beyond the english major portfolio
My portfolio serves to bridge the gap between the English and business worlds. I strongly feel that the skills I have gained over the course of my academic journey are highly transferable to sales, marketing, and business development professions. The purpose of the liberal arts degree is to create your own unrestricted path, and I feel that I was able to do that at The College. My portfolio aims to mirror this belief. I feel that the website reflects my core values and skills: sales, marketing, and communication which are grounded heavily by my degree in English. Without my English degree, I feel that I would not have the skillset to create tailored messaging for target markets and saturate markets through critical research.
My artifacts touch up on each of my skillsets highlighted throughout the portfolio: Sales, Marketing and Communication.
Artifact 1 demonstrated my ability to communicate, research, and synthesize artifacts. A typical literary analysis paper shows my ability to think critically and communicate my thoughts effectively.
Artifact 2 experiments with unrestricted formats, styles, and structures to reflect upon my writing process. It uses keywords derived from texts during a writing course. Ultimately, the project aims to synthesize my writing praxis. It demonstrates my ability to think beyond typical writing structures and transform ideas in abstract styles.
Artifact 3 serves to demonstrate my ability to do market research, analysis, and make financial projections. This skillset is crucial in a business field and I felt it would be important to include in my portfolio. This project highlights my ability to write in not just English fields, but in business-oriented disciplines as well.