How to build a portfolio website in a day
A step-by-step plan for a portfolio website that gets you hired or booked - what to include, how to structure it, what to write, and how to publish it in one day.
Read the postGuides, examples and ideas for a portfolio website that gets you noticed.
A step-by-step plan for a portfolio website that gets you hired or booked - what to include, how to structure it, what to write, and how to publish it in one day.
Read the postSmall agencies lose pitches to sites that explain nothing. Here is the page structure, the case-study format and the lead capture that turn a visit into a first call.
Drawings, renders and photographs each tell a different part of a project. This is how to give every project its own page and the practice a voice, in an afternoon.
Galleries look at series, collectors look at the price line, and both look at the CV. A site that puts the work at full size and everything else beside it.
A designer's portfolio is judged on two things: the case studies and whether the site itself looks designed. Both are yours to control, down to the type and the palette.
No repo, no pipeline, no domain to configure: a developer portfolio with projects a recruiter can open, a resume that exports to PDF and a blog with real code blocks.
A lookbook nobody can book from is a mood board. Stories shown large with credits, rates a client can find, and a form that closes the booking.
The beta label is off. Everything the launch version includes, by the numbers, and what changes for the sites already built during the beta.
Art directors browse by subject and style, then check whether you are available and what a license costs. Build the site that answers all four in one scroll.
The comp card is out of date the day it is printed. One link with your digitals, your book, your stats and your agency stays current, and it costs nothing.
Profiles belong to the platform; a personal website belongs to you. Which pages and apps earn a place on it, what to leave out, and how the build fits in one sitting.
Clients decide in the first three images and book on the last page. A photography site built around that: series first, fast on a phone, and a form at the end.
Recruiters open a link on a phone and want a PDF a minute later. A resume website gives them both from the same content, at an address that is yours.
The portfolio builder is open to everyone. What the beta includes, what the beta label means for your site, and how to start today.
Start from a template, edit it on the page and publish today. Free, no card.
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