Building a Job Portfolio Designed to Show Risk/Reward Attributes

Abstract

For this project, I used my existing knowledge of branding and marketing as a YouTube creator to reinvent my web portfolio concepts with this knowledge in ways to show that extra risk/reward to employers. The project itself, which is a website coded from scratch using HTML, CSS and JavaScript, displays all my works as well as the techniques used to complete them, whilst using design styles to draw attention to the pieces within. This allows future employers to also see what it is they would be working with in the future, thus the risk/reward attributes focused on in this capstone. The goal was to establish my work to employers and have a site that I can continue to build upon going forward past this capstone course as well as showcase who I am, my work ethic and capabilities through the site’s design and content. My plan was to gain knowledge through core aspects of web design by taking courses that challenged myself in learning something new and building something concrete in a short time period. I anticipated the biggest obstacle to be ensuring functionality. This was overcome with consistent testing through trial and error. Also, I referenced Risk and Reward (Jakka, 2023) in businesses to further show why this capstone would work and its usefulness in the fields I strive for in my future. With the sources within this document, I focused on building a website that fits the needs of a business to which I am applying. Below is the link to the webpage for viewing purposes: https://people.sunypoly.edu/~deforen/Exercises/CapstoneAboutMe.html