LCF Grad Futures: Digital Portfolios - Your Passport to Opportunities

This session is only for London College of Fashion students.It is aligned to your Graduate Futures start up and freelance journey.

In today’s creative world, your digital portfolio isn’t just a gallery - it’s your voice, your brand and your biggest opportunity. Whether you’re aiming for internships, pitching freelance clients, a job or launching something of your own, your portfolio is often the very first impression you make.

In this talk, Rosie Ashworth, who built her career by helping emerging creatives turn raw talent into real opportunities and business results will share how to craft a portfolio that not only showcases your work, but translates aesthetic into jobs, clients and real opportunities.

We will dive into what makes a portfolio convert into results:

• How to communicate a clear and compelling personal brand
• How to reveal your process with clarity, confidence and intention
• How to curate work that feels focused, credible and standout
• How to tell the story only you can tell - with coherence and impact

You will leave with a clear toolkit, practical action plan and the confidence to build a portfolio that feels authentic, compelling and impossible to ignore.

Speakers

• Rosie Ashworth, Founder, Creative and CEO of Prodigies: Rosie founded Prodigies in 2024, starting with no network or contacts but drawing on her own experiences navigating the challenges of breaking into the creative industry. Driven by a mission to redefine the creative economy, fostering greater accessibility, collaboration, and connectivity across the creative sectors and communities. Since then, Rosie has secured a six-figure pre-seed funding round from leaders across luxury fashion, tech, and advertising. Now, leading a team of over 11 specialists with experience spanning Burberry, Alexander McQueen, the British Fashion Council, Saatchi Gallery, Nike, Bumble and beyond.

Useful resources

In this session, you will develop the key skills of communication, connectivity, proactivity and storytelling as defined by the UAL Creative Attributes Framework (My_CAF).

If there are any barriers to your participation in this event or you have access requirements you wish to discuss, please contact graduate.futures@fashion.arts.ac.uk in advance, we'd be happy to talk with you. If you can't sign-up as the tickets have run out or expired, please email and see if you are still able to attend.

Image credit: 2023 Business Pathway, London College of Fashion, UAL. Image by Alys Tomlinson