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Multimedia designer | for freelance or full-time
Unlike graphic designers, who also may do multimedia design as one medium
among many, a multimedia designer is most comfortable designing for the computer
screen. Multimedia designers are expected to be extremely technologically adept, and
their portfolios should display these skills.
Technical presentation, flair, and attention to detail are particularly critical for
the design portfolio. Variety in project and approach are encouraged. Because of the
emphasis on how you think, a design portfolio is a great place for process and person-
al project work. Craft is also highly regarded.
The designer's digital portfolio requires a concept that not only presents the
actual work well but is a design project in itself. This “wrapper” is frequently interac-
tive, although for a print-based designer, interaction might mean a simple linear slide-
show instead of a complex, multilayered experience.
A multimedia designer's digital portfolio is more technically demanding, and an
elegantly designed and executed “wrapper” is often a plus. Considering that you
might have created sites that have been redesigned (or closed down) after you worked
on them, showing prototypes or work in process is often a necessity. This portfolio is
often a design object in its own right, but the portfolio should not be allowed to over-
whelm the projects.
www.cloudraker.com
As a company that
specializes in multimedia
experience design,
CloudRaker has to meet
high client expectations;
their work and their
portfolio site must be
smart and on the cutting
edge of technology.
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