Live Encore: Creating the Perfect Portfolio

Learn Temi Coker’s tricks for showing off his work and building a thriving creative career.

Just doing great work as a creative isn’t enough—you’ve got to be able to show it off so more people can find (and hire!) you. In this 35-minute class, recorded using Zoom and featuring participation from the Skillshare community, photographer and designer Temi Coker shares the tricks he uses to quickly build a portfolio he’s proud of (and that helps him get more of the work he wants). 

You’ll get to follow along as Temi builds a page to show off his “While You Create” playlist project, sharing the exact process he uses to find inspiration, create templates to make his job easier, write the project description, and more. While Temi will be using Behance—Adobe’s portfolio platform—this class will help you learn some new best practices for putting your best foot forward when sharing your work.

Along the way, participants of the live class were able to ask Temi questions, so you’ll be able to learn more about how he balances his myriad of creative interests, the value of personal projects, how he got his first clients (and his first agent), and more on building a self-made creative career. 

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While we couldn't respond to every question during the session, we'd love to hear from you—please use the class Discussion board to share your questions and feedback.

• Introduction
• The Value of a Portfolio
• Creating Portfolio Templates
• Building in Behance
• Q&A on Portfolios
• Q&A on Creative Careers
• Final Thoughts