The All-New IndieFolio

At IndieFolio, our mission is to act as an integrated, creative ecosystem of students, professionals, institutions and brands which serve as a bridge between talent and their dream opportunities. We want to connect creatives in the country with more people who require their services. We’ve been around for 2 years and in that time, we’ve been gathering feedback from companies and individuals in the industry to understand what works best for everyone. Now, in our 3^rd year, we have updated our website to be as flexible as possible for everybody who is creative to have a space of their own.

What does IndieFolio have going on now?

• • Aggregating work from other portals
    
    

    Simply copy and paste your links to upload projects from other sites.

    Assume that you are a filmmaker and an illustrator. Assume that your films are on YouTube and your illustrations are on Behance. Both can be in your portfolio on IndieFolio by copying and pasting links to your work. We have updated our site so that you can import your work from as many portals as possible where you’ve also put your work. The appreciation you get on IndieFolio also adds appreciation to the portal that it was originally uploaded to.

• • What is CQ and how does it work?
    Community Quotient (CQ) is a way of measuring how well your work is received from platforms across the web. It reflects the popularity that you and your work has gained so that you can join IndieFolio without having to build up your reputation. To derive your unique CQ, IndieFolio does complicated mathemagical calculations that are based more than 150 factors.

• • Multiple user collaboration
    A project can have more than one person working on it to make it a reality. In our update, you can mention other IndieFolio users that contributed to your project.

• • Benefits of having a company page
    

    Companies can display their details and their work too.

    In addition to getting to upload your work, a company can also recruit creative talent from within the community. Your company portfolio can also have employees that state affiliations with the company. You could find potential business opportunities for your company on IndieFolio e.g. A company needs a design agency to handle a rebranding of their organisation. Your design studio could apply for this opportunity.

• • Copyright with Creative Commons
    
    No one likes their work to be stolen or to be used in ways they didn’t have in mind. We enabled users to choose how they want their work to be used or whether it should be used at all. You can now use Creative Commons to define usage rights and secure your work on IndieFolio.

• • Images optimised across devices
    Whether you’re looking at IndieFolio on a tablet, desktop, laptop or mobile phone, it will always look beautiful. We worked hard to make sure your images always look the best no matter what device or operating system you are using.

• • Bustle and Connections
    

    Follow the artists you enjoy.

    Ask us what propels us to work each morning and we’ll always tell you, it’s the goal of developing a community that needs us. You can now follow all the activities of your favourite creators on IndieFolio and connect with them.

• • The All-New Upload
    For everyone who wants to upload work directly to IndieFolio, we updated and simplified the process by which you do it. Create a profile and see how intuitive uploading your work is now. There’s even a rich text editor for writers who want to upload a few stylistic and original lines of their own.

• • Job Applications
    Job information is now displayed in an easier-to-process format so that browsing jobs can happen faster. Your portfolio is already on IndieFolio so you only need one click to apply.

• • Improved Search Functionality
    Search for designers. Search for companies. Use our new search. Choose what you’re looking for with the new filters we also added. Then let the search results do the rest.

• • Stay in the know
    Customised notifications allow you to choose how IndieFolio works for you. Don’t want to know about jobs? Ok. Don’t want to know when your favourite artist uploads new work? Perfectly fine. You tell us how you want to hear from us.

• • Live Chat
    
    Speaking of telling us how you want to hear from us. We have introduced a chat feature where you can leave us a message at any time. Just look for the above icon on the bottom left when browsing IndieFolio.

• • Getting Started
    We want to give you a platform to really get serious about your work as a creator. We want you to show the world what you’re capable of. We want this to be your creative identity. That’s why we made it easy to join IndieFolio and begin your creative journey. See for yourself how easy it is to join IndieFolio.

Those are our features. We improved everything we could but we know we aren’t perfect. If you have a suggestion that would make IndieFolio better for you, leave us a message however you want to. Your options on social media are Facebook, Twitter and Instagram or you could go with classic e-mail. The live chat we just mentioned is also an option. We’re willing to listen if you’re willing to speak.

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