Portfolio Night 6

When we created Portfolio Night six years ago, we at ihaveanidea were barely advertising juniors ourselves, attempting to change our industry from the bottom up. Today, we see that change. Wherever we travel, from the agencies of Portfolio Night’s Toronto birthplace, to the office towers of the Big Apple, to the beaches of Cannes and beyond, it is hard not to bump into someone who got their first break at one of the five years of this wonderful event. As the earth turns and the sun sets on all the major advertising capitals of the world, we will mobilize all the top creative directors—the leaders of the ad world—to carry out the largest advertising portfolio review in the history of advertising. Thousands of juniors will receive valuable face-to-face time with the best creative directors in the world. Portfolio Night can be categorized as the single largest simultaneous career speed-dating night in the world. Bob Scarpelli, Chairman & Chief Creative Officer of DDB Worldwide and one of ihaveanidea’s most ardent supporters calls it “one of the most important events of the year for the advertising industry.” On May 8, we will attempt to change the advertising from the ground up once again. The ad industry has greatly evolved since Portfolio Night’s small yet audacious beginnings in 2003, and it is our responsibility to help our industry adjust to the future. As such, we have decided not to just open wide the doors of Portfolio Night to the future model of the ad industry, but to have a nice cold cocktail waiting for it at the door. This year we will invite not just traditional copywriter and art directors, but interactive art directors and advertising-geared designers as well. It will also be the first time that aspiring creatives will have the option of showing their work on traditional print portfolios or laptops. The world is not 8.5 x 11 anymore. See you on May 8! Websites http://www.portfolionight.com http://www.ihaveanidea.org