peacock - midway presentation

Scott Meadows

Peacock

scottmeadows.ca/peacock

Portfolio-a-palooza

Inspiration

Carbonmade

Current Tools

CoroflotCurrent Tools

Problem Statement:Current portfolio management tools aren't doing everything that they should be.

Make portfolios. Look at portfolios.

Designers Employers

Make portfolios. Look at portfolios.

Designers Employers

I’ve interviewed...

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Online portfolios should…

Be unique and as well designed as the projects inside of them.



“If you got a Macbook and it came in a greasy paper bag…”– Kevin, Marketing Manager



“It should definitely be customizable to a point where it’s not like…you can see it all over the place”.

- Martina, Information Architect


Show the purpose, process and context of the projects.



I gain trust from seeing the process. You can photoshop something up and there are endless ways of making things look pretty. But there aren’t endless ways of having really solid process…you either have it or you don’t.

- Marcus, Gaming Company Team Lead



“It’s always the finished article. It’s never the process. I would like to learn about how they got to where they got to…like if they’re developing a website, what were the requirements? Because you can look at it and say ‘yea, that’s a great website’. It looks great, but does it do what the client wanted it to do? What’s the application? How is it being used now? Where is that?”

- Matt, eLearning Production Manager


Be relevant and tailored to specific roles and responsibilities.


Be relevant and tailored to specific roles and responsibilities.

If someone submitted to me a really killer portfolio,…they’ve almost critically reflected on their own work by preparing the portfolio. They haven’t just dumped a bunch of a screen shots. They’ve actually thought about ‘What is it that a prospective employer should want to get from my work?’”

- Matt, eLearning Production Manager


Be easy and quick to update.


Be easy and quick to update.

In response to ‘How often do you update your portfolio?’: “Always when I’m applying for a job. Otherwise, no.”

- Martina, Information Architect


Support multiple media types.


Support multiple media types.IE: Text, Images, Sound, Video, Flash, Etc.

Concepts

Concepts

Content Layout Styling

The ‘Front End’

Wordpress Website

The ‘Back End’

Wordpress Admin Area

‘Traditional’ CMS

Concept #1

‘Traditional’ CMSFront End vs. Back End

Carbonmade


Problems


Problems

Tight Coupling


Problems

Tight Coupling

Implementation Model

Questions and Comments?

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