RAJANI RANJAN COPYWRITER PORTFOLIO NIGHT 8 MUMBAI PARTICIPANT __________________________ When did you realize you wanted to get into advertising? “When I could not learn how to tie a tie, or at worst tie my shoelaces I thought I am not going do this in the future. Tie, tie and tie again did not work for me. On a serious note, when I wrote on the birthday greeting...

JACKY FUNG ART DIRECTOR www.createstickyideas.com PORTFOLIO NIGHT 8 HONG KONG PARTICIPANT __________________________ Name three adjectives that best describe you. “Sticky. Universal. Owlish.” Do you prefer to think things out with a pen and paper or on a computer? “I prefer to think with both of them. I can jot down some notes or flashy thoughts on a...

ERIC CHAN GRAPHIC DESIGNER http://eericc.blogspot.com PORTFOLIO NIGHT 8 SINGAPORE PARTICIPANT __________________________ What are you hoping to experience at Portfolio Night 8? “Would love to get feedback from the very top creative directors, to have a rough gauge of my level in terms of creativity and executions.” Name a place you’ve never been to but...

ROB MILLER COPYWRITER http://www.robertmiller.info PORTFOLIO NIGHT 8 PHILADELPHIA PARTICIPANT __________________________ What are some of your brainstorming techniques? “I light up a Marlboro Red and try to think like Alfred E. Neuman, Marcel Duchamp, John Cage (of 4’33” fame), etc. How would those guys solve a problem? Once I have a germ of an idea, I go to...

ALYSSA BURNHAM COPYWRITER/ ART DIRECTOR www.behance.net/alyssaburnham PORTFOLIO NIGHT 8 NEW YORK PARTICIPANT __________________________ When did you realize you wanted to get into advertising? “It was probably very close to the time I constructed my very first sentence; which happened to be “Don’t tell me no.” You could say I wanted to be in advertising before...

CHAD ERICKSON COPYWRITER chaderickson.carbonmade.com PORTFOLIO NIGHT 8 CHICAGO PARTICIPANT __________________________ Can creativity be taught? “I don’t feel that creativity itself can be taught. What can be taught are ways to nurture and bring out one’s creativity. I think most people are more creative than they give themselves credit for and if they...