Hi there,
I've decided it's time to start looking for a new job again and have been reworking my portfolio after getting some feedback from a friend in the industry. Having reached the conclusion I was showing far too much work, I've simplified it right down so I'm only showing one or two things on each page (maybe a cover & spread or a logo & flyer or just one view of a mailer). I sent one of the job agencies I'm signed up with three pages of my very best work. They replied and said they think I should be showing more, given my 8 years experience in the industry, maybe about 8-10 pages.
That seems rather a lot to me as I'd always been told 3-4 pages and I plan on taking 8-10 pages to interviews so I don't want to send people my entire portfolio to look at. The response back from the agency is maybe 5-7 pages then but that still seems a lot. My other problem is that there has been very little creative work in my current job (one of my reasons for leaving) and while I've got work I've done outside of work, I don't have loads of work I think really shows what I can do and I don't want to rely too heavily on old work.
What do you guys think? How many pages of work do you generally send out to people?
I've decided it's time to start looking for a new job again and have been reworking my portfolio after getting some feedback from a friend in the industry. Having reached the conclusion I was showing far too much work, I've simplified it right down so I'm only showing one or two things on each page (maybe a cover & spread or a logo & flyer or just one view of a mailer). I sent one of the job agencies I'm signed up with three pages of my very best work. They replied and said they think I should be showing more, given my 8 years experience in the industry, maybe about 8-10 pages.
That seems rather a lot to me as I'd always been told 3-4 pages and I plan on taking 8-10 pages to interviews so I don't want to send people my entire portfolio to look at. The response back from the agency is maybe 5-7 pages then but that still seems a lot. My other problem is that there has been very little creative work in my current job (one of my reasons for leaving) and while I've got work I've done outside of work, I don't have loads of work I think really shows what I can do and I don't want to rely too heavily on old work.
What do you guys think? How many pages of work do you generally send out to people?