Advice for Recent Design Grads on Finding Your First Job
Let’s just get this out in the open—most recent college grads are awful at interviewing. In the last decade, I’ve interviewed over a hundred designers, many of them recent graduates, and I’ve hired...
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Celebrating a Quarter-Century of Creativity
AIGA Jacksonville celebrated a quarter-century of creativity and critique with its 25th Annual Portfolio Review, held at the University of North Florida’s Student Union April 12–13, 2014. More than 40...
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AIGA Jacksonville 26th Annual Portfolio Review
Northeast Florida’s creative community converged on Jacksonville University April 17–18, 2015, as nearly 50 professional designers and educators reviewed more than 70 students at AIGA Jacksonville’s...
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27th Annual Portfolio Review Recap
“Everyone has a masterpiece within them from birth.” – Tad Carpenter AIGA Jacksonville’s 27th Annual Portfolio Review brought together design novices and veterans from northeast and north central...
View ArticleSave the Date for Portfolio Review Weekend!
Save the date! AIGA Jacksonville Portfolio Review Weekend returns this spring for its 28th year. The event kicks off Friday, April 21, at MOCA with guest speaker Amy Schwartz, design director for Cards...
View ArticleQuality connections
I’ve always liked this quote from Charles Eames: “Eventually everything connects — people, ideas, objects. The quality of the connections is the key to quality per se.” A quick online image search of...
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How to give a quick yet quality student review
It’s my favorite time of year again, time for students to get feedback from professional designers working in the field, and the end of another academic year! With each new portfolio season, there is...
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Cheat Codes for Job Seekers (Recording)
Check out the Zoom Webinar Recording of Dan Mall! To kick off our virtual programming for Portfolio Review weekend on May 1, 2020, AIGA Jacksonville invited Dan Mall, Founder and CEO of SuperFriendly....
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2020 Portfolio Review Recap
Day 1 – Speaker Event Practice design every day On Friday, May 1st, Dan Mall, Founder and CEO of SuperFriendly, set the virtual portfolio review weekend into motion as the guest speaker. Dan’s...
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