Mon, Apr 14th - Fri, Apr 18th
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Overview
AIGA Minnesota is thrilled to be hosting our legacy event: Portfolio 1-on-1.
Before embarking on your design career search, get invaluable critiques on your portfolio to set your work a step above the rest!
Get ready to showcase your skills and connect with top design professionals at AIGA MN’s annual Portfolio 1-on-1 event! By putting the power in the hands of the students, we’re allowing a wider range of experiences over four-day long portfolio review window ending with a synchronous, online panel session and awards ceremony.
Happenings: Synchronous, 1-on-1 portfolio reviews (Zoom/Google Meet) from April 14 – 17th between 9am – 6pm CT.
The event is for students only, senior or junior, in academic standing.
The Details
You will be given access to reserve three portfolio reviews with professionals of your choice based on their availability between April 14th – April 17th from 9am – 6pm CT. These reviews will be thirty minutes long and consist of a portfolio presentation, question and answers, and live feedback. On April 8th at 7pm CT, your attendance is required at our orientation zoom meeting for all the exclusive details regarding best practices in presentations, sample portfolios, the rubric being used by reviewers to rank portfolios, and lastly, information regarding the closing remarks. The closing remarks on April 18th from 4:30 – 6pm CT is required if you’d like to be considered for the portfolio scholarship(s).
Registration
Registration closed Monday, April 7th, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. CST.
- Learn firsthand what potential employers might specifically require of newly graduated professionals, and get guidance on further perfecting your portfolio.
- Find out the pulse of the current design, digital, branding, advertising, and corporate trends and needs and potentially find your future mentor or even an employer.
- Be considered against your peers for scholarship dollars to put towards tuition.
- Rate: $30
Schedule
March 7th
Attendance scholarship recipients are announced
April 8th @ 7pm CT
Required Kickoff Orientation Zoom Meeting
Master schedule is released to students following the orientation
April 13th @ 5pm CT
Portfolio PDF submission deadline
April 14th – April 17th, 9am –6pm CT
Portfolio Reviews
April 18th @ 4:30pm – 6pm CT
Closing Ceremony (Required if you want to be eligible for the AIGA MN Portfolio Scholarship Sponsored by the Design Fellows)
2025 Reviewers
| Hans Slade | Senior Graphic Designer at Fellow Inc. | @hans.tagram |
| Sara Halgrimson | Senior Art Director/Associate Creative Director | @halgris |
| Ash Nichols | Graphic Designer at KNOCK | @studio_woah |
| Eric | Creative Director | eric_daller |
| Ben Alpert | Art Director at Ultra Creative | @benisadesigner |
| Laura Krug | Graphic Designer | laurakrugdesign.com |
| Brandon Lord | Senior Designer, Capsule Design | @brandonldesign |
| Ian Kolstad | Senior Designer, Malley Design | @ian_kolstad |
| Hyena Nam | Assistant Professor of Graphic Design | N/A |
| Amanda Smith | Design Leader | @amandarae.smith |
| Tousue Vang | Senior Manager, Brand Design, Articulate | @tousue |
| Kären Larson | Co-owner / graphic designer | @lndesignco |
| Elizabeth Maunu | Graphic Designer, The Bernard Group | xiaoxiastudio.com |
| Sean Cooley | Design Director, Typothesis | @typothesis.co |
| Jay Miles | Lead Product Designer, Bedrock | @6a206d |
| Andrew Horn | Senior Product Designer | @humdingerandsons |
| Dan Woychick | Owner | @woychickdesign |
| Kelly Bauernfeind | Creative Director, KNOCK | N/A |
| Thy Doan | Senior Designer, Welly Health PBC | @_thydoan |
| Amy Hardy | Creative Director | @design8days |
| Rachel Kennan | Senior Director | @humdingerandsons |
| Min Sun Lee | Professor, Brand, and UI/UX Designer | @minsun_design |
| Madeline Haynes | Motion Designer | @madeofline |
| Alan Schutte | President, Design Director | @platthollowroad |
| Amy Mills | Creative Director | amymillsdesign.com |
| Chloe Mark | Associate Creative Director, The Engine is Red | @chloe.in.cartagena |
| Mitch Kelly | VP of Creative, The Engine is Red | @theengineisred |
| Heather Olson | Founder | Advisor & Advocate, Soladay Olson | @hsolson |
| Allyson Miller | Design Director, KNOCK | allysonmiller.co |
| Joe Anderson | Creative Director, KNOCK | @hipstreet |
| Yuh Ha Seo | Lead User Experience Designer, KNOCK | @lostcrayons |
| Aleksandra Gurneau-Jacobs | Graphic Designer, KNOCK | @a.gurneaujacobs |
| Carissa MacLennan | Senior Graphic Designer, Evolve Systems | @carissamaclennan |
| Dodi Vessels | Graphic Design Instructor | @missdodiv |
| Cristian Calderon | Creative Associate, Fast Horse | @cristiancalderon15 |
| Ann Pavlish | Graphic Production Specialist, Metropolitan Council – Metro Transit Division | @Ann.pavlish |
| Ralph Pato | visual designer/digital designer/art director | @hail_helvetica |
| Brianna Gannon | Creative Director, Waystar | @brigannon |
| Kayla Horn | Senior Art Director, JT Mega | N/A |
| Jordan Taylor | Art Director, Neuger | @jordntaylor |
| Mariza June Avila | Service Designer | @marizajune |
| Matt Lowe | Owner & Senior Designer | @checkonetwodesign |
| Kayd Roy | Design Director | N/A |
Support Future Designers
Want to make an impact?
Your donation towards our chapter events helps us operate and continue to contribute to our local design community here in Minnesota. You can make a general event donation, or you can specify how you’d like your donation used. Here’s some ideas:
- Sponsor a Student’s Attendance
- Contribute to the Portfolio Scholarship
- Support Portfolio 1-on-1 Specifically
Contact Leadership
After graduating from Alexandria College in Communication Design, I went on to get my Bachelor's Degree from Bemidji State University with triple emphasis in exhibit design, graphic design, and studio arts. I graduated from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in the spring of 2022 with my MFA in Interdisciplinary Design.
Currently, I am an instructor at Alexandria College in the Communication Design department while operating an active freelance business.