NEW YORK, USA — Agencies in Mumbai, Seoul, Singapore and Taipei have just been announced as hosts for The One Club for Creativity’s global Portfolio Night 2022.
Established in 2003, Portfolio Night has long been recognized as the world’s largest advertising portfolio review program. This fast-paced evening of advice, networking, and recruitment takes place in cities around the world on the same date to help the next generation of creative talent entering the industry.
Portfolio Night 2022 cities and hosts in APAC 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
- Taipei – ADK, June 1, online
Portfolio Night is an important event in advertising because it serves as the gateway for young talent to enter the industry, enabling the best of the present — hundreds of renowned international creative directors — to meet and mentor the leaders of the future in industry hubs around the world.
It has also become a crucial tool for agencies in recruiting top young talent, providing a platform for recognition from local industry peers, and giving agencies a place on the global stage as the ad world tunes in to this one-of-a-kind event.
The program also includes Portfolio Night All-Stars, where each city host selects one young creative in their market with the best portfolio. These lucky All-Stars will then participate virtually as a team for a week this summer on a creative assignment for a major global brand.
“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,” said Kevin Swanepoel, CEO, The One Club for Creativity. “We are very grateful to these agencies for making this important global event possible in APAC.”
More than two dozen agencies and organizations around the world will host Portfolio Night 2022 on June 2, unless otherwise noted. Other confirmed city hosts so far include:
- Amsterdam – SuperHeroes
- Bogotá – DDB Colombia
- Boston – Arnold Worldwide
- Buenos Aires – Círculo de Creatividad Argentina and GUT
- Cairo – The One Club-Cairo Chapter (June 4)
- Cape Town – Duke Advertising
- Chicago – Chicago Portfolio School (online)
- Dallas – Dieste
- Helsinki – Wunderman Thompson Finland
- Houston – Adcetera
- Lisbon – Clube Criativos
- London – VMLY&R London (June 9)
- Madrid – Media.Monks (June 8)
- Miami – Alma DDB
- Montreal – Tank Worldwide
- Paris – DDB Paris
- San Francisco – Goodby Silverstein & Partners
- São Paulo – Africa
- Santiago – Inbrax
Tickets are available at Portfolio Night 2022.
Branding for this year’s program was created by 2014 Portfolio Night All-Star Katlego Phatlane, based in Johannesburg.
Unlike for-profit awards shows, The One Club is a non-profit organization that puts revenue generated from awards entries back into the industry in the form of programs under its four pillars: Education, Inclusion & Diversity, Gender Equality, and Professional Development.
The One Club for Creativity, producer of The One Show, ADC Annual Awards, Type Directors Club Communication Design and Typeface Design awards, Young Guns and Creative Week, is the world’s foremost non-profit organization whose mission is to support and celebrate the global creative community. The One Show is a top global awards show for advertising, design and digital marketing, focusing on the creativity of ideas and quality of execution. Established in 1921, the global ADC Annual Awards is the world’s longest continuously running creative award for advertising and design, honoring excellence in craft, design and innovation. Creative Week takes place in May, and is the preeminent festival celebrating the intersection of advertising and the arts.
