Personal Portfolio Website Design

I need someone to design a well-branded, clean, and creative portfolio site for me. The designer we select will need to be able to collaborate and help me put together something that is truly unique and spectacular. This simple site will need to have the following sections: **Home** - General Text and links: Mission Statement, Value Proposition **Resume** ??" Interactive resume with drop-down line item functionality (see [login to view URL]) **Portfolio** ??" Interactive galleries with the following categories: Web Design, Print Design, Sketchbook, Audio/Video, Photo **Testimonials** ??" Basic text, images, and graphic highlighting categorized as follows: Web Design, Print Design, Marketing, Magic, Other ** What’s New?** ??" A simple blog (will have a CMS) that will need a search function, categories module, RSS feed, and an archives module **Contact** ??" Contact form with basic links and maybe some text This site should have a minimalist design with a very “open?? feel. Please review the following websites to get a better understanding of what I mean: [login to view URL] [login to view URL] [login to view URL] We need a designer who has a good understanding of typefaces, layout, web design standards, and HTML CSS capabilities (please note: this bid request is for design only, and not the actual coding). I would like to incorporate some hand-drawn illustrations into the site, so it might be helpful if you have some experience creating vector art. Please include relevant work from your portfolio or mockups in your bid. Let me know if you have any questions. There is a huge opportunity for repeat work! We are a medium-sized, US-based web design firm that is currently outsourcing a large portion of its work. We would like to build a strong working relationship with whomever we choose for this project. Thanks and I look forward to working with one of you soon. Best, Matt