build your portfolio

build your portfolio

mini-course

Discover your creative superpowers with our fun and exciting Graphic Design and Illustration briefs!

What is included?

Creative briefs

Experience how to work on real design projects and meet your client's expectations.

Video lessons

Learn useful techniques and graphic design theory that will help you complete the briefs.

Templates & guides

Useful downloadable resources that will help you professionally present your work.

Feedback

Watch feedback given to others who completed the briefs and get the chance to get your work reviewed.

Logo design

Make a logo and brand assets for an organic food market.

Editorial design

Design a seafood restaurant's mouth-watering menu.

Packaging design

Create a colourful packaging for a chocolate bar.

Web design

Create a set of static and animated banners for a campaign.

Image Editing

Create an exciting nature-inspired typographic composition.

The examples above are all created by our Pro Member students. Get the FREE Build Your Portfolio Mini-Course now and watch the feedback they received on their work. Use our guides and templates included to create your own portfolio-ready designs!

You should try our
Creative Projects

  1. If you are looking to get hired as a Graphic Designer, but don't have much examples of work to showcase your skills.
  2. If you are curious to see how your design skills compare to other students.
  3. If you are looking to be part of a lively creative community, where you can find inspiration and get feedback on your designs.

student showcase

The Build Your Portfolio Mini-Course is a sample of over 70 practical briefs made for our Pro Member students.  Here are some examples of their designs:

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Customers served! 0 Pro Member students became Adobe Certified Experts or Professionals

Magdalena Palahanova| Bulgaria

Being part of the Pro Membership has become a very important chapter in my creative journey for several reasons. This is my first creative community and it has given me the opportunity to share and receive opinions, experiences and insights.

One of the biggest advantages is having a seasoned instructor who shares his thoughts and experience of the industry, oversees my projects and provides constructive feedback helping me improve my skills. Last, but not least, I have also learned a lot from the feedback provided to the other members. I love to analyse their work and compare my conclusions to Martin’s and for me this is a very enjoyable way of learning.

I think the courses on the platform are some of the best available at the moment as they offer great in-depth knowledge of the Creative Cloud programs and graphic design theory, yet they are easy to understand and follow thanks to the fun examples and projects which go along with them. 

Ephraim Shapiro| Israel

This is my first online learning experience with interactive elements. Over the past five years I have attended two different offline design courses, and despite the fact that I was physically more present on lessons, in terms of quantity and intensity I got much more from Yes I'm a Designer. I received more constructive feedback on my work, and produced more designs that I can use in my portfolio.

Nicole Heinrich| Germany

Becoming a Pro Member meant that I got a 360° creative safe seat in the design world and it provided me the freedom to find my specific niche from the plethora of different subject areas, such as packaging design and illustration. The Live Webinars and the Community has given me the important feedback and sense of security I need to improve my technical or theoretical skils in order to step out of my comfort zone and create good work. For me personally, this is a very important factor in online learning. Being able to have Martin as a highly ambitious and certified teacher is fantastic. As a mother of two, I am learning at my own pace to realize my dreams a little further each day, while working from home.

Graham Goater| England

Watching Yes I'm a Designer on YouTube helped me to become a graphic designer, but it was only when I joined as a Pro Member that I really saw BIG results. The practice briefs gave me motivation to put what I learnt into practice. The feedback given by Martin and fellow students also helped me improve so much quicker than what I would have done if I was on my own. I'm now picking up regular work and setting up my new graphic design business in the new year. Thanks Martin and the rest of the YES team!

* You can enroll for FREE. Your registration will grant you access to our Community,
and a 15-part email course on Portfolio building.

Some of the brands learning from our courses

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Do you want unlimited access to ALL of our courses, 70+ projects and mentoring?

join our Pro Membership

Monthly Payment Plan

$67 / month

What is Included

  • Personalized feedback on your designs
  • Regular live workshops and webinars
  • Annual skill assessment and portfolio review
  • Graphic Design Starter Bootcamp and the Graphic Design Theory Series
  • 9 MasterClasses teaching you key graphic and motion design applications in great detail
  • 3 Fast-Track courses making you more productive by utilising the latest features and workflows (InDesign Fast-Track is coming in 2024, September)
  • Unlimited access to the exclusive Pro section of our Creative Community

30 Days Money Back Guarantee

We want you to get the most from your learning experience with Yes I'm a Designer. However if you change your mind for whatever reason we offer a full refund within 30 days of purchase. Just get in touch with us so we can either help you out until you get the results you need or give you a swift refund.

(We cannot process refund to students completing more than 10% of any selected course.)