Hey i really need help i am not able to get a job from 1 year i am so tired apply everywhere, is there something wrong with portfolio, i am so done right now please help me
My Portfolio
Here are my thoughts:
I don’t know what it’s like in Italy, so you’ll have to take my comments with a grain of salt. In the U.S., there are more designers than open positions. So it might take some time to land a job in the field. It’s just a sad fact of life.
You don’t show any UI/UX samples. This will limit you to branding and print work. What is the job market like in Italy for designers without UI/UX experience?
I think you have strong work samples. They are stronger than I was expecting based on your post. The problem is that you don’t have much. You really only have four samples (Exurban, Giraffa, Audi, and Catalogo). I would expect to see more than that.
A couple of the work samples could be improved. If I just look at the cover of the catalog sample, I’d have no idea at all what the company sold or what sort of products were featured in the catalog.
On the Exurban ad / out-of-home, it looks cool at first glance, but there is no messaging or marketing. If someone walks past this on the street, what does it convey? What’s the takeaway? What action do you want them to take?
One of the big problems is that the design of the portfolio itself is not as strong as the work samples shown. Here are the issues I see:
- It could have its place in certain designs, but I think the Copperplate font looks a bit dated in this application. And why are certain characters flipped on the title page?
- I’m assuming you are trying to mimic neon with the white lines, script font, and glow; but I am not a fan of the effect.
- The layout of the resume page needs to be tightened up.
- For the “Lavori” title page, you combine a script face with Copperplate. Then you switch to the script face and Myriad (or something similar) for the Mockup title page. Why is the Lavori title page in Italian and the Mockup title page in English? Be consistent.
- On the Audio and Catalogo pages you have nice looking gray tabs, but you don’t use them anywhere else.
- You have a page with details about the Exurban page, but you don’t have a page with details about anything else. And you introduce yellow for the headlines here. Again, be consistent.
Bottom line, the presentation of the work needs work. Don’t overdo it to the point that the work samples become buried or hard to see. The work samples are easy to see and evaluate right now; that’s a good thing. But you do need to do a better job with the overall portfolio design.
Hi steve!, thanku so much for replying i thought i Will get no reply, the reason for front page characters up side downs cause i thought they look aesthetic i was just 18 at that point and neon affects have really lost the charm…
And here everyone thinks ui/ux is just different job then graphic designer, but i will add something thanks
Lavori is in Italian and mock-up is also in Italian its not English, we call it mock-up also in Italian,
My goal was trying to make portfolio more aesthetic than explaining every project, but if you think its better to explain project then i will do it more better, and the reason few have explanations (exurban) cause i was forced by my teacher he told me to do it.
And you think i should use one theme to explain and for portfolio designs? I thought it would be cool to use different aesthetics based on different projects
I never really thought the way you think thanku, my teacher just said to me it looks so good, so that’s why i didn’t have this insights, and i deleted few Pages myself cause i thought they are unpleasant that’s why I didn’t t add much
You’re only as good as your weakest work sample. So it is good that you deleted a few pages on your own. A good way to add projects to your portfolio would be to go back and re-design the pieces that you deleted to make them stronger.
Good luck.