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Online Portfolio

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My portfolio should be an organic, fluid, and evolving representation of my works and selfbranding. It should be the single most important vehicle I have for finding employment (Anderson, 2016). The tone of my portfolio should reflect the kind of work that I will be targeting to (Eisenman, 2011). Since my preferred employment mode for my pathway is a full time job at a design agency or a design studio and I also would be open to any freelance design jobs on my free time, I would prepare and tailr my portfolio for the following target audiences. My Target Audience Based on my career pathway, I'm targeting: Agencies and studios, which are looking to hire creative digital designer and offering self-development within the company so the designer can go up the career ladder to higher and more senior positions Individuals and small businesses, who are looking for creative digital designer who can solve their issues through design and digital development The r

Work Placement - Personal Reflection

I have worked for two different clients throughout this work placement experience practice. Both of these clients are not based in Malaysia (one of them is in Singapore and the other one in Germany) These companies were looking for freelancers to outsource their design jobs. My roles were to design and come up with a solution for their assigned tasks. As for the first client, the Electronic Arts GmbH, my role was to edit, retouch and prepare raw images and photos for their FIFA video-game's in-game graphic data. I found this job online at EA's account on twitter. My skills, the industry knowledge I had from my past experience and the passion I have for gaming (Williams, 2008) have helped me to pass the job application test and get the job. I was working for them as a graphic designer and photo editor within their Data and Graphics team which has over 30 team members. As for the second client, I was in charge of designing and rebranding their company's identity. I got t