Top Creative Directors in Beijing and Shanghai convene at Ogilvy & Mather for Portfolio Night 10
Last night Ogilvy & Mather hosted ihaveanidea’s annual Portfolio Night review in mainland China for the third time – this time in both Beijing and Shanghai. Happening in 18 cities worldwide, the China events were the first to kick off Portfolio Night 10.
Forty-three of the two cities’ top creative directors from a number of the world’s best agencies including O&M, Saatchi & Saatchi, JWT and BBDO, among others (full list below), gathered to meet with more than 140 students and aspiring creative hopefuls to offer them portfolio critiques, professional advice and recruitment opportunities. Each candidate that attended the simultaneous events received 45 minutes of undivided attention from three senior creatives.
At the conclusion of the event, O&M China offered nine paid internships on the spot to participants at the Beijing and Shanghai events. The new interns will work in O&M’s creative departments.
“There was such a high level of energy at both the Beijing and Shanghai events,” said O&M China Chief Creative Officer Graham Fink. “Portfolio Night is truly unique in that it aligns ad agencies with schools to better train young talent, which is a duty that every good ad agency should bear.”
Kweichee Lam, Head of Copy, O&M China, said, “This year’s Portfolio Night China was a great hit, and not only for Ogilvy, but for the other agencies that were participating as well. Compared to previous years, this year we saw a much higher quality of art and more mature ideas from the portfolios. It’s very inspiring to meet so many young people who are
passionate about starting their careers in advertising.”
In addition to hosting the China events, O&M also hosted Portfolio Night 10 in Athens and Dublin.
Participating Creative Directors in Beijing
Dirk Eschenbacher – Regional Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather
Doug Schiff – Executive Creative Director, OgilvyOne
Yanyan Yang – Executive Creative Director, OgilvyOne
Wilson Chow – Associate Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather
CQ Chen Group – Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather
Kweichee Lam – Head of Copy, Ogilvy & Mather
Soonguan Poh – Creative Director, RedWorks
Dean Sciole – Executive Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi
Bamboo Ye – Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi
Stephen Mui – Group Creative Director, DDB
Polly Chu – Chief Creative Officer, JWT
Rich Shiue – Executive Creative Director, JWT
Shankun Sun – Group Creative Director, JWT
Yue Chee Guan – Executive Creative Director, Grey
Zhengguang Zeng – Executive Creative Director, Charm Advertising
Oscar Liang – Creative Director, BBDO
Kelvin Leong – Group Creative Director, BBDO
Steve McCabe – Group Creative Director, BBDO
Kathrin Guthoff – Executive Creative Director, Interone China
Georg Warga – Executive Creative Director, Goodstein & Partners
Maik Lutze – Executive Creative Director, Inertone China
Jacky Lung – Executive Creative Director, Cheil China
Participating Creative Directors in Shanghai
Graham Fink – Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy & Mather
Francis Wee – Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather
Sean Sim – Executive Creative Director, OgilvyAction
Fiona Chen – Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather
Hao Zhu – Senior Vice President Creative, Ogilvy Public Relations
Yang Yeo – Chief Creative Officer, JWT
Elvis Chau – Executive Creative Director, JWT
Nils Andersson – Chief Creative Officer China, Y&R
Wai Foong Leong – Executive Creative Director Greater China, BBDO
Andrew Lok – Executive Creative Director/Executive Creative Partner, BBDO
Norman Tan – Chief Creative Officer, Lowe
Ong Kien Hoe – Group Creative Director, TBWA
Louis Cheung – Group Creative Director SGM Works Shanghai, McCann Erickson
Johnson Sheng – Creative Director Shanghai, McCann Erickson
Conan Wang – Creative Director, Wieden + Kennedy
Kevin Lee – Executive Creative Director/Partner, Leagas Delaney
Johan Vakidis – Executive Creative Director Asia, AKQA
Kenny Choo – Head of Art, WPP School of Marketing & Communiations
Gordon Hughes – Executive Creative Director, Leo Burnett
Amanda Yang – Executive Creative Director, Leo Burnett
Kevin Chiu – Group Creative Director, Tribal DDB