LAKSHMI MOHAN
EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR
DRAFTFCB MALAYSIA
PORTFOLIO NIGHT 7 KUALA LUMPUR PARTICIPANT
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What are you hoping to experience at Portfolio Night?

“SPARKS! SPARKS! SPARKS!”

What was the reaction you got, the advice you received the very first time you showed your own book?
” ‘Poetry & prose!? You have no future in this country.’”
List three adjectives that describe the [...]

JAREM SLOAN
EDITOR
HOOTENANNY
PORTFOLIO NIGHT 7 CHICAGO PARTICIPANT
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What are you hoping to experience at Portfolio Night?

“I’m hoping to meet a few young energetic kids with ideas that give me hope for the children of our future… teach them well and let them lead the way.”
What’s the first thing a junior needs to know about working at [...]

DANIEL PALMA
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
ARC WORLDWIDE LISBOA
HOST OF PORTFOLIO NIGHT 7 LISBON
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What are you hoping to experience at Portfolio Night?

“A great evening, filled with fun and discovery.”
What single piece of advice would you give a young creative before he or she sits down with you at PN7?

“Present your best work cleanly. Quality matters, not quantity.”
What [...]

IAN SCHWEY
ASSOC. CREATIVE DIRECTOR
doug agency
PORTFOLIO NIGHT 7 TORONTO PARTICIPANT
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What single piece of advice would you give a young creative before he or she sits down with you at PN7?

“A brief chat is great. Let me know who you are, what you do and what you hope to accomplish.  But then, please let me look at [...]

JOHN CARSTENS
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
DDB CHICAGO
PORTFOLIO NIGHT 7 CHICAGO PARTICIPANT
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Looking back, what was your own first portfolio like?

“My first portfolio consisted of my own color-pencil illustrations (I’m a writer, mind you) and pasted-on headlines for the likes of Aqua Net and Atomic Fireballs. The ideas sucked, but the drawings were pretty nice.”
What was the reaction you got, [...]

JOSEPH NANNI
VP, CREATIVE DIRECTOR
YOUNG & RUBICAM
HOST OF PORTFOLIO NIGHT 7 TORONTO
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What are you hoping to experience at Portfolio Night?

“Work that makes me work harder.”
What single piece of advice would you give a young creative before he or she sits down with you at PN7?

“Learn as much as you can about the people you are talking [...]

STEVE HOUGH
EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Y&R
PORTFOLIO NIGHT 7 KUALA LUMPUR PARTICIPANT
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What single piece of advice would you give a young creative before he or she sits down with you at PN7?

“Between now and Portfolio Night you should come up with as many ideas as you possibly can. The more work you do, the more chance you have [...]

GERALD SCHOENHOFF
VP, ASSOC. CREATIVE DIRECTOR
GREY
PORTFOLIO NIGHT 7 TORONTO PARTICIPANT
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What are you hoping to experience at Portfolio Night?

“I’d be pretty happy if I can give someone a piece of advice that will help improve his or her book.”
What single piece of advice would you give a young creative before he or she sits down with you [...]

PHILIPPE COMEAU
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
lg2
PORTFOLIO NIGHT 7 MONTREAL PARTICIPANT
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What are you hoping to experience at Portfolio Night?

“I would like to discover the next Juan Cabral.”
What pieces of advice would you give a young creative before he or she sits down with you at PN7?

“No more than seven pieces. Prioritize the idea rather than the execution. Be [...]

CHRIS FRAME
VP, CREATIVE DIRECTOR
PJA ADVERTISING + MARKETING
HOST OF PORTFOLIO NIGHT 7 SAN FRANCISCO
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Do you prefer to look at work on a laptop or in a physical portfolio?

“A laptop, usually. Done right, it’s more cinematic, immersive, and affords more opportunities to impress. But make it easy for me.”
How important is it for a portfolio to [...]