Rose City Designers is interested in featuring the best design talent in Portland. Please review these guidelines before submitting your work.

• You must submit as an individual, preferably self-employed. If you work as part of a small firm or partnership, you can mention that in your profile, but your answers should be for you alone. Your partner or colleagues can submit their own profile if they wish.
• Your work examples should be projects where you completed a significant (over 75%) portion of the visual design work.
• You must live and work in Portland, Oregon.
• You must have 2 work examples in digital form. Please samples in gif, jpeg, or png format. You may watermark them if you wish if you are worried about image theft. Please be sure your samples are clear and high quality - fuzzy, uncropped images will be rejected. Please resize them to be at most 600 pixels wide and tall.
• By submitting your work and responses you are agreeing to let us display them on this website as we see fit indefinitely, unless we receive written (or emailed) instructions to the contrary.

Now, let's begin. Sit back and relax—this is going to be fun!

imagine your perfect client.

Picture your favorite clients, your favorite projects. What did they have in common? What about your work did you enjoy most in the past month? What do you never get to do enough of? What do you wish you could do all day if you had the chance? What aspect of your work do you want to explore deeper? What kind of projects make your heart sing?

We encourage you to fill out this application with these thoughts in mind. Please take time answering the questions. We are interested not just in the strength of your design work, but in your ability to articulate your vision as a designer.

contact information

Name
Business
Email
Phone
Website

specialties

Your profile will be shown in one main category and under the "Also see..." sections of up to 3 additional categories. Please be conservative—select what you do best, and what you want to do most. We realize some categories overlap: please choose what feels appropriate. We review the websites of each application, and we will only display your profile in categories that are reflected in your online portfolio.

Main Specialty	Select CategoryIdentity/BrandingLogosAnnual ReportsBrochuresCatalogsNewslettersBrochure WebsitesData Driven WebsitesE-commerceFlash AnimationIllustrationPhotographyAdvertising
Additional Specialities	Please choose up to three. Identity/Branding Logos Annual Reports Brochures Catalogs Newsletters Brochure Websites Data Driven Websites E-commerce Flash Animation Illustration Photography Advertising

Are any of your specialities not listed, or our categories imprecise? Please make suggestions here:

the questions

Philosophy. What unique perspective do you bring to your work? What are your guiding principles? What do you love about the way you design?

Working Style. How do you like to interact with your clients—over email, phone, or face-to-face? What do you like them to know or have worked out before they come to you?

Perfect Fit. Who is your perfect client? What was your favorite project like and why did you love it?

Inspiration. Who are your heroes? What do you do to bring back the fun in your day? What is piquing your interest right now?

work samples

Resize to max 600 x 600 pixels, in .jpg, .gif, or .png format.

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