Craft a Killer Online Portfolio: Review & Refresh Your Personal Site
Learn how to optimize your online portfolio to showcase your work and creativity to employers, others creatives and prospective clients!
Tuesday, September 26th | 6:00-9:00 PM Wix Lounge, 235 W 23rd St, NYC
At a Glance:
At this workshop, you'll speed network and get one-on-one feedback from other creative pros to help optimize your online portfolio and maximize opportunities.
Is this event for you? It is if you want to...
- Grow or kick-start your career in art, design, writing, journalism, marketing, strategy and beyond
- Network and get feedback from a host of creative professionals
- Strategically market your skills and display your work online
- Leverage website design and user experience to optimize your online portfolio
- Start collaborations and make new friends in creative industries
Take your portfolio to the next level with in-person feedback from other awesome pros, plus pizza, soda, and swag from FindSpark and our partners Wix.com!
Mentors:
Carlos Aquino, eCommerce Product Management, West Elm
Amanda Bentley, Designer and Project Lead, Awaken Studio NYC
Greg Butler, Customer Success Manager - Global Accounts/Relay, LinkedIn
Rebecca Carlson, D-1 NCAA Head Coach and Founder of The Fearless Coach
Mandy Carr, Communications Manager, The New York Academy of Sciences
Jenny Hart, Contributor, Travel Weekly, Northstar Travel Media
Al Leibman, Owner, Causeinaclassroom.org
Edwin Raagas, Assistant Director, Wasserman Center for Career Development, NYU School of Professional Studies
Karen Sokolow, Founder & Creative Director, Awaken Studio NYC
Chelsea Temkin, Global Events Lead and Community Manager, Wix
Alexandria Williams, Social Media, R/GA
What You’ll Need:
- Your Laptop or mobile device
- A personal website or online portfolio at any stage (can be a concept, outlined or existing site)
Dress: Business Casual Hashtag: #FindSpark Tickets: $5-$20 (includes pizza!) depending on your FindSpark membership level & career status
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This event is powered by Wix! Wix.com enables you to build a free and professional online presence, just the way you want it, with zero coding experience! Create your website today: bit.ly/fswix
With an HTML5 drag-and-drop website editor, designer-made templates, and tons of features, Wix gives you the tools to launch and manage your online presence.
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