Got laid off today, how do I gather previous work for my portfolio?

I reached out to my ACD for help gathering the finished projects I worked on but haven’t heard back.

Thoughts?

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You are currently posting as works at

You have to nicely ask for the work until you get it. If you got laid off there’s no reason they shouldn’t help you out

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Also look for all your work across the internet including coworkers’ sites.

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Sucks to hear, sorry about that. Ask v nicely to former partners also. Or any producers who you're cool with to have access to the files.

In the future anything you'd want to put in your book set it aside in your hard drive so you have it in advance! (This is a reminder for myself also)

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All good and thanks for the reply. Going to take some time to read and work on my writing until businesses start hiring again. Good tips though.

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Mail your other colleagues you worked with on those pieces and get a copy from them.

This is a hard lesson that your site should always be up to date. When you do a project, immediately get the work/case study/whatever you need. For now, try ex partners but also project managers too. They might be able to help.

If you’re working from home, you probably still have your agency Macbook. Do you not have access to the agency server anymore?

No it was collected by a courier service the same day.

Ask the AD who did the work with you.

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