Portfolio Sprint: Panel Discussion
Panel discussion · Online · ~90 min
Most designers build a portfolio and then go looking for the job. Do it the other way round.
If you're a designer, in the first decade of your career, and your applications keep vanishing without a reply, the work itself often isn't what's holding you back.
Often It's that the portfolio was built before you knew who it was for. This is the first session in the series, and it deals with that first.
Hear from 3 people who make hiring calls for designers every week as they discuss:
What the South African market is doing in 2026, and where the openings actually are
Why one clear specialism lands faster than "a bit of everything"
What makes them keep reading a portfolio, and what makes them close it
How a portfolio aimed at a local team differs from one aimed at a remote international one
What tells them someone is good to work with, not just good on a screen
Come away knowing who you're building for, before you build it.
For: anyone starting a portfolio, fixing one, or pointing it at different work.
The Portfolio Sprint:
A 9-session series of webinars, workshops and discussions for South African designers looking for work, locally or abroad. You'll start by working out who you are as a designer, turn that into two or three case studies that prove it, and finish with a portfolio site that holds it all together. Come for one session or follow the whole run.