The One Club for Creativity, in collaboration with Omnicom Advertising India, will host the fifth edition of Portfolio Night in India. The event will be held virtually on October 8 and in person in Mumbai on October 9, with registrations closing on October 3, 2026.
Portfolio Night is a mentorship platform that gives emerging creatives direct access to some of the industry’s most respected creative leaders. Participants showcase their ideas in one-on-one sessions, where the leaders assess and score their work as jurors. For jurors, it is also a chance to meet fresh talent. The participant with the winning portfolio becomes eligible for Portfolio Night All-Stars, a week-long virtual programme in which winners from each market work in teams on a brief from a major global brand. Each team presents its pitch at the end of the week, and the winning team is flown to New York by The One Club for a week of events and networking.
The jury includes Abhijit Avasthi, Kainaz Karmakar, Josy Paul, Arun Iyer, Rahul Mathew, Russell Barrett and Sandipan Bhattacharyya, among others, with several joining virtually.
Josy Paul, CCO of BBDO Group India, urged participants to come with their work, questions and unfinished thoughts, adding that they don’t have to prove they are ready, only willing to begin. Rahul Mathew, CCO of McCann India, called the event a long-standing commitment to talent, while Russell Barrett, Chief Creative Experience Officer at TBWA\Lintas, said he hopes to discover a few futures the jury didn’t see coming.
