Behance’s very own Navid Baraty was featured on the cover of Gothamist last week, with his unique photographs of the Macy’s Day parade from 30 stories above 6th Avenue. Navid told Gothamist ”As always, I took them by leaning over the edge!”
Full article here
More photography by Navid Baraty can be seen on his Behance portfolio
NYT’s “Career Couch” feature this week published advice from Behance CEO Scott Belsky on showcasing your work in an online portfolio – why it’s important, and how to get started. We pulled out a few key takeaways below, and check out the full version here.
Q. Some of your colleagues and friends have created Web sites listing their professional experience, credentials and samples of their work. Should you have some sort of online portfolio, too?
These days, one of the first things a recruiter or hiring manager does after receiving a promising lead is to search for the person on Google. Creating your own Web site or displaying your work on a larger platform gives you some control over what is found. Even if you aren’t looking for a job, keeping an online portfolio can be a way to keep track of your accomplishments and industry activities.
Q. What does an online portfolio typically include?
It usually includes samples of your best work, including articles, reports, PowerPoint presentations and links to blog entries. Portfolios are especially useful for work that can be presented visually, like photography, illustrations and ad campaigns.
An online portfolio can also illuminate your thought processes. Scott Belsky, chief executive of Behance, an online platform for creative work, says that when managers look to hire or promote someone, they want to see more than just experience. “They are also looking for that person’s process, how they do their work, who they collaborate with, how they test ideas,” Mr. Belsky says.
Some portfolios show an early version of a project, the final version and the iterations in between, he says, or reveal a process by telling the story of how the project was accomplished.
Q. Where on the Web should you place your portfolio?
Platforms are available for creative professionals to display their work visually, including Behance, Carbonmade and Dripbook; depending on the platform and package, the cost ranges from free to about $40 a month.
Platforms like these can be lead generators, too, as they are often searched by people looking to hire, Mr. Belsky says. You can also register a domain name — often for less than $10 a year — and create your own regular Web site. Designing your site can cost thousands of dollars if you use a Web site designer, or less than $50 a month if you use a site building tool.
From measuring your impact to defying norms, in this 7 minute video by the Creative Group Scott Belsky provides some key insights for anyone pursuing a creative career.
1) What needs to happen for creative professionals to gain more influence in their organizations?
2) How can creative professionals elevate their individual stature and get the recognition they deserve?
3) How can creative professionals gain a competitive edge?
4) Any advice for creative professionals who worry their skills will become obsolete?
5) What should students pursuing creative careers do to get a head start?
Find the answers to these questions and other helpful tips in the video below, and let us know what you think!
Design blog Smashing Share published an article this week on “How Behance can showcase and Improve your designs.” The blog gave a great intro to what we’re all about, and some of the key things you can get out of Behance once you dig into the experience. If you’re new to Behance, or need a refresher, be sure to check out the article.
Here’s some main points they made:
Chicago’s own “Beyond the Pedway” blog, which features local creative companies, caught up with Scott Belsky at the Big Omaha Conference in Omaha, Nebraska.
Take a peek at the video episode, or just “the good stuff” (read: transcript) that blogger Tim Jahn posted last week.
It has been about one week since the publication of Making Ideas Happen by Behance founder/ceo Scott Belsky. The book became an immediate bestseller upon launch, debuting at #15 on Amazon and leading every business and creative category. The book was also included in the Wall Street Journal as a national bestseller in business. Design and business blogs around the web have since had a chance to read the book and weigh in with reviews. Read more →
The Behance team was just invited to take part in HP’s “Input/Output” interview series.
So far, the series has included interviews with folks such as Chris Anderson at WIRED and George Halvorson, the CEO of Kaiser Permanente. HP has asked us to help cover the conversation with next week’s interviewee, best-selling author, Richard Florida, The Rise of the Creative Class.
We are certainly interested in the rise and growth the the “creative class,” and we look forward to sharing some of the highlights/insights from this interview. The interview starts at 2pm EST on Monday, December 14th. You can follow some of the commentary on our team’s unofficial twitter account: @behanceteam (as opposed to the standard one that is less conversational: @behance ).
PS: Many thanks to HP for helping plan this event and inviting us to participate – as a sponsor of Behance, they help make it possible for us to keep up and running… Gracias.
Apple has approved and posted version 2.0 of the iPhone application for Action Method Online. The new version is, in fact, an entirely redesigned application, resulting from over seven months of design and development.
As Scott Belsky, CEO of Behance, explained, “Our goal was simple: To make Action Method the absolute BEST collaborative task management application available for the iPhone. We wanted it to seamlessly sync (and back-up) with the online version of the application, enable the user to organize their Action Steps by Project, Due Date, Color, Who Delegated It, Priority, or any other keyword.”
As 2010 approaches, our team found ourselves sitting around the table and taking inventory of what has transpired since we started working together in 2006.
What started as a bold experiment to organize the creative world’s work has now become the leading online network for creative professionals. Here are a few updates that we’re thrilled to share:
CreativeXpert, a podcast focused on design, recently interviewed Scott on all things Behance, including the joys of appreciations, the “creative’s compromise,” and attraction as the secret to productivity.
Check out the interview here.
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