Portfolio Night, a platform for young creatives to get their work sampled by creative directors, will host its tenth edition globally on 23 May. In India, this will be the third year of the event, and will be hosted by Lowe Lintas and Partners at Four Seasons, Mumbai. The first two editions of the Mumbai leg were hosted by Ogilvy & Mather.
Commenting on the event, Arun Iyer, national creative director, Lowe Lintas and Partners, said, "Hosting Portfolio Night is one way for us at Lowe Lintas and Partners to give back to the community. We would want young creative guys to come in and get the chance to talk to some of the best known CDs in the country. It’s only when you sit in front of someone who has the experience and the maturity that you understand what’s frivolous and what’s really important in a given context. Portfolio Night is thus the right opportunity to get a reality check”.
To promote the event, Lowe Lintas has created a few videos that are running on the event's Facebook page.
WATCH a compilation of those videos now.
This year, 25 creative directors from the industry are slated to attend and review the work of participants. This includes R Balki, chairman and chief creative officer, Lowe Lintas and Partners; Arun Iyer, national creative director, Lowe Lintas and Partners; Rajiv Rao, national creative director, Ogilvy & Mather; Abhijit Avasthi, executive creative director, Ogilvy & Mather; Ajay Gahlaut, executive creative director, Ogilvy & Mather; Agnello Dias, chairman and co-founder, Taproot India; Prasoon Joshi, executive chairman, chief executive officer, McCann Worldgroup India, McCann Erickson; Ashish Chakravarty, creative chief, North, McCann Erickson; Nitesh Tiwari, executive creative director, Leo Burnett India; Sonal Dabral, chairman and chief creative officer, DDB Mudra Group; Rajeev Raja, creative director, DDB Mudra Group; Bobby Pawar, chief creative officer and managing partner, JWT India; Josy Paul, chairman and chief creative officer, BBDO India; Sagar Mahabaleshwarkar, chief creative officer, Bates; Vikram Gaikwad, partner and executive creative director, Creativeland Asia; Amit Akali, national creative director, Grey India; N Padmakumar, national creative director, Rediffusion Y&R; Raj Nair, regional creative director, Mumbai and South, Contract Advertising; Manish Bhatt, director, Scarecrow Communications; Raghu Bhat, director, Scarecrow Communications; Priti Nair, director, Curry Nation; and Vinod Mulacherry, creative director, White Canvas.
Portfolio Night has been organised by IHAVEANIDEA since 2003. The event has taken place in 56 cities in 35 countries. Over 11,000 young copywriters, art directors and designers have taken part so far, with over 2,800 creative directors sampling their entries.
