JOHN KIESELHORST
DESIGN DIRECTOR
DAVID&GOLIATH
PORTFOLIO NIGHT 7 LOS ANGELES HOST
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What are you hoping to experience at Portfolio Night?

“In my mind’s eye, I picture people standing in a bread line in Stalin-era Ukraine. With portfolios in their hands.”
What pieces of advice would you give a young creative before he or she sits down with you at PN7?

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MATT KUTTAN
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
SAATCHI X
PORTFOLIO NIGHT 7 CHICAGO PARTICIPANT
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What are you hoping to experience at Portfolio Night?

“Finding the perfect synergy of a smart portfolio and a smart personality.”
What single piece of advice would you give a young creative before he or she sits down with you at PN7?

“Know the reason behind every single detail in your [...]

LIZ TATE
EDITOR/PARTNER
HOOTENANNY
PORTFOLIO NIGHT 7 CHICAGO PARTICIPANT
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Do you prefer to look at work on a laptop or in a physical portfolio?

“As an artist who works in the mediums of TV and web, I like to see work on a laptop so that I can see your art in motion.”
How do you feel about non-advertising expressions of [...]

PIER LaLONDE

DIRECTEUR PRINCIPAL DE CRÉATION
LXB
PORTFOLIO NIGHT 7 QUEBEC CITY PARTICIPANT
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What are you hoping to experience at Portfolio Night?

“To meet young and passionate talent who have that burning desire to change the world. I want my perception of a creative and inventive person to be challenged.”
Looking back, what was your own first portfolio like?

“It was [...]

PAUL BROURMAN
PRESIDENT, CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER
SPONGE
PORTFOLIO NIGHT 7 CHICAGO PARTICIPANT
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List three adjectives that describe the ultimate junior creative:
“Curious. Relentless. Innovative.”
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JOÃO GEADA
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
JWT LISBOA
PORTFOLIO NIGHT 7 LISBON PARTICIPANT
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What are you hoping to experience at Portfolio Night?

“To get knocked off my feet by amazing work.”
What single piece of advice would you give a young creative before he or she sits down with you at PN7?

“The old ‘less is more’. Pick only the pieces that scream ‘you’. [...]

JONATHAN CARELESS
VP, ASSOC. CREATIVE DIRECTOR
GREY
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?

“Be ready to listen and learn, not fight and argue. Killer ideas are largely self-evident and don’t require a vigorous defense.”
What was the reaction you got, the [...]

JAMIE LIRETTE
CONVERGENT CREATIVE DIRECTOR
COSSETTE (BLITZ)
PORTFOLIO NIGHT 7 TORONTO PARTICIPANT
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A top-notch portfolio is crucial, but how much does personality count towards making a hire?

“A great book is the cost of entry, but you’re hiring the person, not the book. You want to hire someone you like. Someone who will move heaven and earth to do good [...]

JORDAN DOUCETTE
ASSOC. CREATIVE DIRECTOR
TAXI 2
PORTFOLIO NIGHT 7 TORONTO PARTICIPANT
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A top-notch portfolio is crucial, but how much does personality count towards making a hire?

“Personality is huge. Having amazing ideas is great but if nobody can stand to be in a room with you to hear what they are, it’s not going to work out.”
What would you [...]

VIRGINIA MAGALETTA
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
TWIST IMAGE
PORTFOLIO NIGHT 7 TORONTO PARTICIPANT
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What are you hoping to experience at Portfolio Night?

“Something like this.”

How important is it for a portfolio to be highly polished?

“Polish your book. Be proud of every piece in it, for whatever reason. If the piece comes with a disclaimer, you had better be prepared to explain why [...]