JWT champions Portfolio Night 11

JWT Portfolio Night Press Briefing held on 5th March 2013 in Mumbai announced its plans to host Portfolio Night 11 , a platform to nurture young talent in the industry by giving them an opportunity to showcase their ideas to the most creative minds of the country.  It  will   take place simultaneously in over 20 cities on this date across the world, including Athens, Austin, Beijing, Boston, Costa Rica, Johannesburg, Los Angeles, Montreal, New York, Paris, Sao Paulo, Stockholm, Tokyo and Toronto amongst others. Portfolio Night is an annual property of ‘IHAVEANIDEA’, the creative founders and the world’s first and largest community of the international advertising industry.

JWT is championing Portfolio Night 11, presently in its fourth innings in India, is scheduled to be held on May 22, 2013. It aims to help gifted young creatives to discover new opportunities in the ad world and take their voices to the advertising industry’s global stage. It is an ideal platform for advertising and creative freshers to meet with several renowned creative directors for advice, networking and recruitment.

Announcing the launch of the 11th edition of one of the most globally recognised creative conclaves Portfolio Night 2013 in Mumbai, Colvyn Harris, CEO, JWT South Asia said, “We are delighted to host Portfolio Night 11 and would like it to be an entry point for unleashing creativity in the new world order. Portfolio Night is an ideal platform that identifies and recognizes fresh creative talent and offers them a unique opportunity of getting mentored and nurtured by the best in the advertising fraternity. This is also the perfect opportunity for industry experts to give back to the industry, by guiding aspiring young creatives and helping them carve a niche for themselves.” 

On the global platform, the event is keenly sought after by young creatives who want to make it big in the advertising world and seasoned creative directors who scout for great talent. Portfolio Night 10 took place in 18 cities around the world and over the past ten years the platform has seen a bee-line of young copywriters, art directors and designers eager to participate and meet the Ad gurus they revere and hold in high esteem.

Bobby Pawar, Chief Creative Office and Managing Partner, JWT India, says, “JWT India has always encouraged budding talent and Portfolio Night 11 is a platform that celebrates creativity. It is a brilliant opportunity for us to unite the advertising and design communities as the next generation of creative talent makes an exciting foray into the industry.
Brianna Graves, Portfolio Night Director of Content and Communications says, "Portfolio Night is thrilled to have JWT representing Mumbai on the global stage that will be highlighted in May during #PN11. We expect JWT to execute an amazing event that supports the young creative community in Mumbai and allows its best creative leadership to give back to the industry and nurture the advertising leaders of tomorrow."

Ravi Deshpande, Chairman & Chief Creative Officer, Contract Advertising believes that such a platform can facilitate engagement with youngsters which will help get in fresh perspective and undoubtedly this is a perfect platform for youngsters if they want to make a career in advertising.

Ashish Khazanchi, Vice-Chairman & National Creative Director, Publicis Ambience says, “The platform is quite interesting and meeting all the advertising gurus on one platform will be one-of-its kind experience for the youngsters. He linked the event with “the Pushkar Mela of talent pool for the advertising industry”.

The JWT India Portfolio Night 11 is expecting over 20 senior creative directors to attend and review the budding freshers. It is a fantastic opportunity for creative directors to spot the ‘next big thing’ in the advertising world and to hire and mentor fresh talent. It is also a chance for industry leaders to give back to the industry by guiding the young talent.

Portfolio Night 11 is open to young creative professionals from advertising, digital and design agencies and also senior students of art colleges. JWT India will viral the promotional campaign through broadcast and digital medium. Participants will need to register on their respective city’s page on the Portfolio Night website https://portfolionight.com/11/and click on the “Buy Tickets” button for a registration. This will take them to that particular city’s online ticket purchasing system. Tickets are scheduled to go on sale from April 15th, 2013 onwards and  an e-ticket will be issued to the participant as a permit to enter the event in Mumbai on May 22, 2013.

For information and records; Portfolio Night™ is an event where aspiring young advertising copywriters, art directors and designers meet with several renowned advertising creative directors in a fast-paced evening of advice, networking and recruitment. While the evening has been called “speed-dating for creatives,” it’s really much more than that. In the eleven years since its inception, Portfolio Night has grown to be a global event, reaching creative hubs in every continent in an evening where the best of the present meet the best of the years to come. Now in its eleventh year, Portfolio Night brings together thousands of young creatives, hundreds of creative directors, dozens of City Hosts in cities around the world, and a select few Global Sponsors, all in a “one night only” event across the planet