This event is sold out.

The AIGA Student Portfolio Event is a day-long event designed to give you—-a graduating senior or graduate-level student about to embark on a career in the design industry-—advice, insight, and useful information about how to present yourself and your work. Here is your chance to have a professional look at your portfolio in a no-risk, non-competitive environment. You can practice your interview skills and get honest feedback about your portfolio and resume.

Why you should attend...
You will receive thoughtful, constructive, one-on-one evaluation of your work by an array of design professionals-—art directors, media producers, educators, and hiring managers—-from the metro-Boston area. Their goal is to offer candid advice about your portfolio based on their creative perspective and experience. While this event is not a job fair, some reviewers may be looking for potential employees or interns. This event is a great way to network and become aware of who’s who in the Boston design community.

Who should attend...
The AIGA Student Portfolio Event is open to design students at the senior undergraduate level and MFA candidates. Space is limited to less than 75 students. Sign-up is on a first come, first served basis. Each college can register up to 15 students, ensuring that a single college does not "fill up" an entire review session. This allows students from various design programs throughout New England have a presence at the event. We usually pack a full house, so please register early!

What you should expect...
Soon after registering for the event, you will be assigned session review time. On the day of the event please arrive at least 15 minutes before your review time to insure that you have ample time to find table space and set up your work.

Reviewers will rotate around the room, and every effort will be made to maximize the number of reviewers who will sit with you and discuss your work. Keep in mind that reviewers will be asked to limit their critique time to 15 minutes, so be prepared to present your portfolio and get feedback within this time constraint. Although this is a non-competitive event, the AIGA Student Portfolio Event is designed to prepare you for the actual interview process. Be on time, be dressed accordingly, and be mindful of how you present yourself and your work.

What you should bring...
Come with 8 to 12 of your best portfolio pieces. Additionally, it is a smart idea to bring 10–15 copies of your resume with 3 or 4 photocopies or printouts of your best work attached so interested reviewers can take your information away with them. If you plan on showing interactive or dynamic work, come prepared with a fully charged laptop—we cannot guarantee that power will be available to every table in the room—and bring along an extension cord just in case. Wireless Internet is installed in the space, but we cannot vouch for its reliability or latency, so we advise against relying upon it. Play it safe. If you have no access to a laptop, we suggest you present your multi-media projects as screen shots mounted on boards.

Review Schedule
We will contact you before the event with an assigned review session time. The review session times are as follows:

9:30pm – 11:30pm: Portfolio review for Group 1
11:30am – 1:30pm: Portfolio review for Group 2
1:30pm – 3:30pm: Portfolio review for Group 3

This is a sell-out event, and we ask that you do not request to be scheduled for a specific session time. Should you need a specific session in the event of an unusual circumstance, we will do our best to accommodate you.

Location
Massachusetts College of Art & Design
Trustees Room, Tower Building, 11th Floor,
621 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115

Directions to Massart's Campus
Located on the Avenue of the Arts at 621 Huntington Avenue between Longwood Avenue and Evans Way. MassArt's campus is nestled in Boston's Fenway/Back Bay community a short walk from the Museum of Fine Arts and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Located on the Heath Street “E” Line of the MBTA Green Line, it is easily accessible by public transportation. MassArt’s Tower building is the tall, black building a few steps down the street from the Longwood Medical Area stop.

We are working to arrange free parking for the duration of the event. We will keep you posted!

Questions? Contact Erich Doubek at education@boston.aiga.org