Young Creatives From 17 Countries Named 2024 Portfolio Night All-Stars

Nov. 20, 2024

The One Club for Creativity today announced the latest group of Portfolio Night All-Stars, the top young creatives as selected by industry professionals from each of the city hosts around the world who participated in its recent Portfolio Night 2024.

Established in 2003, Portfolio Night has long been recognized as the world’s largest advertising portfolio review program.  This fast-paced evening of advice, networking and recruitment takes place in dozens of cities around the world on the same date to help the next generation of creative talent entering the industry.  

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 2024 All-Stars, along with host organizations, are as follows:

APAC

• Jakarta: Sayid Muhammad Usammah Alhabsyie, copywriter (hosted by Leo Burnett Indonesia)
• Manila: Kayla Oruga, copywriter. designer, illustrator (hosted by adobo magazine)
• Mumbai: Sukanya Aggarwal, graphic designer, strategy (hosted by BBDO India, DDB Mudra Group, and TBWA\India)
• Pan-India (virtual): Udo Dohler, art director, graphic designer (hosted by BBDO India, DDB Mudra Group, and TBWA\India)
• Shanghai: Kaiyan Jin, strategy, copywriter (hosted by Havas)
• Singapore: Kai Ru Chang, art director (hosted by The Secret Little Agency, GOVT)
• Taipei: Yu Ling Jian, graphic designer, photographer (hosted by Rock Yu)
• Europe
• Lisbon: Diogo Brito, graphic designer, web developer (hosted by Clube da Criatividade de Portugal)
• Lausanne: Inës Botteron, art director (hosted by Leo Burnett Lausanne)
• Milan: Massimo Macchi, art director, graphic designer, filmmaker (hosted by Accademia Di Comunicazione, IED, Accademia Unidee)
• Paris: Margot Sallé, art director (hosted by DDB Paris)
• Zurich: Nanthatchaporn Janthasom, graphic designer, UX/UI, interactive designer (hosted by Leo Burnett Zurich)

Latin America

• Buenos Aires: Sebastián Cyrman, art director, copywriter (hosted by Circulo de Creatividad Argentina)
• Guatemala City: Ana Paula Escobar Farrington, copywriter (hosted by EstoEsMarte and Good Mood
• Santa Cruz de la Sierra: Karina Llanos, copywriter, social media (hosted by Circulo Creativo Bolivia)
• Santiago: Vicente Urrutia, art director, copywriter (hosted by Inbrax)
• Sao Paulo: Lucas Lima, art director (hosted by Africa)

North America

• Atlanta: Anukriti Agrawal, art director, strategy, graphic designer (hosted by WPP and The One Club-Atlanta chapter) 
• Austin: Sam Rauch, art director, graphic designer, filmmaker (hosted by Hahn, JPL, and M&P, The One Club-Austin chapter)
• Brooklyn: Hongrae Kim, art director, graphic designer, photographer (hosted by Madwell)
• Charleston: Cora Veltman, art director (hosted by book180)
• Cleveland: Marc Smith Jr, graphic designer, illustrator, motion graphics (hosted by Brokaw)
• Dallas: Ross Yenerich, creative (hosted by Dieste)
• Miami: Andrea Alvarez, art director, visual designer (hosted by Alma and The One Club-Miami chapter) 
• Richmond: Samantha Janel Novak, art director (hosted by VCU Brandcenter) 
• San Francisco: Nehashree Tatavarthi, product designer (hosted by Ace The Market, CAN CAN Studio, Odysseus Arms)
• Toronto: Renzo Choque Hokama, copywriter (hosted by Tank Worldwide)

These lucky Portfolio Night All-Stars will participate in a virtual creative bootcamp January 20-27, 2025, where they will work in global teams on a brief from a major brand, and attend online seminars and recruiting sessions.  

At the end of the week, teams will present their pitches, with the winning Portfolio Night All-Stars team flown to New York by The One Club for Creative Week 2025 to attend The One Show 2025, ADC 104th Annual Awards, Young Ones Student Awards, Type Directors Club TDC71 competition events, and more.

Since starting 21 years ago, Portfolio Night has taken place in 70 cities across 45 countries, with more than 12,000 portfolios reviewed.  

It is an important event in advertising because it serves as the gateway for young talent to enter the industry or find a new job, 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 has also become a crucial tool for agencies in recruiting top young talent, providing a platform for recognition from local industry peers, and giving agencies a place on the global stage as the ad world tunes in to this one-of-a-kind event.

Branding for Portfolio Night 2024 was created by Nana Rausch at Quick Honey, based in New York and Berlin.