COURSE DESCRIPTION
This capstone course is required for all students completing the Digital Arts Certificate. Structured as an independent study, students meet regularly with an assigned faculty mentor who helps them prepare a professional quality portfolio and provides general guidance and advice about pursuing a professional career. Students completing the Digital Arts Certificate should take this class in their last semester.BUILIDING YOUR PORTFOLIO
- What Does a Portfolio Look Like These Days? PDF of a long discussion on Speakup
- Building a Strong Design Portfolio
- Seven Tips for Improving Graphic Design Portfolios
- Every Design Tells a Story PDF
- The Design Portfolio Columbia College, Chicago
- Building Your Portfolio Website: Six Things to Never Do Coroflot
- Graphic Design Portfolio Creation
- May I Show You My Portfolio? Michael Bierut on Design Observer
- What do you put in your portfolio?
- Leah Mow: Student Portfolio PDF
- Delaney Nye: Student Portfolio PDF
- The Innovative One Page Resume & Portfolio
- How to Create a Free Portfolio Website Using Wordpress.com
- Nine Free Online Portfolio Sites
BUILIDING YOUR RESUME
- Building Your Resume
- The Graphic Design Resume Guide
- Common Mistakes in Resumes and Cover Letters PDF
- some sample resumes PDF
- Graphic Design Resumes
- Seven Deadly Sins of Resume Design
- 30 Artistic & Creative Resumes
- Resume Writing
- Resume Tips [PDF]
WRITING YOUR COVER LETTERS
- How to Write an Effective Graphic Design Cover Letter
- Ten Common Mistakes in Resumes and Cover Letters
- Graphic Design Cover Letter Tips
- How To Write a Cover Letter
INTERVIEWING TIPS
- Interview Tips [pdf]
- Presenting your portfolio
- Graphic Design Interview Tips
- Traditional Employment Interview Questions
- Are You Ready for Your Next Job Interview?
- The Grahic Design Interview
- Tips for a Design Interview
FINDING A DESIGN JOB
- Get a Job! [Graham Hanson] PDF
- Job Hunting Online [AIGA] PDF
- Graphic Design Search Employment Tips
- 10 Great Places to Find Graphic Design Jobs
- Design Jobs - AIGA
- Aquent
- How Job Bank
- Cheryl Roshak Associates
- Creative HotList - Communication Arts
- Career & Transfer Center: Westchester Community College
DESIGN ORGANIZATIONS
- AIGA
- International Council of Graphic Design Associations (ICOGRADA)
- red dot
- The Art Directors Club
- Type Directors Club
- Creative Pro
- Design Studies Forum
A FEW DESIGN BLOGS & PUBLICATIONS YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF
- AIGA Voice
- Design Observer
- Graphic Design Bar
- graphpaper
- information aesthetics
- I Love Typography
- Communication Arts
- Graphic Design Magazines: Design Dump
- IDEA
- How
- Eye
A FEW OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP YOUR PORTFOLIO & RESUME
- The Viking News, the student newspaper of Westchester Community College, is looking for students to help with design and illustration. Contact Professor Craig Padawer at 914-606-6768
- join the Westchester Community College Art Club
meets Wed 11 am -1 pm in AAB 403/402 - join the New Media Group
contact Professor Deborah Krikun at 914-606-7359 - contribute art or writing to International Voices
contact Professor Kent Trickel at 914-606-8509 or me - work as an exhibition assistant at the Westchester Community College Fine Arts Gallery. Assistants earn $9/hour to start. Contact me for details.
- attend Type Directors Club Salons or other TDC events
- attend AIGA New York Small Talks or other events