Tag: Portfolio Night 2022

Mumbai, India – After a two-year hibernation, Portfolio Night is back in-person with a bang! This event by The One Club for Creativity, a global nonprofit organisation whose mission is to support the global creative community, was conducted worldwide, in different cities. For India, the Portfolio Night 2022 was held in Mumbai last 2 June 2022, and saw 55 new creatives show their work to a jury panel of the industry’s best creative minds. 

The global event was co-hosted by three Omnicom agencies, namely DDB Mudra Group, BBDO India, and TBWA\India. Meanwhile, the event’s panel comprised seventeen creative leaders from Indian advertising, who steered the fast-paced evening of advice, networking, and recruitment opportunities for new creative talent. It kicked off with an opening address by Josy Paul, Chairman, BBDO India. A rigorous 3-hour portfolio review session followed this.

Rahul Mathew, DDB Mudra Group’s chief creative officer, said, “This Portfolio night was much needed. Not just for new talent, but for us senior folks as well. We fed off their excitement and energy as they gathered our opinions and directions around their work.”

Meanwhile, Paul commented, “You could feel the shared passion and expectation in the fast-paced face-to-face interactions. All of us had left something to follow something we love, our creative calling. And you could feel that excitement and love in the room.” 

He also said, “I was looking for the person in the portfolio and I was thrilled that I met many young folks with a unique voice and a different view. Portfolio Night was a waterfall of pure creative energy.”

Parixit Bhattacharya, TBWA\ India’s chief creative officer, said, “The quality of work was astounding. The people behind the work were supremely interesting and from richly varied backgrounds. From architecture colleges to fine art schools to design schools and advertising schools. The excitement for the business in each of them was infectious. I couldn’t be happier to have played a small part in making this singularly energising event happen. Long Live The One Club Portfolio Night!”

The three Omnicom agencies also co-hosted an online pan-India Portfolio Night last 1 June 2022 for those outside of Mumbai.

New York, USA  – The One Club for Creativity, a global nonprofit organisation whose mission is to support the global creative community, has announced the four APAC agencies in Mumbai, Seoul, Singapore and Taipei to host The One Club’s Portfolio Night 2022.

Portfolio Night has long been known for reviewing advertising portfolios since 2003. Creatives from all around the world get together on the same day each year for a fast-paced evening of advice, networking, and recruitment to aid the next generation of creatives. It serves as a stepping stone for younger talent to enter the advertising profession, allowing hundreds of renowned international creative directors to meet and train the future leaders in industry centers around the world.

The following cities and hosts for APAC at Portfolio Night 2022 are; Mumbai – BBDO India, DDB Mudra Group, TBWA\India, June 2 in person, Pan-India – BBDO India, DDB Mudra Group, TBWA\India, June 1, online, Seoul – Re-Be, June 2 in person, Singapore – BBDO, June 2 in person, and Taipei – ADK, June 1, online.

As the advertising world tunes in to this one-of-a-kind event, it has also become a critical tool for agencies in attracting top young talent, providing a platform for recognition from local industry peers, and giving agencies a presence on the global stage.

In addition, Portfolio Night All-Stars, where each city host selects one young creative in their market with the finest portfolio. The All-Stars will then work together for a week this summer on a creative project for a large global brand.

Kevin Swanepoel, CEO at The One Club for Creativity, said that Portfolio Night is a unique global event that serves as a high-visibility opportunity for agencies and creative directors to give back to the industry by guiding the earliest steps of future copywriters, art directors and technologists.

 “We are very grateful to these agencies for making this important global event possible in APAC,” Swanepoel said.