Leo Burnett Hosts Portfolio Night 9 Chicago

CHICAGO, May 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Tonight, Leo Burnett Chicago and international advertising organization, IHAVEANIDEA proudly present Portfolio Night 9 Chicago, an event where the city's top creative directors and young creative hopefuls come together to take part in the world's largest portfolio review and recruitment event.

"Our city is home to a tremendous amount of creative minds who are influencing the arts, fashion, cuisine and entertainment on a global scale," said Susan Credle, Chief Creative Officer of Leo Burnett USA. "In the advertising industry it's no different. Here in Chicago we're not just a Midwestern advertising community, we are a viable, exciting and very much alive group of creatives impacting the nation and the world. As professionals it is our duty to meet, advise and inspire the next generation of creative talent and give back to this great industry in which we work."

Set to take place at Chicago's Hotel Sax, the three-hour event will feature a unique portfolio review process incorporating a "speed-dating" setting where students and aspiring young creatives can have their work critiqued and gain advice on how to break into the industry. In addition, similar Portfolio Night gatherings will take place simultaneously in 19 different cities around the world making IHAVEANIDEA's event the largest recruitment and portfolio review in the history of advertising.

Portfolio Night 9 Chicago Event Details:
Date: Thursday, May 26, 2011
Time: 6:00 – 9:00 PM (CST)
Location: Hotel Sax, 333 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60654

For more information please visit: http://portfolionight.com/9/archives/4756.

About Leo Burnett Company, Inc.

Leo Burnett Worldwide (www.leoburnett.com) is one of the world's largest agency networks and the parent company of Leo Burnett and its marketing services arm, Arc Worldwide. Leo Burnett, a HumanKind communications company, has a simple and singular approach: put a brand's purpose at the center of communications to truly connect with people. Leo Burnett, one of the most awarded creative communications companies in the world, creates "Acts, not just Ads," for some of the world's most valuable brands including The Coca-Cola Company, Kellogg's, McDonald's, Hallmark, P&G, Allstate and Nintendo.

About Portfolio Night

Started in 2002, Portfolio Night (www.portfolionight.com) is IHAVEANIDEA's annual event, where advertising's top creative talents come together to review the portfolios of students, juniors and creative hopefuls in an exciting and engaging environment. For eager up-and-comers, Portfolio Night is an incredible opportunity to meet with the industry's most acclaimed creative directors and have their work critiqued, gain advice – and possibly a job. For agency creative directors, Portfolio Night represents a chance to give back to the advertising community, and to meet or recruit the most talented young people trying to enter the business. Since its inception, Portfolio Night has always been held on one evening, simultaneously in all cities. This year, Portfolio Night 9 will be held on Thursday, May 26, 2011, around the world.

About IHAVEANIDEA

IHAVEANIDEA (www.ihaveanidea.org), the community of the international advertising industry, was created by Ignacio Oreamuno, a former art director, and operating virtually from Montreal and Toronto, Canada, its mission is to serve the international advertising industry as a centre of self-analysis and intellectual growth. Based on the concept that disseminating and sharing creative knowledge will benefit everyone in advertising, www.ihaveanidea.org is visited by hundreds of thousands of people from around the globe.

SOURCE Leo Burnett Chicago