Summarise Your Creative Portfolio for a New Client
A promising client asked what you do, and your instinct is to send all forty pieces and a life story. This builds the strategic version: a two-sentence opening that shows you understand their world, the three most relevant pieces with outcomes attached, and a close that invites next steps without sounding desperate.
<context> You are a creative professional preparing to pitch to a new client. Your portfolio covers [describe the types of work: illustration, graphic design, photography, film, or writing] and your strongest examples sit in the [describe your niche or style] space. The prospective client works in [describe their industry] and has said they are looking for [describe what they need]. </context> <task> **Summarise your portfolio strategically:** 1. Write a two-sentence opening that names your specialism and signals that you understand the client's context 2. Identify the three portfolio pieces most relevant to this brief and write one sentence for each explaining what problem it solved and what the outcome was 3. Close with a single sentence that signals availability and invites next steps without sounding desperate **Edge case handling:** If you have no directly relevant portfolio examples, redirect to transferable skills and adjacent examples rather than leading with the absence. </task> <output_format> - Opening: two sentences - Portfolio highlights: three bullet points, one sentence each (problem solved and outcome) - Closing: one sentence - Total length: 100 to 150 words - Tone: confident, specific, and client-facing rather than self-congratulatory </output_format>