ECT Portfolio Competition (2024)
"By participating in the ECT portfolio competition, I got feedback on my work, the chance to showcase my skills and win something for the first time in my life."
-Manal Alyaba, ECT student
Portfolio competition winner
Portfolio Workshop: December 12th, 2023 from 1:00 PM -2:00 PM EST
Competition Submission Deadline: Jan 26th 2024 at midnight
Watch recorded Portfolio Workshops:
Dec, 2023 (45 min)
Nov (2021) (1 hour)
Examples, tips, etc
The ECT faculty are excited to invite you to develop and submit your professional portfolio for a prize of up to $1000! We're looking at all portfolios and encourage students with beginning portfolios as well as more developed ones to enter this competition.
There are two categories you can enter:
Most "promising"- (for those just starting out)- this prize is less about quantity than potential (based on judging criteria below)
Most "developed"- (for those who already have a few projects and are further along)- we’ll factor in quantity in addition to the judging criteria below
To help you create a great portfolio...
Why are we sponsoring this competition?
You may have guessed this but prizes are really just our sneaky way to incentive you to start to develop your professional portfolio now, rather than wait until later! Our hope is that you'll enjoy working on this, and that you'll appreciate the incentive to get started now. And of course, we also hope your portfolio will become an important tool in for your job search and professional online identity.
*Prizes are funded out of an endowed Rudin scholarship to help you offset tuition costs.
Eligibility
You must be a current LTXD, G4L or ECT (PhD) student to apply.
Since you will be applying the prize money towards tuition, you need to have at least one semester more to go in your studies.
You are not eligible to apply if you're receiving NYU based tuition remission.
Competition Submission guidelines
Get familiar with the 1) judging criteria 2) and portfolio resources ( tips, strategies and examples)
Optional but highly recommended.. Attend our portfolio workshop on December 12th, 2023 at 1:00 PM. If you didn't make it to this take a look at the recording of the workshop, and our portfolio resources page.
To enter the competition fill out the submisson form by January 26th, 2024 (one entry per student). What you will need:
A link to your portfolio: you may password protect if you don’t want it to be public. Feel free to use any website or portfolio platform you wish.
Answers to questions about sharing and notification preferences
Applicants will be notified of the outcome by February 23rd, 2023.
How will we pick the winning portfolios?
Two faculty members will rate each portfolio and choose winners using the attached criteria to score portfolios. The winner will be announced in early February through various channels (email, social media, etc.).
Questions:
Email Maaike Bouwmeester (mb262@nyu.edu)
Our 2023 ECT Portfolio Winners
Tanya Smith-Sreen
Chitvan Bindal
Yuhan Tan