Long-Term Project Part II-A-B

Our ongoing Long-Term Project will be done in addition to your existing client work for Arts Winthrop, Theatre & Dance, and other on-campus and off-campus clients. This résumé is a continuation of your portfolio and information architecture. It will be viewed in conjunction with your portfolio.

Objective: Create a one-page, 8.5-inch wide by 11-inch high, single sided résumé of your educational background, professional experience, hobbies, and qualifications.

See full details below, including typography instructions.

Learning Outcomes

• defining who you are, in a one-sheet written résumé
• typographically aligning this résumé with your portfolio is recommended, but keep in mind, your PDF portfolio may have fonts that do not necessarily work with a one-page resume

Required Reading

• Ten Common Résumé Mistakes 
• Insights on Résumé Writing
• Typography, Mixing Fonts (you can do it!) 
• Typography, Pairing Fonts (you can have 2, or more!)
• You don't need to use the exact fonts shown above, but note the way differing styles come together

A. Planning & Design Process

1. access and read the Dropbox Paper file found in our LTP folder, with instructions for using Dropbox internally
2. look through your work experience:
   • see class calendar share a Dropbox Paper with the instructor, text-only, listing what written content will go on your résumé
   • instructor will share feedback by see class calendar
3. use feedback from the instructor, and begin to design your one-page résumé, this is Part II-B, see below

B. Design Your Résumé

1. 8.5-inch wide by 11-inch high format
2. first review of PDF résumé due, shared on Dropbox see class calendar, to LTP folder
3. use Apple's Pages, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator
4. spell check, spell check, spell check
5. use your text-only content from Dropbox Paper, taking all feedback into account, revising as needed
6. for your résumé design, typographically, create order, organization, and hierarchy
7. use a font that has various styles, giving you more variety
8. normal, narrow, normal bold, narrow bold, thin, thin narrow
9. use a grid 
10. consider how your résumé design can relate to your PDF portfolio design
11. color, while a possibility for your résumé, is not necessarily a requirement

Worth 100 Points 

• 40 points initial work, Part II-A via Dropbox Paper (max. 10 points each): curating your experience and work; organizing it into Dropbox Paper; sharing with instructor and peers (instructions forthcoming); appropriateness of content
• 40 points, Part II-B, craft of your design and typographic composition as PDF (max. 10 points each): hierarchy of information (headline, subhead, running text, smaller text), use of grid, precision (spelling and alignment), readability and legibility
• 20 points, overall quality and professionalism Part II A+B (max. 10 points each): preparedness and professional, meeting deadlines and format guidelines

See class calendar for additional deadlines.

Long-Term Project Part I

Objective: Create a unified and well-curated selection of at least five of your best design works, for use in a job or internship application. Your work may be from a college class or freelance, personal, or professional work.

This Long-Term Project (LTP) is scoped in our Google Calendar, with assets in Dropbox, and has multiple parts. Part I requires you to audit your design work, define a portfolio layout, and design that layout. Parts II & III are forthcoming.

Learning Outcomes:

• qualifying your "best" works
• preparing them for presentation
• designing a unified portfolio
• oral presentation of work

Process:

1. look through your work:
   • place five "best works" into Dropbox LTP folder
   • if a website or app or other interactive design, place a screen capture there
     
   • students will review a peer's work in class
     
2. identify what best represents you and your understanding of design
3. your chosen design work should be varied in your use of fonts, colors, and overall look & feel
4. create a plan for organizing those works into a multi-page PDF portfolio, due see class calendar
   
5. layout your portfolio as a PDF (first review see class calendar) revise and resubmit for grade see class calendar
6. PDF layout required for all students
   

Packaging & Presenting Yourself, Required Reading

• http://adcglobal.org/i-wish-i-knew-that-before-i-created-my-portfolio/
• https://www.aiga.org/portfolio-presenting

Worth 100 Points 

• 40 points selection of work: curating best works; adequate number of pieces shown, at least 5 works; readiness of work: legible and readable designs, sized appropriately; demonstrates knowledge of design
• 20 points quality and professionalism: broad range of competencies, varied work; overall quality, preparedness for professional presentation
• 40 points craft of your portfolio: your portfolio layout, alignment, precision, use of grid; high-resolution images with adequate lighting and color adjustment; proper spelling, grammar

• A–B+ for covering all of the required content in this brief, in a clear and professional manner with high quality imagery, photography, layout
  
• B–C+ for sharing some of the required content, clearly designing the work, but lacking some quality of visuals
  
• C- to D- covering very little of the required content, not clearly presenting the work, no visuals shown
• D- to F failing to show all required content, lack of clear explanation, no visuals shown

 

Digital & Remote Presentations

Wed. Sept. 2 GOALS:

1. introduce students to the Google Meet presentation space
2. explore methods for presenting work visually using the screen sharing tools
3. participate in an informal, in-class exercise where you present your own work to the class using screen sharing

PREPARATION: At 9:30AM, students will receive a link to a shared Google Slide deck that covers this work. Review the deck, take notes on the process you'll need to follow. Ask questions as needed.

STUDENTS PRESENT at 9:50AM, by sharing one design project and talking about how the initial research component helped you create the work. If you have that initial research component handy, you can show that too: sketches, rough photos, rough thumbnails. You can layout multiple images on one "page" or have multiple pages to show. You may screen share to a browser tab to show your Behance page, your personal website, or create a unique Google Slide presentation.

Presentations will take place, with each student screen sharing from 9:50 to the end of class. Each student will have approximately 5-10 minutes of presentation time. This is a "low risk" assignment meant to introduce you to these tools.

ASSIGNED READING like this article about things to avoid during screen shares will help you better prepare for giving virtual presentations, and avoid potential blunders.

Worth 10 points

• 10-9 points for exceptional work, proper use of screen sharing, demonstrating knowledge about your own design and the research process
• 8-7 points for satisfactory work overall, use of screen sharing, some knowledge of your own design process and how research informed the final work
• 6-5 points for inconsistent work overall, some understanding of screen sharing, your own research
• 4-0 points for unsatisfactory work, lack of screen sharing, technical malfunctions, etc.

NOTE: if you have inconsistent wifi and internet, consider closing only the tabs that you need to do this work. Close Spotify, close any other open web or online tools. And, if worse comes to worse, you can email me and I'll provide you with an alternate platform to connect.