The Creative Finder is a global directory that targets businesses looking to hire professional creatives such as illustrators, photographers, designers, and art directors. It is also a platform that allows creatives to manage their works and maximize their exposure towards decision-makers across all industries and countries, via both online and offline channels.

Basic memberships are free of charge. You'll be able to upload unlimited images to your account, however only 10 images will be published and shown on your portfolio. To publish more than 10 images,  you will need to upgrade to The Creative Finder's 'Upsize' or 'Supersize' account. 

You can view the benefits of the different account plans we offer here.

Basic memberships are free of charge. You'll be able to upload unlimited images to your account, however only 10 images will be published and shown on your portfolio. To publish more than 10 images,  you will need to upgrade to The Creative Finder's 'Upsize' or 'Supersize' account. This starts from an affordable rate of USD9.99 a month. There are different account plans you can choose depending on your budget.

For more information regarding the account plans and their benefits, go here.

Our advice to creatives with more than one discipline/field is to opt for a 'Supersize' portfolio account where you can choose up to three discipline listings on top of enjoying several more tools to enhance your portfolio. Find out more about a Supersize account here.

Your portfolio on The Creative Finder comes with an unlimited space for your images. We have also added more features to enhance your portfolio such as the multi-language translation feature and your personal news page.

You'd also be pleased to find out that you are also able to set your own domain name to your portfolio. The portfolio is also automatically optimized for display on mobile devices such as iPhone, and iPad.

Go here to learn more about the features or here to keep up with our upgrades and enhancements.

Your portfolio can be accessed via the following URLs:

The Creative Finder: http://creativefinder.com/username
Mobile Portfolio: http://mobile.thecreativefinder.com/username

 

Your account is not subjected to any minimum contractual period. You are able to terminate your account anytime with no cancellation fees involved.

For security reasons, members will have to log into their accounts and click on 'Navigate' > 'Edit Account Settings' > 'Deactivate Account' to cancel their accounts.

This is to prevent unauthorized access and deletion of the accounts.

*For paid memberships, do take note that you'll also need to stop the recurring payment via your PayPal account if you want to compeletely terminate your account. For further assistance do drop us a line here.

There is no expiry date for a basic membership. For a monthly paid membership, it'll expire 30 days after your signup; and 12 months if you've paid for an annual membership. Depending on your PayPal settings, your account will be automatically renewed.

*Please take note that depending on your PayPal settings, the payment could recur monthly/ annually. To prevent this from happening, you'll need to log in to your PayPal account and deactivate the payment made to us to stop this recurring payment.

For more assistance, do drop us a line here.

By default, portfolios are not listed chronologically on our network, unless chosen by users. Therefore, there will be no disadvantage. However, to keep your portfolio listing "fresh and upfront", you'll need to update your works regularly. Also, users are advised to renew their subscription to ensure their portfolios are active.

Basic memberships are free of charge. You'll be able to upload unlimited images to your account, however only 10 images will be published and shown on your portfolio. To publish more than 10 images,  you will need to upgrade to The Creative Finder's 'Upsize' or 'Supersize' account. 

You can view the benefits of the different account plans we offer here.

You simply login to your account and click  the 'Manage Portfolio' link. Once you are done with your updates, you can click on 'Preview Portfolio' to see how your portfolio will look to the public.

You can upload unlimited images and galleries to your portfolio, via HTML (single file upload) or Flash (multiple files upload by batch).

You simply login to your account and click on the 'Manage Portfolio' link. Once you are done, click on  'Preview Portfolio' to see how your portfolio will look to the public.

This could be due to the spam filter on your email server. We highly recommend you to log in to the email account you are using and add the following email to your email 'whitelist'. 

[email protected]

You can find a text link 'Reset Password' beside the login boxes on the The Creative Finder's main page. Click and complete the prompted steps. An email with a password reset link will be sent to you.  

Alternatively, you may also write to us so we can reset your password manually on our side. 

If you've not received your password reset link email, try resetting once more from the login page and check your junk/spam folder.

If that still fails, please log in to the email account you are using and add the following email to your email 'whitelist'. 

[email protected]

The Creative Finder accepts RGB images in JPEG, GIF and PNG formats, preferably resized to 600 pixels in width. Limit your file size to below 500kb each for faster downloads.

There is no limit to the number of galleries and images you can upload to your portfolio.

Currently, only the 'Supersize' account supports video embedding. 

To cancel your account, simply send an email to us. We appreciate it if you can can provide your reasons for terminating your account as we are always interested in improving our service.

For paid memberships, do take note that you'll also need to stop the recurring payment via your PayPal account if you want to compeletely terminate your account. For further assistance do drop us a line here.

To increase your exposure and to keep others up-to-date on your new work, you are now able to update your Twitter feed from your portfolio account whenever you log in to update your portfolio on The Creative Finder.

Go to your gallery and click 'Organize Gallery / Choose Artwork to sell'. Simply drag the images around to change their orders. When you are done, click on the 'Save Order' button.

Go to your gallery page and click on 'Edit Artworks' Info'. Under each image, you'll see a 'Move to gallery' drop down. Simply select the gallery that you wish to move the image to and click on 'Save All' when you have completed moving the images you want to desired galleries.

All online transactions are made via PayPal. To find out more on Paypal security, you may visit them at https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_security-center-outside