How to create a portfolio & get hired : a guide for graphic designers and illustrators / Fig Taylor.

Contents note continued: Greetings Cards -- In-house design positions -- Illustrating greetings cards -- Finding the right publisher -- Creating a portfolio -- Setting up as a publisher -- Summary -- 3.Research and Cold-calling -- Why Research Is Important -- Targeting Your Research -- Jobs in the design world -- Illustration commissioners -- Research Resources -- Professional journals -- Annuals and sourcebooks -- Yearbooks, mailing lists and industry directories -- Libraries -- Industry-related websites, portals and blogs -- Cold-calling -- Speculative Applications -- Student Exhibitions and Competitions -- Summary -- 4.Creating a Good Portfolio -- Basic Approaches -- Learn to be Objective -- The Contents -- Are all the pieces up to my highest standards? -- Is self-indulgent work taking up prime portfolio space? -- What new samples should I add to my portfolio? -- Should new samples be put in context? -- How many samples should I include? -- How do I show published work? --

Contents note continued: Should I include my sketchbooks? -- How Many Portfolios? -- Summary -- 5.Choosing the Right Portfolio -- The Digital Portfolio -- What can go wrong? -- How to get it right -- Remote presentations -- Presenting your portfolio on a tablet -- Preparing work for digital presentation -- The Print Portfolio -- Size matters -- What kind of portfolio? -- Leaves and laminates -- How to display your work -- Photographs of samples -- Summary -- 6.Making Yourself Known in the Marketplace -- Networking Pays Off -- Pitching for a Presentation -- Promotional Material -- Digital media -- Case study: Sophie Blackall -- Case study: Linzie Hunter -- Presentation Pointers -- Be prepared -- Presenting Your Portfolio -- Post-presentation Reminders -- Websites -- Case study: Bowie Style -- Sourcebook advertising -- Follow-up visits -- Summary -- Resources -- Professional Bodies and Membership Organizations -- Information and Advice -- Portfolio Manufacturers and Suppliers --

Contents note continued: Useful Design Websites -- Useful Illustration Websites -- Useful Publications -- Annuals and Competitions -- Subject-specific Links.

Machine generated contents note: 1.What is a Portfolio? -- The Student Portfolio -- The Professional Portfolio -- The Graphic Design Portfolio -- The Illustration Portfolio -- The Cross-disciplinary Portfolio -- Summary -- 2.Making Sense of the Marketplace -- Design Groups -- Branding -- Design for digital media -- Multidisciplinary design -- Design internships -- Illustration commissions -- Advertising Agencies -- Routes into advertising design -- Routes into advertising illustration -- Opportunities for cross-disciplinary practitioners -- The Editorial Sector -- Openings for designers -- Illustration commissions -- Book Publishing -- Starting as a book designer -- Children´s books -- Educational publishing -- Adult fiction -- Adult non-fiction -- Comics and Graphic Novels -- The independent route -- The commercial route -- Television and Film -- Opportunities for designers -- Opportunities for illustrators -- Computer Games Development -- Illustration skills --