The One Club for Creativity has announced five talented young creatives who were selected as 2024 Portfolio Night All-Stars Grand Prize winners. Each will receive a free trip to Creative Week 2025 in New York.

One participant from each of last year’s 26 cities was selected as a Portfolio Night All-Star, determined by industry professionals who hosted the events. The PN All-Stars then participated in a virtual creative bootcamp in January, where they worked on a brief from Perdue Farms and its agency Colle McVoy, and attended online seminars and recruiting sessions.  

Five PN All-Stars were selected as Grand Prize winners from that brief:  

• Karina Llanos, copywriter, social media (PN-Santa Cruz, hosted by Circulo Creativo Bolivia)
• Sam Rauch, art director, graphic designer, filmmaker (PN-Austin, co-hosted by Hahn, Job Propulsion Lab, and Mathys & Potestio)
• Marc Smith Jr, graphic designer, illustrator (PN-Cleveland, hosted by Brokaw)
• Nehashree Tatavarthi, graphic designer, UX/UI (PN-San Francisco, co-hosted by Ace The Market, CAN CAN Studio, and Odysseus Arms)
• Cora Veltman, art director (PN-Charleston, hosted by book180)

Judging the briefs was a panel consisting of Jody Hallman, VP, integrated marketing, Perdue Farms; as well as Ciro Sarmiento, CCO; Meghan Figueroa, GCD; and Katie Walley-Wiegart, head of brand comms and marketing, all from Colle McVoy. 

While at Creative Week 2025, the PN All-Stars Grand Prize winners will attend The One Show 2025, ADC 104th Annual Awards, Young Ones Student Awards, Type Directors Club TDC71 competition events, and more.

Since starting 22 years ago, Portfolio Night has taken place in 70 different cities across 45 countries, with more than 13,000 portfolios reviewed. The event serves as the gateway for young talent to enter the ad industry or find a new job. It enables the best of the present, hundreds of renowned international creative directors at host agencies, to meet and mentor the leaders of the future in industry hubs around the world. 

Portfolio Night has also become a valuable 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.

Find more information at Portfolio Night 2024.