BLAKE EBEL
EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR
EURO RSCG
PORTFOLIO NIGHT 7 CHICAGO PARTICIPANT
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List three adjectives that describe the ultimate junior creative.

“Tenacious. Smart. Grounded.”
What was the reaction you got, the advice you received the very first time you showed your own book?

“‘You’re gonna do great! I love your work! You’ll have a job in no time!’ They were lying. If [...]

BRIAN HOWLETT
CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER
AGENCY59
PORTFOLIO NIGHT 7 TORONTO PARTICIPANT
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What are the biggest pet peeves about the work in most portfolios?

“One: I’m seeing way too much ambient. It’s lazy thinking. I know a lot of CDs ask for it, but I’d rather not. You put something on an elevator door, or on the subway floor, in a [...]

ANDY SHORTT
AD MAN
HUXLEY QUAYLE VON BISMARK
PORTFOLIO NIGHT 7 TORONTO PARTICIPANT
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What are you hoping to experience at Portfolio Night?

“To meet some bright young talent that can create trans-media ideas.”

What single piece of advice would you give a young creative before he or she sits down with you at PN7?

“Have more work that crosses multiple platforms, and [...]

RON TITE
CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER
SHARPE BLACKMORE EURO RSCG
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?

“Don’t blow smoke up my ass. We’re there to talk about you and your work. Besides, the lingering taste of charcoal means I’ll only be [...]

ROEHL SANCHEZ
VP, CREATIVE DIRECTOR
COSSETTE (BLITZ)
PORTFOLIO NIGHT 7 TORONTO PARTICIPANT
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What are you hoping to experience at Portfolio Night?
“Find young hungry talent.”

What single piece of advice would you give a young creative before he or she sits down with you at PN7?
“Polish your book.”
Looking back, what was your own first portfolio like?
“Too big, too long, [...]

VINNY WARREN
CREATIVE DIRECTOR/FOUNDER
THE ESCAPE POD
PORTFOLIO NIGHT 7 CHICAGO 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 Portfolio Night 7?
“Be ready to start over the next day. Don’t be precious about ideas. Bricklayers don’t get precious about bricks.”

Looking back, what was your first [...]

TONY MILLER
EXECUTIVE  CREATIVE DIRECTOR
ANDERSON DDB
PORTFOLIO NIGHT 7 TORONTO PARTICIPANT
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How do you feel about non-advertising expressions of creativity in a
portfolio? For example, photography or poetry?
“There’s no problem with having that in your book, but it has to be in a separate section at the back. A sonnet writer does not a copywriter make. They are [...]

SUZANNE POPE
ASSOC. CREATIVE DIRECTOR
JOHN ST.
PORTFOLIO NIGHT 7 TORONTO PARTICIPANT
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Looking back, what was your own first portfolio like?
“I was so green and stupid, I didn’t even know I actually needed a portfolio. I was working as a publicity writer for a community centre at the time, so I grabbed some brochures and press releases I [...]

OTIS D. GIBSON
FOUNDER, CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER
GERTRUDE INC.
HOST OF PORTFOLIO NIGHT 7 CHICAGO
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What single piece of advice would you give a young creative before he or she sits down with you at Portfolio Night 7?
“Bring an idea and have it properly thought out and well executed.”

Finish this sentence: “Kids these days …

“…could use some and/or [...]

JEAN BISSONNETTE
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
LXB
PORTFOLIO NIGHT 7 QUEBEC CITY PARTICIPANT
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What are you hoping to experience at Portfolio Night?

“To feel the creative pulse of the next generation, identify the brightest prospects and eventually work with them on real projects!”
What single piece of advice would you give a young creative before he or she sits down with you at [...]