At its core, Portfolio Night is an event where aspiring young advertising copywriters, art directors and designers meet with several renowned advertising creative directors in a fast-paced evening of advice, networking and recruitment. While the evening has been jokingly called “speed-dating for creatives”, it’s really much more than that. Portfolio Night has grown to be a global event, reaching creative hubs in every continent in an evening where the best of the present meets the best of the years to come.

In Dublin, Portfolio Night has been hosted by Ogilvy since 2010 and ICAD is delighted to have been involved from the beginning. As well as endorsing the event, we have been able to use our network to secure the involvement of a wide range of Creative Directors, juniors and students alike.

As with the ICAD Upstarts Programme, Portfolio Night benefits greatly from and is testement to the generosity and expertise of senior creatives.