Chicago Portfolio School

09/14/2021

Congrats to our Best of Quarter winners! 👏👏👏

Brandon Mitchell and Sam Baca "Best Concept" for Jot Coffee

Chloe Lancella "Best Design" for Burt's Bees

Joseph McGinley "Best Headline" for Uniball Pens

Nour Khalifa "Best Art Direction" for Lyre's Cocktails

Get in touch with us if you want more info to get in touch with them.

09/01/2021

Maybe you read Malcolm Gladwell or listen to Freakonomics. Marketing fascinates you. Writing term papers didn't scare you.

Chicago Portfolio has started a Portfolio program for you; people who want to be Creative Strategists. Students can start any quarter and will finish nine months later, with a Strategists' portfolio.

We're proud to call some of the smartest, most senior strategists in the country our instructors, and your instructors. SVP's, Creative Strategists, Creative Directors at companies like Digitas North America, Ogilvy, Pinterest and Kraft Heinz Careers.

Start October 4th, remote or in-person. Look in our bio for tuition costs and application information. We still have a few spots left!.

08/17/2021

Hats are not a requirement to be a creative; an Art Director, Copywriter, Designer, Strategist. But you will need a portfolio.

At our next Open House, tonight, August 17th, at 5 PM, we'll show you how to make a portfolio, what kind of work to show, and how to get a job.

Bring questions; lots of them! We'll have answers, examples, samples, mentoring. And pizza, of course.

RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chicago-portfolio-school-summer-2021-open-house-tickets-163396075059?ltclid=eb21fe6c-9981-4334-85f6-7e5a5deda29d

08/04/2021

Come for the pizza stay, for the career and portfolio advice from our alumni at top agencies like Cramer Krasselt and Digitas North America.

Our house is open Tuesday, August 17th. We'll save you a seat and slice at the table if you're interested in careers in advertising, design or strategy.

We're back in-person! Come check out how to build a portfolio, and how we can help you land your dream job. Alumni Q&A about the program!

06/28/2021

Our Summer 2021 Portfolios have earned a total of ✨3 Young One Pencils, a D&AD New Blood Pencil, a Cannes Future Lions shortlist, a Young Sh*ts award, a Crowdiate win, and several CPS Best of Quarters✨😱🥇🏆We are proud to debut our most awarded grad class ever! Check them out at https://www.chicagoportfolio.com/debut, and scoop them up for your agency before they’re all taken! 🙌

06/11/2021

Check out the Burger King Find Your Flame campaign done solo by AD Sydney Cohen! It landed a merit in the Young Ones competition and we couldn't be prouder!

Burger King / FLAME, Annual ID: YO21B_113M, Award: Merit Award, Category: Young Ones Brief - Client Brief: Burger King / Mobile

06/09/2021

The second Chicago Portfolio School Campaign to win at The One Club Young Ones Awards scored a Silver Pencil! Here's Bud Buyback, by Art Director Kelly Scollard and Copywriter Ken Pedro Bates.

Budweiser / Bud Buyback, Annual ID: YO21B_054S, Award: Silver Pencil, Category: Young Ones Brief - Client Brief: Budweiser / Experiential

06/08/2021

Coming in HOT with TWO Young Ones Gold Pencils is The Bud Band, by Art Director Milo Krimstein & Art Director Sydney Cohen

Budweiser / The Bud Band, Annual ID: YO21B_051G, Award: Gold Pencil, Category: Young Ones Brief - Client Brief: Budweiser / Digital / Online

06/08/2021

We are so proud to announce that Chicago Portfolio School students Sydney Cohen, Milo Krimstein, Ken Bates, and Kelly Scollard have won Young Ones pencils!!!

On top of that, Chicago Portfolio School ranked in the top 10 ad programs in the WORLD!!

Today is a good day. These guys are going to do BIG things in the agency world. We will post links to the winning case studies next!

Credits:
AD Milo Krimstein & AD Sydney Cohen
Budweiser - The Bud Band
Gold - Digital/Online
Gold - Experiential

CW Ken Bates & AD Kelly Scollard
Budweiser - Bud Buyback
Silver - Experiential

AD Sydney Cohen
Burger King - Find Your Flame
Merit - Mobile