3. What is a Career/Business Binder?

Creating a binder that includes all of your import papers you are preparing for your career and business will give you an organized collection that represents your individual vision for your future.

Over the next five weeks, as you complete assignments and submit them to Canvas, you will also add them to your binder. At the end of the term you will have a complete binder that will serve to support you as the foundation for your professional creative future.

The binder will set up be set up as separate assignment sections combined each with with the previous binder building it up over the next weeks. Keep pages to 8.5 X 11 (portrait) letter size ONLY. 

The binder will include the following by the end of the semester:

  1. Cover page - use a grid of your top portfolio pieces with your name and date
  2. Contents and page numbers.
  3. Identity - put it on an 8.5 X 11 page include the colors and fonts your brand.
  4. Your hourly rate results
  5. Resume - full letter size page
  6. Cover letter - full letter size page
  7. Business Plan (All docs included )
  8. Goals Worksheet
  9. Include Website image and URL

Use Acrobat  

Combine Pages in Adobe Acrobat
Acrobat converts the pages of various files into sequential pages of a single PDF. Choose Tools > Combine Files.
  • The Combine Files interface is displayed with the toolbar at the top.
  • Drag files or emails directly into the Combine Files interface.
  • Alternatively, choose an option from the Add Files menu.
  • Open Acrobat (Links to an external site.) and choose “Tools” > “Create PDF”. Select the file type you want to create a PDF from: single file, multiple files, scan, or other option. Click “Create” or “Next” depending on the file type.
  • Follow the prompts to convert to PDF and save to your desired location.

Grading is based on the following criteria:

  1. Document Punctuation
  2. All sentences are complete
  3. The spelling is accurate.
  4. The first letter of each sentence is capitalized
  5. All documents, listed above, are included
  6. Saved with proper filename YourLastFirst_BusinessBinder.pdf