Jacob Turner is a portfolio template built for art directors, photographers, and visual creatives who want a confident, type-forward presentation. The hero opens with a large sans-serif statement, "Art director from Los Angeles working globally", and a small portrait inset into the letterforms. The palette is warm and neutral, mostly cream and black, letting the work imagery carry the color. The layout is clean and spacious, with generous whitespace and a fixed header that shows the name, role, and location.
The demo includes a selected work section with project thumbnails labeled by title, an about page, a journal section with dated blog posts, and individual case study pages. Each project detail page shows category tags (identity, campaign, photography) and full-width imagery. The homepage scrolls through the portfolio grid, a journal preview, and a contact footer with phone, email, Instagram, and LinkedIn. The template includes CMS integration for projects and blog posts, sticky scrolling, and animation. We like the typographic confidence and the way the layout stays out of the way of the work.
On mobile the hero text stacks vertically and the portrait thumbnail moves inline, keeping the statement readable at 390px. The menu collapses to a button, and the project grid becomes a single column. The contact details remain legible and the overall hierarchy holds.
We'd pick this for creatives with strong photography or video who want a modern, minimal frame. The limitation is the reliance on high-quality imagery: the template is deliberately spare, so weak or inconsistent visuals will stand out. Check that your project count fits the three-column grid, and be ready to populate the journal if you want that section to feel active.
Based on the live demo, viewed on desktop and on a phone. The Design and Dev scores come from separate independent reviews. See how we score templates.