Burn Your Portfolio

You will learn from Burn Your Portfolio: The Somewhat Incendiary, Mostly Incomplete, Guide to Surviving and Thriving in the Creative Field that a design school education and a killer portfolio are just the beginning of what it takes to succeed in a creative career. Michael Janda, the owner of the Utah-based design firm Riser, dispenses nuggets of hard-won advice collected over the last decade from the personal successes and failures he has faced running his own agency. In this surprisingly funny yet incredibly practical advice guide, Janda's advice on teamwork and collaboration, relationship building, managing clients, bidding work, production processes, and more will resonate with creative professionals of all stripes.