<aside> <img src="/icons/megaphone_gray.svg" alt="/icons/megaphone_gray.svg" width="40px" /> This template is meant to make your portfolio preparing easy as you get your ideas, thoughts, rationales, research, images, videos, animations, gifs, mockups all in one place; in an order that is good to present to your viewers.
Just a reminder, this is only mean’t to serve as a template. That means once you duplicate this, you are free to rearrange the order of this template to your needs for whatever way you prepare your portfolio. This is only meant to act as an easy way to prepare your portfolio pages for publishing to your site, whether it be behance, dribbble, semplice, squarespace, webflow, wordpress. Whatever platform you use, tailor this template for it.
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Table of Contents
<aside> 🗞️ Insert the title of your project, make sure it explains the project simply yet effectively. Think of it like the headline of a newspaper, how can you hook a viewer to click on your project?
Make sure to include: Client name: (i.e. Joe’s Coffee Shop) Service(s) done: (i.e. branding, logo, identity, photography, videography)
Bonus Tip: Think of a clever way to inform the viewer of what was accomplished in the project. (i.e. Rebranding Cocacola to a $5 billion dollar company vs. Cocacola rebrand - which one are you more likely intrigued by?)
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Insert your cover image here. (Think of this like your “Magnum Opus” of the project. Show off the logo, brand, type, photo, in its best form. Basically summarizing visually the outcome of the project.)
<aside> 🎨 Insert your backstory of how the relationship with the client came about. (Doesn’t need to be more than 5 sentences.)
Make sure to include: Client name: (i.e. Joe’s Coffee Shop) Year project completed: (i.e. 2021) Services done: (i.e. branding, logo design, web design, social media) Roles: (if any other team members, or agencies worked with you; i.e. Studio B, etc.)
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<aside> 🖼️ This is your first chance to introduce some supporting images from your first point of contact with the cover image (they can be GIFs too):
Remember you don’t need to show EVERYTHING, but like casting a rod in the river, start to “bait” the viewer.
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<aside> 🧠 insert your challenge here, highlight specific challenges, maybe ones you didn’t encounter before. Think of the potential client reading, how could you craft your words to appeal to them so they would be interested in hiring you? (3 to 5 sentences)
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<aside> 🖼️ Here’s the bulk of your visual assets, go off and show off. Animations, gifs, short-form videos, photography, high-quality mockups, “in the wild” (real world scenarios), social media graphics, just highlight the best and most relevant pieces to the project. (Don’t be afraid to show process work too.)
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