The One Club for Creativity’s in-person Portfolio Night 2022 in Mumbai on 2 June, 2022 saw 55 new creatives show their work to a jury panel of the industry’s best creative minds. The event was co-hosted by three Omnicom agencies — DDB Mudra Group, BBDO India and TBWA\India at the Mudra House in Mumbai. The panel comprised of seventeen creative leaders from Indian advertising, who steered the fast-paced evening of advice, networking and recruitment opportunities for new creative talent.
The event kicked off with an opening address by Josy Paul, Chairman, BBDO India. This was followed by a 3-hour portfolio review session.
Rahul Mathew, Chief Creative Officer, DDB Mudra Group said, “This Portfolio night was much needed. Not just for new talent, but for us senior folks as well. We fed off their excitement and energy as they gathered our opinions and directions around their work.”
Josy Paul added, “You could feel the shared passion and expectation in the fast-paced face-to-face interactions. All of us had left something to follow something we love, our creative calling. And you could feel that excitement and love in the room. I wasn’t really looking for advertising work. It could be anything. Any form of expression. You didn’t want normal people. There’s got to be some x-factor some danger that leaves a revolutionary impact. I was looking for the person in the portfolio and I was thrilled that I met many young folks with a unique voice, a different view. Portfolio Night was a waterfall of pure creative energy.”
Parixit Bhattacharya, Chief Creative Officer, TBWA\ India said, “The quality of work was astounding. The people behind the work were supremely interesting and from richly varied backgrounds. From architecture colleges to fine art school to design schools and advertising schools. The excitement for the business in each of them was infectious. I couldn’t be happier to have played a small part in making this singularly energising event happen. Long Live The One Club Portfolio Night!”
Manvir Kaur Mahidwan, a finance graduate and a student of Art Direction was recognised as the highest rated participant of the evening, winning a chance to be part of the All-Stars program where a participant with the best portfolio gets selected in each host city by the jury panel. These All-Stars will then participate virtually as a team on a creative assignment for a major global brand.
The three Omnicom agencies also co-hosted an online pan-India Portfolio Night on June 1 for those outside of Mumbai.
