Portfolio lecture

Today I attended a lecture from the ex-creative director from Marketing Matters about portfolio presentation. The lectutre was given by a guy called George Beverley, I found this talk really helpful and now have a much stronger understanding of how to present myself and my work. Here are my notes that I took...... 

 1) Always makes sure your 100% happy with the work you include in your portfolio

2) Don't show anyone else's work as yours

3) Memorize at least two things about your work

4) 8-10 pieces of your work, if you only have 6 pieces of strong work that you feel compfortable with then only show them 6 pieces, don't add in work if you if your not happy with it.

5) Show your thinking  and how your got to the final design

• Your not the finished article so just be yourself, no one else
• Find out who the directors top 5 clients are, ask him questions to make him think your interested in the business 
• When getting criticism, ask what about the work you don't like
• Be aware that I am young with fresh thinking and cheap. So really this is an advantage for the director
• Punctuality, always turn up at least 10 minutes before
• Have a good attitude 
• Show you have a good interest in recent design/articles
• Be hungry for the job, show that you want it
• Always be honest no matter what, never lie
• Start your portfolio with a good piece of work, in the middle display the work that you feel is alright and then finish with your best piece of work