The One Club for Creativity has set the date for this year’s global Portfolio Night 2019 on May 22. The Australian edition will take place in Melbourne.

Host, location and other details for the event will be finalised shortly. Hosts have already been confirmed in 19 cities. The One Club is now seeking agencies, schools and creative organisations in other locations worldwide to participate.

Confirmed hosts are AlmapBBDO (São Paulo); Arnold (Boston); B&W (Beirut, Dubai); BETC (Paris); Brokaw(Cleveland); Círculo de Creativos (Buenos Aires); Clube Criativos de Portugal (Lisbon); Edelman (Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco); TBWA\Groupe (Lyon); The One Club for Creativity-Cairo chapter (Cairo) and Lanfranco/Cordova (Lima).

Hosts for Shanghai, Beijing and Melbourne will be finalised shortly.

Portfolio night is the world’s largest advertising portfolio review program. It’s where budding creatives get the advice, networking and recruitment that sets them on a solid path to a great career. It takes place in dozens of cities all across the globe on the same date. Since starting in 2003, Portfolio Night has been held in 70 cities across 45 countries with 8,751 portfolios reviewed. It’s also a chance for the best of the present ad generation to meet and mentor the stars of the future and a tool for agencies in recruiting top young talent.

The program also includes Portfolio Night All-Stars, in which each city host selects one young creative in their market with the best portfolio. The All-Stars are flown to New York from around the world to work for a week as a team on a creative assignment for a major global brand.

“Portfolio Night is a unique global event that serves as a high-visibility opportunity for agencies and creative directors to give back to the industry by guiding the earliest steps of future copywriters, art directors and technologists,” stated Kevin Swanepoel, chief executive officer, The One Club for Creativity.

“We are very grateful to all the agencies and organizations who have already confirmed to make this important global event possible so far and look forward to hearing from others who want to host Portfolio Night to their market.”

Past Portfolio Night city hosts include Ogilvy, DDB, McCann, BBDO, J. Walter Thompson, CP+B, Jung von Matt, Sid Lee, Perfect Fools, Whyness Worldwide, Perth Advertising & Design Club, Chicago Portfolio School and ADCN Netherlands.

Tickets for young creatives interested in attending Portfolio Night 2019 will be available in April, after all city hosts are determined.

Agencies, schools and organisations interested in serving as Portfolio Night 2019 city hosts can get more information here.

Or contact Tony Gulisano, One Club chief global growth officer here.