After speaking with many designers through Out of Office Hours and, as a new design leader, interviewing many candidates for a position on my team, I detected a theme with portfolio presentations.
This is something I've struggled to get used to, and have never done before. It's not that I haven't cared, it's that there hasn't been much of an ask or need for it when I lived in the UK, so it's an adjustment for sure.
I can't help but think I would've nailed some jobs had I put the effort into presentations rather than regular portfolio walkthroughs on my website. Pity.
This is something I've struggled to get used to, and have never done before. It's not that I haven't cared, it's that there hasn't been much of an ask or need for it when I lived in the UK, so it's an adjustment for sure.
I can't help but think I would've nailed some jobs had I put the effort into presentations rather than regular portfolio walkthroughs on my website. Pity.
Perhaps! There will be more opportunities to flex your presentation skills. Also "pity" is so Downton.