What to do when moving on from your first role and don’t have anything book worthy. Everything I have done is fairly menial banners and internal/small design projects. I want to be on the conceptual side of the business. Should I just add a new piece of spec work to my book and another section with what I have done at this job (to show I have experience)?

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Definitely create spec work for your current clients and don’t mention that it’s spec work. The benefits are that people might think you actually did produce this, plus you’ll have all the brand guidelines and fonts and everything you need to make it look as real as it would if it were actually produced.

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Also, you don’t even need the section of stuff you’ve actually done. You’re a junior so it’s more important to show your potential

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I think spec work is just as powerful in terms of aligning with your creativity and vision when it comes to design

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Yes. I had to do this too and it paid off big time. Wouldn’t be where I am now had I not, and I was at a shop in a small town that no one ever heard of. It’s totally possible.

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