How to build a professional Portfolio while studying Online? LABASAD’s Portfolios and Professional Practice Workshop is the answer

Today, more than ever, your portfolio is your future. It’s your most powerful calling card and, in many cases, your gateway to the opportunities you’ve been working towards. That’s why, as you approach the end of your studies, a common question arises: “So what do I do now?”

At LABASAD, the answer comes in the form of a unique opportunity: the Portfolios and Professional Practice Workshop, a free and optional programme designed exclusively for LABASAD graduates. Once again, the school proves that it doesn’t just teach design – it accompanies you on the path to becoming a creative professional.

This workshop has two main goals. On one hand, it offers foundational knowledge to help you launch your own freelance business or reinvent your existing practice in a fresh, innovative and market-adapted way. On the other, it equips you with the tools and guidance needed to create or refine a professional portfolio that truly represents your creative potential.

Over the course of five weeks, through nine live #Onlive sessions, you’ll explore strategies to position yourself professionally, define your creative identity and communicate your work with impact. Whether your next step is employment, entrepreneurship or personal branding, this workshop helps you make that transition with confidence and clarity.

But this is just the final step. The path towards building your portfolio begins much earlier.

From day one, LABASAD’s Master’s programmes are designed to help you create real, meaningful projects that feed directly into your portfolio. At LABASAD, design is learned by doing — and every assignment is an opportunity to build the body of work that will shape your professional future.

This hands-on philosophy is present across all of LABASAD’s 30+ online Master’s programmes, covering disciplines such as graphic design, illustration, interior design, product, visual communication, motion graphics and artificial intelligence.

Unlike more theoretical online programmes, each session, module and project at LABASAD is built with a practical outcome in mind: to develop technical skills and produce professional pieces that help you stand out. It’s not just about preparing you for work — it’s about preparing you to be seen and remembered in a competitive creative industry.

Throughout the programme, you’ll work on real-world briefs and creative challenges that mirror the expectations of agencies and studios. You’ll be pushed to think critically, design with purpose, and present your work as if you were already part of a creative team.

Your projects are reviewed live by tutors who are working professionals in their fields. They provide direct feedback and share insights based on actual industry standards, helping you polish your work and defend your ideas with professionalism.

This entire process is made possible by LABASAD’s signature #Onlive methodology — combining weekly live classes, recorded sessions, direct communication with tutors and personalised follow-up. The result? A continuous learning experience that transforms your education into real-world experience.

LABASAD’s approach produces results that go far beyond the classroom. Many of our students have gone on to receive international recognition, with awards from Pentawards, ADG-FAD LAUS, Motion Design Awards, the LAMP Competition and Young Lions at Cannes.

These accolades aren’t coincidental — they’re the natural result of a learning environment built on creative rigour, high standards and real-world application.

If you’re looking for an online design school that does more than just teach theory — one that helps you build a powerful, real and relevant portfolio — LABASAD is the place.

Here, you don’t just learn. You create. And every creation becomes a step towards the professional future you envision.
Request more information at [email protected] and start building your creative portfolio today — with practice, purpose and professional support every step of the way.

LABASAD, Barcelona School of Arts and Design: where learning design means designing for real — and ending with a portfolio that truly represents who you are.