COMM 4690 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Information Design, The Employer, Technical Writing

• School: Mount Royal University
• Department: Communications
• Course: COMM 4690
• Professor: Lynn Dittmer

Document Summary

Your portfolio represents what you can do as an information designer. You have total control over your portfolio - the quality of work, the quality of the projects and the quality of the presentation. Avoid putting too much work on one page. Allow users to see all the effort you put into the work. Avoid showing work that appears to look like a series of flat graphics. Give context (like packaging, show the package) Let the user see the care you have taken in the details. It is an ongoing project and process (keep adding your work) When possible show the work at actual size. Ensure that the works are error free. Ensure that you check and site all your references for photography, illustration and graphics that do not belong to you. Create a consistent brand for your portfolio and resume. Use the same typographic treatment, graphics and color to brand all your elements.