Miami
Portfolio Review Spring 2022
Date
Saturday, April 9, 2022About the Event
Get your portfolio ready to apply for internships or to get "that" job; if you are not there yet bring your best work and come to learn where to start and how to put it together. Join us on April 9th from 10 am-1 pm at M.AD School of Ideas. We have workshops and one-on-one reviews. You will spend 15 minutes with a local professional - creative directors, account planners, strategists, media planners, social media strategists, PR, copywriters, recruiters - you get the idea. Gain insights you can apply to make your portfolio works for you. Bring your fully-charged laptop/tablet to show your work. It's a free event - you can guarantee your spot by RSVP'ing here.
TIME
10AM-1PM
10AM-11AM Presentations/Workshops
11AM-1PM Reviews
PLACE
M.AD SCHOOL OF IDEAS
225 NE 34th St Suite 203, Miami, FL 33137
*Space is limited
BREAKFAST WILL BE PROVIDED
Speakers
Rene Alvarez
Political Strategist at Impact PoliticsRene serves as Impact Politics’ Vice President, and oversees all digital strategy and production for political campaigns. Before working in the realm of ideas and movements, he did corporate advertising and branding for Macy’s, Verizon, and the World Wrestling Federation. For the past 15 years, he’s overseen and helped guide the interactive and digital efforts of numerous Fortune 500 companies as well as nonprofits and governmental agencies. He currently teaches “Foundations of Political Advertising” at the University of Florida’s School of Journalism Masters Program.
Karina Bagdadi
Senior Copywriter at Markham YardAfter a somewhat nontraditional path into the world of advertising, Karina found her place concepting and writing for everyone from a local flower shop to global brands her dad has actually heard of, like Porsche, Mercury Marine, and Santa Margherita Wine Group. Throughout her nine years of experience, her work has been recognized by Communication Arts, Graphis, and the American Advertising Federation. She has dual Italian and U.S. citizenship and in addition to her native English, is fluent in Spanish and conversational Hebrew. During her free time, she enjoys baking, listening to live music, and pushing the limits of her personal style.
SARAH DEMBKOWSKI
Senior Copywriter at David MiamiSince beginning her advertising career, she’s been recognized at D&AD, Cannes Lions, Clio Awards, One Show, Art Director’s Club, Andy Awards, London International Awards and the Effies. In 2019, she was named to the Adweek Creative 100 list as a Rising Agency Talent. Previously, Sarah worked at DDB Chicago, Ogilvy Chicago and We Are Unlimited. She’s created award-winning campaigns, such as McDonald’s “The Flip,” Glade’s “Museum of Feelings,” and Budweiser’s “Bigger Picture.”
Federico Diaz
Creative Director at The CommunityI was born in Rosario, Argentina but after going to advertising college I moved to Buenos Aires to find a job. After a few months as an intern at Grey Argentina, I went to an independent agency called Don, and then to Ogilvy. In 2015 I began my career in the US, first at The Community Miami and now at the same agency but in NY, where I moved in 2017 when we opened the office here.
In my 10+ years of career I've had the luck to work on great projects for brands like OREO, Corona, Verizon, Schneider, Fibertel, and AMIA, among others. I've also worked on some not-so-great projects for other brands, but you don't want to hear about those. The great ones gave me the chance to win awards at all of the major festivals, which is cool.
I also like to write random short stories and sketches when I have some time.
Alberto Jaen
Founder & CEO at Plus305Alberto Jaen was a Creative Director and Executive Creative Director for multinational companies at Leo Burnett, BBDO, and JWT NY for fifteen years. During this time, he received 23 international awards from the Art Directors Club, The One Show, Cristal Festival Europe, Young Guns, Eurobest, New York Festival, or Cannes Festival. He was also a jury member at different International Advertising Festivals like the New York Festival or AdStar in Asia. He is the Founder & Creative Director of plus305 (a creative boutique for social impact with offices in Miami/Madrid/Zurich), some of their clients are VIACOM, Real Madrid, Air Europa, The Idea Center, 3M, SONY Music, Swatch or ELMA. He is also a Co-Founder of HULA App (a Zero Waste App based on the bartering of products and services which recently became a winner at the UN Global Contest for Circular Economy 2020).
Thamara Perez
Jr. Art Director at Redline Media GroupThamara graduated in Venezuela in the most recognized design institute in the capital called "Instituto de Diseño de Caracas". Later, She immigrated from her country to Barcelona, Spain to take her studies to another level with the purpose of being an integral design. She has a Master Degree In "Direction in strategy and creative in Advertising" from which she received a scholarship. She has other Master degree in "Group Psychology" and a postgraduate degree in "Brand Community management" and other studies such as Web Page Design and several software's certifications. In Spain, She won an award as "Young Creative Talent" in 2011. She has more than 15 years of experience and has worked in several agencies such as Wunderman in Venezuela and Spain. Now, she works In Florida as the Art Director For Hard Rock Cafe Worldwide and Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa.
Jose Ramirez
Associate Creative Director at GUTJose Ramirez is a Senior Creative at GUT Miami. As a team, he and his partner Jeff Schermer create work that infiltrates the media and pop culture.
Kiko Rodriguez
Senior Designer at RazorfishKiko is a versatile artist and designer based in Miami. His work has been recognized in the Ibero-American Design Biennale and American Illustrator. In his work, he experiments by fusing traditional and digital techniques and using illustration as a primary language for reflection and meditation to create organic, dynamic and colorful pieces. He enjoys exploring ideas and proposing risky solutions while sipping a cup of coffee.
GEORGIA TAYLOR
Senior Art Director at DAVID MiamiShe started her career at We Are Unlimited in Chicago. Since then she’s been awarded at D&AD, Cannes Lions, Clio Awards, One Show, London International Awards, Art Director’s Club, Webbys, Addys and Effies. Georgia has also been recognized in Adweek’s Creative 100 as a Rising Agency Talent in 2019. Her notable work includes McDonald’s “The Flip” and Budweiser’s “Bigger Picture”.
Marco Caridad
Art Director at Redline Media GroupMarco creates works inspired by romantic and existentialist stories in search of universal hope. Caridad is an art director for the Hard Rock account at Redline Media Group. He has worked on projects for Lenny Kravitz, Miami City Ballet, Got Milk, Visit Florida, among others. Previously worked at Istituto Marangoni and Andrés Bello Catholic University (UCAB) as an adjunct professor; he is also the co-author of “Syllabaries: Images and Words” and “Desarrolla Tu Creatividad con Ejercicios Teatrales.”
Albena Petrus
FIU Lecturer & Founder at Portfolio MavenAlbena is a multicultural art director who has worked on international accounts for agencies in the US, Cuba, and Bulgaria. Being a data-driven creative, she has developed brand identities and advertising campaigns for corporations all over the world that is inspired by her curiosity about people and their interaction with others. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses for Florida International University's School of Communication and is the founder of Portfolio Maven, a creative portfolio consultancy service.
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