3 tips for creating a simple, beautiful portfolio site with Polywork

How to build a personality-driven professional profile that fully represents you, no matter how you work or what you do.

Seth Merrill
9 min readMay 3, 2021

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A Polywork illustration of digital characters, including whimsical dragons, robots and humans
Source: Polywork

The way we work is changing

Scratch that. It’s already changed.

The growth of remote work has poured fuel on an already burning trend for modern employees: People no longer want their identity to be bound solely to the corporate idea of “work.” They want to monetize in their passions, build their personal brand and engage with like-minded professionals on their own terms.

People want to share who they are and what they do in a way that isn’t confined by their 9–5 or an arbitrary job title. Doing this online requires a personal site that feels like a reflection of their diverse professional interests and side hustles, not a boring resumé.

Unfortunately, to document your portfolio of professional work, you’ve historically had pretty much three options:

Option 1: LinkedIn

The main problem with LinkedIn is it’s too cluttered with unnecessary, distracting extras.

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Seth Merrill

Takes, opinions and stories on marketing, pop culture and social media. Content marketing manager @ Polywork. Em dash abuser. SLC, UT.