Every year in cities across the world, the best and brightest creative students gather for ADC’s Portfolio Night, a networking and portfolio review event. Renowned creative directors offer students mentorship and advice while getting a chance to recruit the industry’s top up-and-coming talent. Students leave with connections, advice and inspiration.
But for 24 students, Portfolio Night is just the beginning. Each of them, selected as his or her own city’s Portfolio Night All-Stars, arrives in New York today, August 3, to work on a global brief for J. Walter Thompson’s client Aperol, part of the Campari roster of brands. It’s all part of ADC’s third Portfolio Night All-Stars Week, which was created to reward the best portfolios from around the world.
“Portfolio Night All-Stars has been a wonderful way to take Portfolio Night to the next level,” says Brendan Watson, ADC Director of Partnerships. “As we have seen with the two previous classes of All-Stars, it not only brings together an amazingly talented group of creatives to work together on a real creative project for a global brand, but it also forges fast friends. The All-Stars will go home having made creative connections from all over the world.”
J. Walter Thompson New York is partner and host of these future industry leaders!