24 Apr Aimeegabay.com
I chose to create a portfolio website that would showcase my best work and demonstrate my competencies. Placed high on my CV, right under my name, my website is a portal that demonstrates to potential employers evidence of my skills and abilities. With a focus on editorial work, I have included all of my best pieces, including links to published work on other sites. As a journalist, my focus is on environmental topics, including wildlife conservation, climate change and activism. I have made sure to emphasise this interest throughout.
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Aims
- Highlight editorial and writing skills (specifically those relating to my journalistic interests)
- I decided to go for a landing page that would immediately showcase my work.
- The items on my menu, including a drop-down for smoother navigation, have been selected in order to lead visitors to more stories, the series I have created for my final project and a journalism section listing all my published work, including articles from my current internship.
- Keep it minimalistic and professional
- The basic design layout and focus on typography was selected purposely to ensure my work and writing are the main event.
- Build a personal brand
- Chose to simply use my full name for my URL (aimeegabay.com).
- Plug social media accounts
- At the bottom of every page there are icons leading to my social accounts and at the bottom of my homepage and about page you can find my Twitter feed.
- Evidence of digital proficiency
- I built my site myself, highlighting some of the software skills listed on my CV (WordPress, SEO, basic coding).
- Friendly navigation on all devices
- Multiple device optimisation was made a priority given the increase of mobile phones being used to read, etc.
- Highlight multi-skill
- Wanted to demonstrate other multimedia skills such as photography.
- Contact page for easy outreach
- The contact page features a simple form in case someone would like to reach out.
Screengrabs
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