To provide women and non-binary creatives a platform for visibility in the Indian advertising and design industry, Indian Creative Women (ICW) partnered with DDB Mudra Group and D&AD for the fourth edition of Portfolio Evening, sponsored by McDonald’s. Held on December 7 (virtual) and December 8 (Mumbai) the event saw participation from 96 women and non-binary creatives from design, UI/UX, writing, animation and other diverse backgrounds. The panel comprised 39 jurors from creative, media and digital agencies along with marketing leaders from the industry.
The in-person event kickstarted with an inspiring opening address from Jo Jackson, CEO, D&AD and Rahul Mathew, CCO DDB Mudra Group. Following this, participants started engaging in brief one-on-one sessions with multiple jurors over the course of two rounds showcasing the best of their work, receiving feedback and insights from the brilliant creative minds. Pallavi emerged as the winner at Portfolio Evening, Mumbai while Nidhi Shah won the virtual Portfolio Evening. They’ve both earned themselves a chance to an all-expense paid trip to the D&AD Festival in London in March 2024.
Student Art Director and winner of Portfolio Evening – Mumbai, Pallavi commented, "I heard about Indian Creative Women for the first time in the first month of ad school. And just the thought of a female and non-binary-centric initiative was so exciting to me that I was ready to participate when the time was right. Fast forward to a year and here we are, and it feels surreal.
Just the fact that I got to share the space with so many fellow female and non-binary creatives for the evening was a huge privilege, to see them shine and share their work. The energy was contagious!
Many of the faces of Indian Creative Women are women that I admire and look up to, so just to have the opportunity to interact with them and share our stories was definitely an experience I'll cherish forever. Hopefully, this push by Indian Creative Women will enable me as a female creative to help give a platform to other female and non-binary creatives in the future."
Advertising student and winner of the virtual Portfolio Evening Nidhi Shah said, "As someone who has never been in front of industry leaders, this was already a surreal chance to present my work to them! But winning it as well? I’m still pinching myself if this is real! Thank you, Indian Creative Women, for organising this and for helping foster the creative women’s community!”
Portfolio Evening (Mumbai) - Jury
Sr No |
Name |
Position |
Agency |
1 |
Bidisha Roy |
Founder |
Popping Mustard |
2 |
Binaifer Dulani |
Founding Member and Creative |
Talented |
3 |
Garima Khandelwal |
Former CCO |
Mullen Lowe |
4 |
Hetal Ajmera |
Co-founder, Chief Design Officer |
Sharpener |
5 |
Iraj Fraz |
Creative Head |
DDB Tribal |
6 |
Jo Jackson |
CEO |
D&AD |
7 |
Meghana Bhat |
ECD |
Mullen Lowe |
8 |
Minakshi Achan |
Head - Network Brand & Creative Communications |
Disney |
9 |
Mukund Olety |
CCO |
VMLY&R |
10 |
Pallavi Chakravarti |
Founder and CCO |
Fundamental |
11 |
Pragati Rana |
Former ECD |
Dentsu Creative |
12 |
Pratheeb Ravi |
ECD - Head of Creative Services |
Publicis |
13 |
Priyanka Joshi |
Sr. Creative Manager |
Swiggy |
14 |
Rahul Mathew |
CCO |
DDB Mudra Group |
15 |
Rohan Naterwalla |
Sr CD & Founding Member |
Punt Creative |
16 |
Shitu Patil |
National Head of Art & ECD |
L&K Saatchi & Saatchi |
17 |
Tista Sen |
CEO & CCO |
Ladyfinger |
18 |
Varsha Desai |
ECD |
Mullen Lowe |
Portfolio Evening (Virtual) – Jury
Sr No |
Name |
Position |
Agency |
1 |
Abhilasha |
Creative Director |
Oliver Agency |
2 |
Avani Rajesh |
Senior Art Director |
Target, India |
3 |
Binaifer Dulani |
Founding Member and Creative |
Talented |
4 |
Founder and CEO |
Walrus Creative Works |
|
5 |
Deepa Geetakrishnan |
Former CCO |
Ex Lowe |
6 |
Francis Thomas |
GCD |
Maitri |
7 |
Harshada Menon |
Group Creative Director |
DDB Mudra |
8 |
Huei Yin Wong |
Senior Art Director |
Clemengor BBDO |
9 |
Kainaz Karmakar |
CCO |
Ogilvy |
10 |
Lauren Mitchell |
Creative Lead and Art Director |
King James Group |
11 |
Moumita Pal |
Head of Creative |
Enormous |
12 |
Palak Kapadia |
Copywriter |
Amazon |
13 |
PG Aditya |
Founder |
Talented |
14 |
Pooja Manek |
Creative |
Talented |
15 |
Prajakta More |
VP ACD |
FCB Health |
16 |
Ramyakh Jain |
Marketing |
Cred |
17 |
Ritu Sharda |
CCO |
Ogilvy |
18 |
Shikha Gupta |
Creative Head |
Blissclub |
19 |
Shruthi Venkataraman |
Illustrator, Graphic Designer and Art Director |
Independent |
20 |
Swati Bhattacharya |
CCO |
FCB |
21 |
Tammy Ratter |
CD |
Ogilvy |