15 insider secrets for industry success
10 The Professional Photoshop Book
- STAND OUT ON BEHANCE
BEHANCE IS A REALLY GREAT PLATFORM FOR SHOWCASING YOUR WORK FOR THE ONLINE
WORLD TO SEE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, PLENTY OF POTENTIAL CLIENTS USE IT TO FIND
TALENT. WE LOOK AT AN EXAMPLE OF A GOOD PROFILE, SHOWCASING ARTIST BILLY
BOGIATZOGLOU (WWW.BEHANCE.NET/BILLELIS)
Have a good bio: A brief, but
informative biography is good for selling yourself and
explaining the kind of work that you do. It’s nice to show a
little personality on your pageJoin creative networks:
Behance is brilliant for networking with other industry
professionals and staying in the loop with current trends,
potential jobs and moreBe easy to contact: Make sure that you can be
contacted. It’s great to use Behance’s own messaging service, but plenty of clients will
prefer it if you can be contacted directly via email (in this case, Billy has his email in his bio)List websites and social
networks:clients can easily link to other Make sure that
websites that you use and your social networks so that they
can easily connect with youUpload your CV:work experience and a link to Relevant
your full resume is a bonus, as this means that potential
clients don’t have to get in touch to find out if you have
the experience that they require – by the time they
email you, they are already interested in youHighlight your best work: Don’t
just upload everything and anything to your profile; try and
showcase your best and most recent work. Use tags so it is
easy to find and write a clear description of each project- PRO TIPS TO HELP
GET YOUR FIRST
CREATIVE JOB
If you’re looking for your first job in the industry, then
graphic designer Chris Homer (www.chrishomer.net)
has some pearls of wisdom to share: “I would say
having a lot of work experience is key. Leaving
university I had experience in quite diverse fields. As
well as getting me a job, it highlighted very quickly
what my strengths were.
“Going into the first job it is important to consider that
you are far from the finished article. As well as getting
good jobs, it’s more important to learn from the people
around you. This can be creative and technical, but also
how to successfully work with others. For example, in
my first job I learnt how to choose the simplest path to a
solution because of limited time. To this day I always
start ideas quite fast to realise them in order to keep the
client assured that the project is on time.” © Chris Homer