Jake Martin - Level Designer

[Evert]

Did you get it because or despite that though.

I agree with getting rid with the stuff that wasn't the most important stuff, you can still have that in the portfolio anyways.

[JakeMartin]

Evert, they specifically asked for that much detail.

[Vilham]

Evert, they specifically asked for that much detail.

I know the guy that got the job i assume you went for, his CV was 2 pages.

[Bl1tz]

Blitz, the resume can be as long or as short as you want. There's no consistent format that employers want to see. You can put in as much detail as you want but the key is to keep it clean and easy to read. The resume I currently have on my site is the one I used to get an interview at naughty dog so I must be doing something right.

Dude are you fucking kidding me? You come on here asking for advice and then reject what is the most basic common sense advice possible. Congrats on your Naughty Dog interview, you clearly don't need anyone's help here!

[Algor]

Your resume is way too long. Let your portfolio do the talking.

[JakeMartin]

Look, I wasn't bragging. I sent them my original resume, which is 1 1/2 pages, then they asked for a more detailed one which is on my website. That's just my most recent experience. I really do appreciate all the feedback.

[aaron_da_killa]

The thing I didn't like Jake is that when you open your portfolio, you get a home screen with no images. Then you click on a link and you see a wall of text, so you scroll down and you get tiny thumbnails... somebody that doesn't really know you would lose interest really quickly.

Your new design is a bit of an improvement but I think the background is too 'noisy', it's a bit distracting. And the way that the header (your name/title), links and content are in separate boxes (that you can hardly see mind you) makes the elements feel a bit broken, like they're just arbitrarily floating there instead of feeling purposeful, it's just not working and it's not professional looking imo. You need to distinguish the website content from the background more and make the content feel more connected imo, visual continuity. And I think you could make the website more attractive looking. Maybe a good start would be to add an actual banner that contains your name and title, and sexify the links. Maybe the links could be images instead of text? Who knows. I don't think the year needs to be added to the link if it's going to be visible on the main page, it's just taking up too much space.

[Bl1tz]

Look, I wasn't bragging.

The resume I currently have on my site is the one I used to get an interview at naughty dog so I must be doing something right.

Oh ok.

[JakeMartin]

So those were some good suggestions, Aaron. I considered what you said and I agree that the home page was boring. I put up a small set of pictures kind of like a preview and added links to the more detailed pages. Unfortunately I can't change those links in the top menu to pics but with the background a lighter color I think they pop out more.

Algor you also had a good point. There was a lot in my resume that was redundant on the site so I uploaded my shorter resume and left all the details on the project pages.

Thank you all for the comments.

[JakeMartin]

I've updated my site with a new layout. It looks pretty sweet on mobile so if anybody can try it on a mobile device let me know how it looks.

I added some kismet scripting examples on most of the projects and a design doc for the moonbase alpha project.

[SamCom]

I tried it out on a 3G Android phone, and everything looked alright. The main menu images took quite a while to load, but the formatting looked fine.