Resources

Find the assets and organizations to help you stand out.*

*If an entity I’ve listed here is no longer active, try another, or conduct your own search for organizations with similar goals.

Professional design organizations:

The Ad Council
adcouncil.org

Advertising Women of NY
awny.org

American Design Council
americandesigncouncil.org

American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA)
aiga.org

Art Directors Club
adcglobal.org

Association of Illustrators
theaoi.com

Design Management Institute
dmi.org

The One Club
oneclub.org

The Type Directors Club
tdc.org

Society of Illustrators
societyillustrators.org

Design publications:

3 x 3: The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration
3x3mag.com

Adweek
adweek.com

Applied Arts Magazine
appliedartsmag.com

CMYK Magazine
cmykmag.com

Communication Arts
commarts.com

Creativity Magazine
creativity-online.com

Graphic Design USA Magazine
gdusa.com

Graphis Magazine
graphis.com

HOW Magazine
howdesign.com

Layers Magazine
layersmagazine.com

Print Magazine
printmag.com

Design blogs:

UnderConsideration
underconsideration.com

Creative Bloq
creativebloq.com

Cooper-Hewitt
cooperhewitt.org/blog

Design Observer
designobserver.com

Portfolio reviews:

AIGA (local chapters)
aiga.org

Art Directors Club
portfolionight.com

The One Club
oneclub.org/oc/education/portfolio/

Student design competitions:

ADC Awards
adcawards.org

AIGA
aigaredesignawards.com

Awwards
awwwards.com

CMYK
cmykmag.com/contests

Communication Arts
commarts.com/competitions/design#student

Creative Conscience Awards
creative-conscience.co.uk/home/

Creativity International Awards
creativityawards.com

Design Ignites Change Fellowship
designigniteschange.org

The Dieline Awards
thedielineawards.com

Graphis New Talent
graphis.com/competitions/recent-entries/

Print Magazine
printmag.com/design-competitions/

Webby Awards
webbyawards.com

World Studio AIGA Scholarship
scholarships.worldstudioinc.com

Young Guns
adcyoungguns.org

National design conferences:

Advertising Week
advertisingweek.com

AIGA Design Conference
designconference.aiga.org

Generate
generateconf.com

HOW Design Live
howdesignlive.com

Maker Faire
makerfaire.com

Social Media Week
socialmediaweek.org

Online job boards:

AIGA Job Board
designjobs.aiga.org

Behance Job Board
behance.net/joblist

Krop
krop.com

Freelancer
freelancer.com

Glassdoor
glassdoor.com

HOW Design Job Board
howdesign.com/design-jobs

Indeed
indeed.com

LinkedIn
linkedin.com/job

Monster
monster.com

Smashing Magazine Job Board
jobs.smashingmagazine.com

Skills instruction:

Adobe
adobe.com

Lynda
lynda.com

Jeff Witchel (Adobe Certified trainer)
jeffwitchel.net

Peachpit Press
peachpit.com

Skillshare
skillshare.com

Envato Tuts+
tutsplus.com

Typefaces:

Adobe Typekit
typekit.com

CSS Font Stack
cssfontstack.com

Fonts.com
fonts.com

Google Fonts
google.com/fonts

Hoefler & Co.
typography.com

House Industries
houseind.com

Monotype
monotype.com

MyFonts
myfonts.com

Paper:

Crane
crane.com

French Paper
frenchpaper.com

Mohawk
mohawkconnects.com

Neenah
neenahpaper.com

Paper Presentation
paperpresentation.com

Strathmore
strathmore.org

Printing:

Blurb
blurb.com

Cranky Pressman
crankypressman.com

Jakprints
jakprints.com

Jukebox Print
jukeboxprint.com

Lulu
lulu.com

Mama’s Sauce
mamas-sauce.com

The Mandate Press
themandatepress.com

Moo
moo.com

New Print Factory
newprintfactory.com

Sticker Giant
stickergiant.com

Vahalla Studios
vahallastudios.com

Print portfolio suppliers:

Klo Portfolios
kloportfolios.com

Lost Luggage
lost-luggage.com

Pina Zangaro
pinazangaro.com

Portfolio and Art Cases
portfolios-and-art-cases.com

Photography:

Adorama Rentals
adoramarentals.com

B&H Foto and Electronics
bhphotovideo.com

Lumoid
lumoid.com

Savage Universal
savageuniversal.com/products/seamless-paper

Stock images:

123RF
123rf.com

Corbis Images
corbisimages.com

iStock
istockphoto.com

Getty Images
gettyimages.com

Library of Congress
loc.gov

Shutterstock
shutterstock.com

Thinkstock
thinkstockphotos.com

Stock mock-up graphics:

Best Design Options
bestdesignoptions.com

Craft Work
getcraftwork.com

Creative Market
creativemarket.com

Graphic Burger
graphicburger.com

GraphicsFuel
graphicsfuel.com

Graphic River
graphicriver.net

Niice
niice.co

Pixeden
pixeden.com

PSD Covers
psdcovers.com

PSD Mockups
psdmockups.com

Mobile and web prototyping:

Marvel
www.marvelapp.com

Invision
www.invisionapp.com

Web hosting and domain name registrars:

1&1
1and1.com

Adobe Business Catalyst
businesscatalyst.com

GoDaddy
godaddy.com

Google Domains
domains.google.com/about

Hostway
hostway.com

Liquidweb
liquidweb.com

Name
name.com

Namecheap
namecheap.com

Network Solutions
networksolutions.com

Website builders:

Adobe Behance
behance.net

Carbonmade
carbonmade.com

Cargo
cargocollective.com

Dribbble
dribbble.com

Squarespace
squarespace.com

Weebly
weebly.com

WiX
wix.com

Wordpress
wordpress.com

Social media channels:

Facebook
facebook.com

Instagram
instagram.com

LinkedIn
linkedin.com

Twitter
twitter.com

Tumblr
tumblr.com

Pinterest
pinterest.com

Vine
vine.co

FOR ADDITIONAL INSPIRATION AND INFO, PLEASE VISIT:

www.standoutportfolio.com

www.pinterest.com/ProfessorDMA