The One Club for Creativity announced the latest group of Portfolio Night All-Stars, the top young creatives as selected by industry professionals from each of the cities around the world who participated in its Portfolio Night 2021, held virtually back in May.
Portfolio Night is a fast-paced evening of advice, networking and recruitment that takes place in numerous cities all across the globe to help the next generation of creative talent enter the industry. Due to the pandemic, this year’s Portfolio Night was held virtually for the first time.
Portfolio Night 2021 All-Stars, as selected by leading professional creatives from their city hosts, are:
- Adam Dellavecchia, copywriter, Detroit
- Lorenzo Colnaghi, copywriter, Berlin
- Savio Hatherly, art director, Lisbon
- Milo Krimstein, art director, Chicago
- Emma Laberge, graphic designer, Montreal
- Raphaelle Lavoie, illustrator, graphic designer, Montreal
- Toan Mai, copywriter, Dubai
- Catarina Marques, graphic designer, Lisbon
- Saymon Medeiros, art director, Dubai
- Muhamed Mostafa, art director, Cairo
- Amr Nashat, copywriter, Cairo
- Fran Pascual, art director, Madrid
- Mike Dinesen Petersen, art director, Copenhagen
- Bikram Saggoo, art director, Chicago
- Deborah Ten, copywriter, Brooklyn
- Din Terpuni, art director, New York
- Kendall Werra, art director, New York
- Henry White, art director, Los Angeles
Portfolio Night 2021 host agencies and organizations were Alma DDB Miami, Cairo Ad School, Chicago Portfolio School, Clube Criativos de Portugal Lisbon, Goodby Silverstein & Partners San Francisco, GTB Detroit, Tank Montreal, and us Dubai, The One Club-Austin chapter and VMLY&R London.
A highlight of this one-of-a-kind program is Portfolio Night All-Stars, where industry professionals from each host city select young creatives in their market with the best portfolios. Portfolio Night All-Stars are usually flown to New York, courtesy of The One Club, to spend a week working as a team on a creative brief for a major global brand.
Like this year’s Portfolio Night, the All-Stars competition will also take place virtually. The event is sponsored by FCB, which will provide mentors and judges for work on the creative brief for Wal-Mart.
“As a global nonprofit organization with a focus on professional development, it’s a highlight of our year to see the next generation of creatives show their talents at Portfolio Night,” said Kevin Swanepoel, CEO, The One Club for Creativity. “The program also provides advertising and design professionals with the opportunity to give back to the industry and their local creative community by mentoring this young talent.”
Since starting in 2003, Portfolio Night has taken place in 70 cities across 45 countries, with nearly 10,000 portfolios reviewed.
It serves as a gateway for young talent to enter the industry, enabling the best of the present–hundreds of renowned international creative directors–to meet and mentor the leaders of the future in industry hubs around the world. Portfolio Night serves also a crucial tool for agencies in recruiting top young talent, and providing a platform for recognition from local industry peers.
SMPTE elects board officers, regional governors
SMPTEยฎ,the home of media professionals, technologists, and engineers, has revealed the board officers and regional governors who will serve terms beginning in January 2025.
Three new officers--Richard Welsh as SMPTE president, Eric Gsell as SMPTE executive VP, and Polly Hickling as SMPTE Education VP--have been elected for a two-year term from Jan. 1, 2025, to Dec. 31, 2026. One SMPTE officer, Lisa Hobbs, will be continuing her service as SMPTE secretary and treasurer for another two-year term. Additionally, Raymond Yeung will be stepping into the role of standards VP on Jan. 1, 2025.
โSMPTEโs membership has spoken,โ said SMPTE interim executive director Sally-Ann DโAmato. โThese officers have been tasked with an important responsibility, one each of them is prepared to tackle head-on. These next two years are looking bright for SMPTE!โ
In addition to the officers, 10 regional governors were elected by the Society to serve two-year 2025-2026 terms.
These include the following regional governors, re-elected to continue their service:
Asia-Pacific Region Governor
Tony Ngai, Society of Motion Imaging Ltd.
EMEA - Central & South America Region Governor
Fernando Bittencourt, FB Consultant
United Kingdom Region Governor
Chris Johns, Sky UK.
USA - Central Region Governor
William T. Hayes, Consultant
USA - Eastern Region Governor
Dover Jeanne Mundt, Riedel Communications
USA - Western Region Governor
Jeffrey F. Way, Open Drives
Also elected were four newcomers to the SMPTE Board:
Canada Region Governor
Jonathan Jobin, Grass Valley
USA - Hollywood Region Governor
Allan Schollnick, Voxx... Read More