[Template included] How to easily create a portfolio using Notion.

A "portfolio" is often requested when changing jobs or taking on freelance work.

Many people probably want to create a cool website but find it a bit too challenging to build one themselves.

Notion is recommended for such portfolios. Notion allows you to publish pages you create as a website with just one button, making it perfect for creating simple sites like portfolios.

This time, we will show you how to create such a portfolio site with Notion!

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🎬 Director：Rei
✍🏻 Writer：Minokurumi

1. How to create a portfolio

Let's quickly go over how to create a portfolio using a template.

1-1. Fill in your self-introduction

First, fill in your self-introduction in the "About" section.

Roughly summarize your current job and previous work experiences.

It's also recommended to highlight personal activities and things you are studying, not just work-related information.

1-2. Introduce past works

Next, list your past achievements in the "Works" section.

Create a new page using the "+ New" button and enter a title. If you have worked in several different genres, it is recommended to select the type of work using "tags" for clarity.

I also added fields for URL, overview, and date. You can open each page, so it would be good to include images and detailed information about each project within the page.

Just seeing your past work lined up like this can make your portfolio look quite impressive!

1-3. Display skills in a graph

In "My skill", I've prepared a table that allows you to display your skills in a graph.

Create a new page, and when you open it, you can enter the "Level". If you enter a number on a 5-point scale, it will automatically be displayed as a bar.

Skills can be difficult to convey, but displaying them like this makes it easy to understand what you can do and to what extent.

In the template, "Profession" and "Language" tags are created and displayed separately, but you could also create tags for "Qualifications" or "Licenses."

If you want to add more table types, just copy and paste the table and re-filter it with your desired tags.

1-4. Set up SNS links

Next, let's link to your various social media accounts.

In the "Follow me on" section, I've prepared link buttons for popular social media platforms. Feel free to delete any social media accounts you don't use.

Select the text you want to link, then choose "Link" from the menu bar. This will allow you to enter the URL and link title. Paste your social media profile URL into the "URL" field.

Now you have a link button that, when clicked, will take you to your social media page.

💡 COLUMN: Stylish link buttons using callouts.
This social media link uses the "callout" feature, which encloses text with an icon at the beginning. By changing the text color and icon, you can easily switch to other social media platforms.
If you want to change the icon, click on the icon and select from existing emojis, or choose "Upload" to select an image you like.

1-5. Include your email address

Finally, add your contact information to complete your portfolio.

Here, let's set it up so that clicking on the email address opens an email composition window addressed to that email.

First, type out your email address as text, then, just like with the social media links, select the text and click "Link."

By adding "mailto:" at the beginning of the URL and entering your email address, the email address will become clickable, and an email composition screen addressed to you will automatically open.

2. Publish your portfolio

Once your portfolio is complete, publish it to the web and generate a URL!

It's very easy to do. From the "Share" button at the top right of the page, open the "Publish to web" tab, and then click the "Publish" button to generate a web link.

You can set granular permissions for editing and duplicating, but since we want it to function as a web page, we will turn all of them off this time.

Of course, you can post the acquired URL on social media or include it in emails.

The URL won't change even if you edit the content of your portfolio, so updates can be done easily.

Summary

That concludes our introduction to the portfolio template! Please try creating a portfolio with Notion.

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