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Mario Cook
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Hey everyone. I’m new to Glassdoor and was working if anyone could give me some advice on my portfolio. I’ve had some college credits under my belt but ultimately I am self taught. I’d like to know what would bring me up to scale on things,… more

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Would love some feedback on my portfolio! Trying to move from the brand side to the agency side and have only been getting rejection letters or no response at all. My role on the brand side was equivalent to a Senior… more

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a Motion Designer
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hello strangers. how's my book? 👀



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a Copywriter
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I recently reorganized and restructured my portfolio to show the breadth of my work for certain clients in a way that's not super overwhelming—at least in my opinion. I used the side-nav function on SquareSpace a… more

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an Associate Creative Director
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Anyone know someone who can help me (re)design my portfolio site? I will, of course, pay them lol

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an Art Director
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I’ve just switched to Squarespace & so far it’s great, but one issue I have is with single page print ads. They look great on mobile but gigantic on desktop and require scrolling. I’ve tried placi… more

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a Senior Art Director
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Should I merge my ad work with my side projects? I’m getting paid for those too so they are basically work.

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K-5 Chinese teacher here looking to make the switch to advertising, and hoping to land a junior copywriting job by next year. I just finished my first class with AdHouseNYC and was hoping to get some feedback o… more

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a Senior Art Director
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Curious if anyone has started bolstering their portfolio with AI work? I work in experiential and have lots of ideas for brand activations and spatial designs but most things never get produced. I don… more

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Is there an AD available to team up with me for a project to post on my portfolio? Copywriter here with 4 years experience, I have the brief and copy done.

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a Designer
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Anyone wanna check out my portfolio? Looking for feedback

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a Writer
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I've discovered a piece that I have on my portfolio has been "repurposed" and is being used in someone else's blog without my consent. How can I protect my writing samples and preven… more

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a Creative
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How much strategy does everyone put into their portfolio creation?

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Does anyone have any tips on creating a URL for my portfolio? My name isn't available, so I'm not sure where to start.

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Hi Designers!!! Happy Friday! How do you organize your portfolio? Do you organize it by completed projects/campaigns that show the full process and deliverables? Or, do you categorize it by the type o… more

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a Writer
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Ugh, I don't enjoy updating my portfolio. Why can't clients just trust that I'm an amazing writer? lol

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Is it beneficial to hire someone to design my portfolio so it looks more professional?

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Does anybody else hate working on their portfolio? I’ve been trying to find the motivation to build an online portfolio. I just find working on my stuff overwhelming.

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a Specialist
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Is it normal for advertisers to create a portfolio with ad copy they've created?

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an Art Director
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Hey Bowlers,
I’m an aspiring art director looking for some feedback on my book. Open to DM the link to anyone who has a second to review.

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a Manager
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Does anyone use multiple portfolios? I have one with more professional and academic writing and another one with blogging and creative content. Does this make sense? Should I combine them?

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a Graphic Designer
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Hi! I hope all is well with everyone.
I just left my work last February to take a break on the events industry I worked for 4 years (t’was extremely mentally draining) and took the opportunity to build my … more

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an Associate Creative Director
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I'm not a designer by nature, and I'd like to redo my portfolio website. I want it to be more eye-catching and attention grabbing. Does anyone have any recommendations for someone who can help… more

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a Copywriter
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Hello,
I'm thinking of re-doing my portfolio, I made this one a few years ago and I feel it's out of date. Would anyone be willing to view my current portfolio and provide some feedback on changes I shou… more

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a Specialist
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Is WordPress a good site to use to build my portfolio? I hear WordPress gets hacked a lot but it's so popular I thought it might be easy to use. Thoughts?

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an Art Director
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Right now, I’m using Adobe portfolio and it’s unsatisfactory. So, I’m probably going with Squarespace. Good call? Is Semplice or Wix or something else better?

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a Writer
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How does everyone feel about people using work they used ChatGPT to "help" them write as part of their content examples? Feels like cheating to me

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Roarke Clinton
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I'd love feedback on my portfolio

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a Copywriter
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a Writer
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Has anyone tried to include parts of their ebooks on their portfolio? How do you do this? Do you post snippets or full chapters?

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a Copywriter
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Would anyone be interested in reviewing my portfolio. Had a few book crits and looking for placements in London but wanna make sure my book keeps improving

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Is it a bad idea to include writing samples from old college projects on a professional writing portfolio?

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