo2470
    @edo2470 Жыл бұрын

    This is a great video. Thank you for your insights! Keep it up!

  • @cher8067
    @cher80672 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for the do's and don'ts! I am going to check my portfolio and definitely there are a lot to be improved! Thanks for sharing your experience and look forward to more great contents!

  • @designthescenes

    @designthescenes

    2 жыл бұрын

    You are so welcome!

  • @Brianmuchiri
    @Brianmuchiri Жыл бұрын

    This was a critical video I needed to watch glad KZread knows me so well... Thanks 🙏

  • @edwardrocca
    @edwardrocca2 жыл бұрын

    This video deserves more views :). Thanks for the tips! I'm putting together my portfolio for an internship right now and this definitely helps!

  • @designthescenes

    @designthescenes

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Edward, and I hope this helps for your internship. I agree this video can be helpful to many, considering doing a shorter version at some point soon. Good luck!

  • @oceanetiphaigne1756
    @oceanetiphaigne17563 жыл бұрын

    Each of your video is a delight, thank you for sharing your experiences : super valuable!!

  • @designthescenes

    @designthescenes

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Oceane!

  • @pangyadora
    @pangyadora2 жыл бұрын

    Very useful tips! Thank you for sharing.

  • @alphakokak7695
    @alphakokak769511 ай бұрын

    Thankyou so much for this! ❤

  • @TemidayoGraphics
    @TemidayoGraphics Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much I really appreciate your tips , they are so effective.

  • @Swati.CreativeHandEmbroidery
    @Swati.CreativeHandEmbroidery2 жыл бұрын

    Great video with a excellent clarity. Thanks.

  • @reflectrue
    @reflectrue2 жыл бұрын

    Fist of all thanks for sharing this! as a beginner or mediocre I find it really helpful to be reminded again and again how to be reminded the basics :)

  • @designthescenes

    @designthescenes

    2 жыл бұрын

    Even myself need to be reminded of the basic ; ) glad it helped!

  • @nafimulabir
    @nafimulabir Жыл бұрын

    Loved the video! The videos I watched before about portfolio making were all about the design aspect and how to present your work, but yours really punches us to the reality and practicality of it all.

  • @designthescenes

    @designthescenes

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you friend!

  • @nafimulabir

    @nafimulabir

    Жыл бұрын

    @@designthescenes You're welcome! You're really nice to take the time to reply to us all!

  • @jozef_s
    @jozef_s2 жыл бұрын

    Great video! Thank you.

  • @bancroftberlin
    @bancroftberlin Жыл бұрын

    Nr. 4 is the most valuable advice and a real pitfall. I guess many make their portfolios look sleek to show that they can bring value to the client, not knowing that they are doing a disservice to themselves.

  • @designthescenes

    @designthescenes

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, unfortunately a lot of designers fail to see this.

  • @kavishkayasindu1852
    @kavishkayasindu1852 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you sir! Its really helps me lot.

  • @user-xf4lt5jq4t
    @user-xf4lt5jq4t11 ай бұрын

    Thank you very much. Easy presentation of information to the viewer.

  • @thomasparsons8587
    @thomasparsons8587 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome! Thank you!

  • @ensarabdullahu1972
    @ensarabdullahu1972 Жыл бұрын

    Opened my eyes, thank you!

  • @bboylils3742
    @bboylils37422 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much for the great video.

  • @oswaldomarcano6197
    @oswaldomarcano61972 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video! Thanks

  • @artbyash-ashleypower4122
    @artbyash-ashleypower41229 ай бұрын

    For YEARS I have been contemplating changing my business name to something "more creative", instead of my name. Now I can stop contemplating...haha LOVE this video

  • @ManojPrasanna
    @ManojPrasanna Жыл бұрын

    great. thank you for sharing.

  • @neyreoliveira2811
    @neyreoliveira2811 Жыл бұрын

    Loved the tips.

  • @PETERKASILO
    @PETERKASILO2 ай бұрын

    A lot of value here!

  • @julious3603
    @julious3603 Жыл бұрын

    Very good points!!!

  • @maitemorales5172
    @maitemorales5172 Жыл бұрын

    You're amazing!!! Thank you for making this vid and sharing your experience... Will definitely check mi portfolio to make some improvements, thank you so much again for the help!!! Saludos :)

  • @designthescenes

    @designthescenes

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @sylviamojica2625
    @sylviamojica26252 жыл бұрын

    Have learned a lot from this video!m Thanks a lot!

  • @frankuvlkan

    @frankuvlkan

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @tomatokosir
    @tomatokosir2 жыл бұрын

    Good tips, as always, Alex. I will share it to my ex students. Best regards from Ljubljana! (*)

  • @designthescenes

    @designthescenes

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, glad it helps!

  • @do-user-6502
    @do-user-6502 Жыл бұрын

    nice ! very technical but nothing to difficult

  • @roop11650
    @roop116502 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much, these tips are so great to crack an overseas job as I am trying for the past few months. god, bless you.

  • @designthescenes

    @designthescenes

    2 жыл бұрын

    You got this!

  • @optimist_yashu
    @optimist_yashu5 ай бұрын

    Thankyou so much

  • @yulose9
    @yulose9 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!!!!

  • @bluejeans5496
    @bluejeans5496 Жыл бұрын

    thanks for this!!!!

  • @frankuvlkan

    @frankuvlkan

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Bluejeans , I hope my comment didn't sound like some form of invasion of privacy. Your comment speaks of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart, which prompted me to comment. I don't normally write in the comment section, but I think you deserve this plugin. If you don't mind can we be friends? Thank you God bless you….🌹🌹

  • @graphicmania9509
    @graphicmania95092 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a million

  • @tylergibson2724
    @tylergibson27242 жыл бұрын

    Great video!

  • @designthescenes

    @designthescenes

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it

  • @TemidayoGraphics
    @TemidayoGraphics Жыл бұрын

    Please make a step by step tutorial on how to start creating a portfolio and the best website to do so.

  • @colina1197
    @colina11973 жыл бұрын

    Nice tips, straight forward is the way

  • @designthescenes

    @designthescenes

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! I was afraid video was too long but it was hard to keep it shorter ; )

  • @frankuvlkan

    @frankuvlkan

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Colina I hope my comment didn't sound like some form of invasion of privacy. Your comment speaks of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart, which prompted me to comment. I don't normally write in the comment section, but I think you deserve this plugin. If you don't mind can we be friends? Thank you God bless you….🌹🌹

  • @odysseyofthelinecalligraph4195
    @odysseyofthelinecalligraph41952 ай бұрын

    Question: I just started my portfolio and your advice is awesome. The part that stuck with me in this video is Keep it simple! So, I make surface patterns and am looking to purchase a fabric mock up bundle to showcase my patterns on my portfolio. My question is, am I overcomplicating things by doing this? Do companies want to see the patterns on products? Or should I just keep it really simple and post the patterns as a picture on my portfolio? Thank you

  • @designthescenes

    @designthescenes

    2 ай бұрын

    Mockups are always helpful to display your work! start first with your pattern work, even if you have sketches on the process (1 to 3 images) then add a section: examples of usage. Then add the mockups and see how it looks. The buyer would want to see how it looks on something, and this will help sell it better.

  • @ShirinNMonfared
    @ShirinNMonfared2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @frankuvlkan

    @frankuvlkan

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Sheen , I hope my comment didn't sound like some form of invasion of privacy. Your comment speaks of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart, which prompted me to comment. I don't normally write in the comment section, but I think you deserve this plugin. If you don't mind can we be friends? Thank you God bless you….🌹🌹

  • @sureshthammineni
    @sureshthammineni2 жыл бұрын

    Great! This video deserves trending in graphic design Thanks for the help. Can you help me with your portfolio link.

  • @designthescenes

    @designthescenes

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad it helped! I removed my site since I only got spams and weird requests.

  • @HalftoneHareem
    @HalftoneHareem Жыл бұрын

    How do you conceptualize a project to add to your portfolio? How can I know what to make when I haven’t done any client work before

  • @designthescenes

    @designthescenes

    Жыл бұрын

    you need to study first and learn many other things before, the projects you get from school can become part of your junior portfolio

  • @artmate7263
    @artmate72632 жыл бұрын

    Great video, I only disagree with the first one 😅😂 not everyone have a short "sexy" name, my name is a long compound name... terrible for a domain name. I decided to go with a fantasy name for my domain... Keep it up the good work!

  • @designthescenes

    @designthescenes

    2 жыл бұрын

    oh yeah you are right, didnt consider long names, but maybe an abbreviation or a short version I would say, but hope it works for you and it is easier to remember!

  • @artmate7263

    @artmate7263

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@designthescenes Yes, it works, sonar so good 👌🏼

  • @atamatamian4916
    @atamatamian491610 ай бұрын

    what r the designers u mentioned ? around 9 min of ur video

  • @DailyDaze
    @DailyDaze Жыл бұрын

    AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA IVE LITERALLY PURCHASED A STUDIO DOMAIN LIKE 10 MINS BEFORE WATCHING YOUR VID AAAAAAAAAAAAA PAIN - Appreciate the tips, I'll redo that and will just go with my name instead now

  • @jordan_styla7655
    @jordan_styla765511 ай бұрын

    Hi im Jlee,a 1st year graphic design student and i wanna know the best tip for student graphic designers.

  • @lalapashayeva1107
    @lalapashayeva1107 Жыл бұрын

    Omg thank you so much for this video. I have been in doubt for the last 6 months about how to create my website and showcase of my work. It is just every day I'm surfing muzli websites, and there are such cool websites out there. With animations & transitions and all of that. I would love to have them on my website too, but to be honest me wanting to capture the attention of my future clients & people comes from the thought that maybe my works are not that cool to them, so my website can be a substitute.... but as you said, my portfolio is not another project. It does not have to be perfect.

  • @designthescenes

    @designthescenes

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, your website is not just another creative project, your website is just a project of conversion: converting your portfolio into an interview.

  • @frankuvlkan

    @frankuvlkan

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Lala , I hope my comment didn't sound like some form of invasion of privacy. Your comment speaks of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart, which prompted me to comment. I don't normally write in the comment section, but I think you deserve this plugin. If you don't mind can we be friends? Thank you God bless you….🌹🌹

  • @dcabral00
    @dcabral00 Жыл бұрын

    How about a situation where you held a job for over 21 years! However, your work is very niche to the company. Basically, I personalized certificates and created forms, stationery, and business cards for the staff. I am very functional in my job, but there is very little variety in projects I've been involved.

  • @designthescenes

    @designthescenes

    Жыл бұрын

    Then would you say you are more a production designer? then you have to present yourself as production, you got to rely more on your CV and have a nice presentation website but your angle is not really about variety because you dont have.

  • @dcabral00

    @dcabral00

    Жыл бұрын

    @@designthescenes You're right. I agree. Thank you.

  • @voodazz
    @voodazz2 жыл бұрын

    Where is your portfolio link?

  • @designthescenes

    @designthescenes

    2 жыл бұрын

    Cant put links here to avoid spammers, you just need to dig a bit. Go on the design the scenes .com and in the books I wrote you will find my name.

  • @Omnitrix8
    @Omnitrix82 жыл бұрын

    Another mistake in many portfolio's is rating your skills. It is a NO NO!!

  • @designthescenes

    @designthescenes

    2 жыл бұрын

    oh yeah that definitely is a NO, well spotted!

  • @ziolp

    @ziolp

    2 жыл бұрын

    why

  • @Omnitrix8

    @Omnitrix8

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ziolp becaue you are highlighting your weakness. And quite frankly, it holds no relevance.

  • @chriscorbart

    @chriscorbart

    Жыл бұрын

    Let your work do the talking.