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This course focuses on building a strong design career through portfolios, case studies, and personal storytelling. Whether transitioning fields or advancing your credentials, you’ll craft a clear narrative, refine your job search, and prepare for the hiring process.
PORTFOLIO AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
Who should take this course?
Early to Mid-Level Researchers
Grow your ability to turn synthesized data into compelling narratives that speak to broader audiences and more effectively drive change on teams.
Product Designers
Develop a deeper understanding of user needs and behaviors, create more informed and innovative design solutions, and communicate their insights compellingly to stakeholders
Product Managers
Enhance your capacity to understand user needs, guide the development of user-centered products, communicate effectively with design and development teams
Couse Summary
Upon completing this course, you will be able to tell the story of your body of work, how it relates to you as a person, and to potential clients and/or employers.
Key Details
Format: Live instruction from AC4D faculty, including office hours
Schedule: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 7-9 PM CST
Duration: 10 weeks
Tuition: $4,000 $2,550
Location: Remote
Upcoming Courses
📆 March 24, 2025
📌 Enrollments close approximately two weeks before each course begins.
This course will enable you to:
Create an MVP Portfolio: One-pager of profile and case studies
Update your resume to match your brand
Create a holistic portfolio of touch points: be able to illustrate your POV and body of work across different mediums with unique requirements.
Begin to apply and interview for work
Increase familiarity with the creative industry, how design is being practiced and applied, subtle changes or evolutions in this space, and nascent opportunities
Deepen understanding of audience and values in prospective practice areas
Understand modern hiring practices and be able to prepare and perform well in order to achieve your goals
Curriculum
Week 1: Personal Narrative & Storytelling
Week 2: Personal Statement & Design Principles
Week 3: Design Basics: Layout & Hierarchy
Week 4: Working Session
Week 5: Guest Critique
Week 6: Portfolios & Design Criteria I
Week 7: Portfolios & Design Criteria II
Week 8: Portfolios & Design Criteria III
Week 9: Interview Decks & Mock Interviews
Week 10: Presentations, Reflection & Celebration