Great advice. The good news is that you guys still have a semester to polish that portfolio, pick up a side project or two and learn and prove yourself as someone who has raw talent, heart, and can contribute.
I think most of all, agencies are looking for someone who can contribute and learn, not just learn. On Oct 30, 2007, at 11:33 PM, W Evans wrote: > 4. A key part of our field is understanding the audience, > understanding the > user. When you design your portfolio - it is not for your friends. > Look at > the types of places you really want to work - and mimic the tone, > design, > language. Create your portfolio for the place you want to work. I once > really wanted a job as an IxD for a company in town. I redesigned > their > entire site, with critique, and sent it with my resume and a cover > letter > describing what I had done, and why I wanted to work with them. > 5. The proof is in the pudding. The thing about our field is that > there are > a lot of tangible deliverables. Even if it's just a hobby site of > yours - > create a complete site (or application), with wireframes, sitemaps, > navigation structure, task flows and narratives. This really doesn't > take as > long as it sounds. Cheers! Todd Zaki Warfel President, Design Researcher Messagefirst | Designing Information. Beautifully. ---------------------------------- Contact Info Voice: (215) 825-7423 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog: http://toddwarfel.com ---------------------------------- In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not. ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
