NEW YORK, November 20, 2024 — The One Club for Creativity announced the latest group of Portfolio Night All-Stars, the top young creatives as selected by industry professionals from each of the city hosts around the world who participated in its recent Portfolio Night 2024.
This year’s group includes seven young creatives based in APAC.
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 dozens of cities around the world on the same date to help the next generation of creative talent entering the industry.
A highlight of this one-of-a-kind program is Portfolio Night All-Stars, where industry professionals from each host city select young creatives in their market with the best portfolios.
Portfolio Night 2024 All-Stars representing APAC are as follows:
Jakarta: Sayid Muhammad Usammah Alhabsyie, copywriter (hosted by Leo Burnett Indonesia)
Manila: Kayla Oruga, copywriter. designer, illustrator (hosted by adobo magazine)
Mumbai: Sukanya Aggarwal, graphic designer, strategy (hosted by BBDO India, DDB Mudra Group, and TBWA\India)
Pan-India (virtual): Udo Döhler Neto, art director, graphic designer (hosted by BBDO India, DDB Mudra Group, and TBWA\India)
Shanghai: Kaiyan Jin, strategy, copywriter (hosted by Havas)
Singapore: Kai Ru Chang, art director (hosted by The Secret Little Agency, GOVT)
Taipei: Yu Ling Jian, graphic designer, photographer (hosted by Rock Yu)
The complete list of Portfolio Night All-Stars from 17 countries can be viewed here.
These lucky Portfolio Night All-Stars will participate in a virtual creative bootcamp January 20-27, 2025, where they will work in global teams on a brief from a major brand, and attend online seminars and recruiting sessions.
At the end of the week, teams will present their pitches, with the winning Portfolio Night All-Stars team flown to New York by The One Club for Creative Week 2025 to attend The One Show 2025, ADC 104th Annual Awards, Young Ones Student Awards, Type Directors Club TDC71 competition events, and more.
Since starting 21 years ago, Portfolio Night has taken place in 70 cities across 45 countries, with more than 12,000 portfolios reviewed.
It is an important event in advertising because it serves as the gateway for young talent to enter the industry or find a new job, 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.
Portfolio Night 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.
Branding for Portfolio Night 2024 was created by Nana Rausch at Quick Honey, based in New York and Berlin.
The One Club for Creativity – home of The One Show, ADC Annual Awards, Art Directors Club of Europe (ADCE) awards, ONE Asia Awards, Type Directors Club and competition, TDC Ascenders, Young Guns, Young Ones Student Awards, Next Creative Leaders, ONE Screen Short Film Festival, and more – is the world’s foremost non-profit organization whose mission is to support and celebrate the global creative community. Revenue generated from entries to its global awards shows goes back into the industry to fund programming under the organization’s four pillars: Education, Inclusion & Diversity, Gender Equality, and Creative Development.
