Are You a Design Student? Here's How to Get Noticed on Houzz

Discover how to showcase your design work and stand out from the crowd with a Houzz profile

Victoria Harrison 5 September 2017

Editor, Houzz UK and Ireland

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If you’re in the early stages of carving out a career in the design world, let us help to boost your profile and get you noticed. Here are some tips and tricks to stand out from the crowd.

Fraher & Findlay Architects Ltd

How to create a student profile
Your first step is to sign up to Houzz and create a free profile page. Here’s how:

1 Select a ‘professional’ profile, then choose the ‘student’ category.

2 Use the business description field to add your personal statement. Mention where you’re studying and any work experience or relevant qualifications.

3 Upload any materials you’d like to showcase into the project folders. These can be portfolio work, renderings, sketches, designs etc.

Imperfect Interiors

Top tips
Your Houzz profile will put you and your work in front of millions of homeowners every day, so do ensure your details are up to date and upload your best work. Here are a few tips to get the most from your profile:

Group your work into clear folders allowing homeowners to become familiar with your work and style.

Save photos you love as you browse the site and add them into Ideabooks for reference, so you can start building up a visual identity. For example, if you favour a clean-lined and contemporary style, save photos of projects that you identify with, or projects designed by architects that you admire.
Did you know you can save images from other websites, too? Just grab the Houzz bookmarklet and this will allow you to save images from any other site around the web to group all of your inspiration in one place.

Play with mood boards
Did you know you can create quick mood boards and more detailed room sketches using our Sketch tool? If you’re working on a design brief why not use this free tool to help you bring your ideas to life.

Take a look at Sketch here

Scenario Architecture

How to get noticed

Update your profile regularly with new photos, sketches or mood boards, and your followers will be notified.
Collaborate with other students and professionals on Houzz by sharing Ideabooks and increase your potential audience reach.
Upload the best quality photos you have (you can upload images up to 32MB each). Images should be jpgs or pngs, not pdfs.

Blakes London

Snap up free resources

The Stories section is packed with ideas, advice and interviews with practising architects and design professionals. Bookmark and save any articles that might be of use.
Browse our Tips for Pros section and find practical advice on how to set up and run your own business, where to find clients, and how to manage social media accounts.

We host regular events, both online and around the country. These are a great opportunity to network – take a look at our events page to find the next one in your local area.

Get real time information on what UK homeowners are doing to their homes – take a look at our survey and report page to get facts and stats on UK renovations.

Roundhouse

Don’t be a stranger!
Houzz is a community, so the more you put in the more you’ll get out. Follow the profiles of any architects and interior designers that you admire, as well as other design students, and you’ll start to build connections and expand your network.

Pop by regularly and join in with discussions, or post questions in the advice section if you’d like some input on your work. You’ll also have the chance to promote your skills and knowledge by answering questions posed by homeowners or other design professionals.

We look forward to seeing you soon.

How do you use Houzz? Let us know in the Comments below

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Jess Gilliland

Great story!

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chemistrykaren

Ah, Houzz ... you continue to reign as my favourite website. Always engaging and helpful, with excellent tech infrastructure.

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A S

Hi,

A great article... I'm currently a Psychology student but have developed a great interest in design, kitchen planning and space planning (having renovated our family home) and frequently contribute in the advice section.

What would be the ideal way to go about a career in the design field? I'm based in W. Yorkshire and would appreciate some recommendations or ideas on how to venture my ' hobby' and possibly, make it into a career.

Many Thanks.

Like 10 September 2017 at 11:43p.m.