Artefact 6

Evaluation of One Page Profile to Employers

        I wanted to hear what employers within the creative industry thought about my idea of one page portfolio websites to promote people online. I emailed several employers who gave me feedback earlier on in my project; I introduced my idea to them and provided them with the links so that they could see the two different layouts. I asked them if they thought it was a good solution for creating an effective online presence and what they think the benefits might be.

I got a mixed response from the people I emailed, some said that although having a one page portfolio is a good idea, they still “believe having numerous pages is also good. It depends how much varied work you have to display.” Others said it makes it easier to navigate and see all the information that is pulled in from various sources onto the one page, “The benefits are quite huge really”.

When asked what they would include on their one page profiles, one person said that they would include “everything 'front facing' (i.e. not personal/private, like facebook).” And another said that they would include “anything that you believe will help you get a job in future”.

Overall the response from everyone was positive when looking at my idea of having a one page online portfolio. The idea of easily finding all of the information without much navigation or scrolling seemed to be one which would benefit them as employers trying to find a candidate to employ and for the person promoting themselves as it puts all of their information in the same place which can be accessed easily.

Artefact 5

For my 5th artefact I wanted to find out from a wider range of students what they thought of the one page 'Profile' portfolio. I was most interested in what elements they would include in their one page portfolios, this helps me realise the potential of this style of online presence because I will know how other people will utilise the space to best portray themselves. I think it is interesting looking at what others from different professions will include to portray their work.

Evaluation of Students Thoughts

        I emailed my peers to see what they thought of the one page portfolio website, I wanted to show them the two examples that I had made and find out if they would use something like this to promote themselves and their work online. As I emailed students throughout various disciplines within the university, I wanted to know what they would include on their one page portfolios to see what various elements would be seen as important to show.

Most people said they would only include a small about me section, I found this really interesting as it told me that they wanted their work to do most of the talking for them. Everyone wanted to include a portfolio of their work, which was expected because that is the main purpose of the website but the other elements varied from person to person. Some wanted to include a Twitter or LinkedIn feed whilst others thought that these feeds were too personal and “would render the objective useless”.

I could sense from the responses that people would be keen to adopt this style of portfolio because they talked about how they would make it their own, not just by the elements that they would include but how they would style the page with their own images and taste.

This gave me confidence that one page portfolio website could well be future of an effective online presence.

SPP3 Catalogue Images

I have made a couple of changes to my Catalogue images after talking to my tutor about them. Instead of including the website logo in the top of each image I have written a brief description of what the website is and then I have included the coding languages used to create each website. This will give the viewer more of an insight as to what I am capable of producing which will promote me further.