Ogilvy & Mather to host ADC’s Portfolio Night 13 in search of best + brightest young talent in China

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Get straight to the source.jpgOgilvy & Mather China will once again partner with ADC to host the annual Portfolio Night on May 20, 2015 in both Beijing and Shanghai. Their sixth round in seven years, O&M China will gather nearly 40 Creative and Executive Creative Directors from some of China’s most powerful agencies (list below), with the goal to both mentor and discover the finest young talent each city has to offer.

Into its 13th year worldwide, ADC Portfolio Night is a high-energy evening of advice, networking and recruitment. International in scope, 24 cities across the world will be hosting a group of aspiring, young, local advertising copywriters, art directors and designers as they meet with renowned advertising creative directors.

At each event, local creatives present their advertising portfolio to these leading creative directors and receive constructive feedback on their work. The candidate with the very best work in each city will be named a Portfolio Night All-Star and invited to travel to New York City to collaborate with other All-Stars from around the world on a global brand brief. This year, China will send two All-Stars to New York, based on the ECD assessment in each city.

Spend a little, get a lot in return.jpgLocated in an up-and-coming creative hub, O&M China takes the event a step further with preliminary training sessions held in Beijing and Shanghai in April. In partnership with Adquan, this class helps potential attendees shape their portfolio, giving them an introduction to the event, what makes a good body of work and gives examples of campaigns that are both inspiring and effective.

Graham Fink, Chief Creative Officer, O&M China, said, “For O&M China, we are delighted to be hosts once again. As an agency, we are committed to playing a leading role in helping to mentor and inspire the next generation of talent entering the industry. Each year the standard of portfolios we see is extremely high and I’m sure the quality will be just as good, if not better, in 2015.”

Entry to participate in ADC Portfolio Night 13 in Beijing or Shanghai is now open, with registration set at RMB100 (USD16) per person. Ticket sales end May 17, 2015.